PREPOSITIONS AND OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

PREPOSITIONS
4TH GRADE

​A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. Prepositions can show where something is, when something happens, or how something is done.

WHAT ARE PREPOSITIONS?

• Place: in, on, at, above, below, behind, in front of, next to, between, among

• Time: in, on, at, before, after, during, since, until

• Movement: to, from, towards, away from, through, across, into, out of, up, down

• Other: about, like, as, with, by, for, of

EXAMPLES OF PREPOSITIONS

Multiple Choice

The bird flew across the sky.

• flew

• across

• bird

• sky

Multiple Choice

The bird flew across the sky.

• flew

• across

• bird

• sky

Multiple Choice

• I am sitting with my friends.

• sitting

• with

• friends

• my

Multiple Choice

The ball went through the window.

• Ball

• Window

• went

• through

Multiple Choice

The present is for you.

• The

• present

• you

• for

Multiple Choice

The book is of great interest.

• great

• The

• of

• book

OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

​The object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun that is being affected by the preposition. It is the thing that the preposition is showing a relationship to.

WHAT IS AN OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION?

Examples of objects of prepositions

I went to the store.
I came from the library.
The fish is swimming below the water.
The ball is on the ground.
The bird is flying above the tree.

Multiple Choice

The book is about dinosaurs

• about

• book

• dinosaurs

• book

Multiple Choice

The house is on the hill.

• hill

• house

• on

• is

Prepositional Phrases

​A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with an object of the preposition. The object of the preposition can be a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.

WHAT IS A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE?

Examples of PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

The ball flew over the fence .
The fish swam under the bridge.
The dog ran through the park.
The bird built its nest on the tree.