Hi, I'm Ashley, and Mia here is joining us too.
Today we're going to learn about prepositions. Let's go!
A preposition is a word that introduces or describes a relationship between objects,
such as direction, location, time. They're often used with a noun to show the when
or where of something and always introduce a phrase. Let's check out some examples.
Read the sentence with me. The boy sat across the table. Across is the preposition here. It shows
the relationship between boy and table. In this case, it's a directional relationship, across.
Some other prepositions that show a directional relationship are up, around, down, and below.
Remember how we said prepositions are often used with a noun and always begin a phrase? In
this example, the noun our preposition is paired with is table. Good job. So "across the table"
is our phrase. We call this a prepositional phrase. Let's check out another one.
Okay, read with me. The cat is in the tree. In this sentence, in is the preposition.
It connects cat to tree. This time, showing location. Where is the cat?
Our prepositional phrase tells us. It is in the tree. Some examples of
other prepositional phrases showing location are at the park, or on the table.
The girl woke up at eight o'clock. At eight o'clock is our prepositional phrase.
At connects the action of waking up to the time when it happened.
Other prepositional phrases referencing time are in the morning, or on Thursday.
Sometimes a preposition just introduces a noun. She waved at me. In this case,
the proposition at connects a verb to a noun. At me is the prepositional phrase.
Now let's practice. Can you fill in the blank with a preposition?
Think about it, and it's okay if your answers are a little different than mine.
In the first sentence, the family traveled blank the world.
Let's try around. The family traveled around the world. All right, next one.
The boy sat blank the front step. I'm going to put on. He sat on the front step.
The dog went for a walk blank the afternoon. Hmm, I'm going to use the word in.
In review, let's remember that prepositions are words that introduce or describe relationships
between objects. They are often used with nouns and always introduce a phrase. Now be sure to
practice what you've learned with our online games and quizzes, and remember to always be clever.