Prepositions

Prepositions

Prepositions

What is the root word in PREPOSITION?

Preposition

The root word in preposition is POSITION.

The group of letters that in front before the root word is known as a prefix.

PRE - is the prefix

POSITION - is the root word

When these group of words appear after the root word, they are called suffixes. EXAMPLE - PEACEFUL.

PEACE - is the root word

FUL - is the suffix.

Open Ended

Knowing the root word in preposition, what do you think is the definition of preposition?

Preposition

 Prepositions are words that indicate position. They tell us how someone or something relates to someone or something else.

Prepositions show the relationship between one noun or pronoun and another. They often tell us about position.

EXAMPLE: I placed the dish on the table.

Abena hid the toy behind the car.

Jafar stood between Ama and Tobi.

Multiple Choice

Identify the preposition in each of the sentences that follow.

I sat under the huge mango tree when I was exhausted.

• sat

• exhausted

• under

• when

Multiple Choice

The injured dog lay helplessly across the busy street.

• helplessly

• across

• busy

• injured

Multiple Choice

There was a huge flash of lightning during the heavy down pour.

• during

• flash

• heavy

• was

Multiple Choice

The extremely angry boy growled fiercely at his gentle friend.

• growled

• fiercely

• angry

• at

Multiple Choice

The lost friends had to walk through the dangerous forest to get to their village.

• lost

• their

• through

• get