Language Arts, Writing, Grammar

Grade 5- 8

Objective

Students learn how to use prepositions.

Directions

Give students an introduction to prepositions.
Prepositions--Words that show a relationship between other words
To see how prepositions work, look at these two words:
fox log
Prepositions can show the relationship between the fox and the log:
The fox was under the log.
The fox was on the log.
The fox was by the log.
The fox was in the log.
Prepositions always start prepositional phrases. A phrase is a group of words that doesn't make a whole sentence--a group of words that do a job together. These are all prepositional phrases:
under the log, on the log, by the log, in the log
Prepositional phrases always begin with a preposition and end with the object of the preposition. The object of the preposition is a word that answers What? or Whom? about the preposition. Under what? The log. On what? The log. In all the above prepositional phrases, log is the object of the preposition.
Here is a list of common prepositions:

aboard about above across after against along among around at

before behind below beneath beside besides between beyond but by

down during except for from in inside into like near

of off on onto out outside over past through throughout

to toward under underneath until up upon with within without

Prepositions can also be made up of more than one word. These are called compound prepositions. Here are some common compound prepositions:

according to aside from as of because of

in addition to in front of in spite of instead of

next to on account of out of prior to

Resources

• Preposition Practice activity pages (3 per student)
• pens or pencils