What is a preposition?

1. Prepositions are usually before

• a noun phrase

• a verb phrase

2. In grammar, a "noun phrase" can be a single word like a noun, pronoun or gerund or

• a list with several nouns

• a phrase with several words

3. Which is a list of common prepositions?

• in, at, by, with, to

• and, but, or, so, yet

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

4. Many prepositions show how a noun phrase relates to space, time or method. They tell us

• what, which or why it is

• where, when or how it is

5. "She was on the last train." In this sentence, the preposition relates to

• a location in space

• a moment in time

6. "We're going to the airport by taxi." Which preposition relates to method, or "how"?

• to

• by

7. Prepositions can also come at the end of a question, as in

• Who are you going with?

• Are you going together?

8. Complex prepositions have

• two or three words

• two or three meanings

9. Which is a list of complex prepositions?

• all at once, for now, after all

• next to, in spite of, in order to

10. In which sentence can you find a complex preposition?

• He's coming the day after tomorrow.

• He's coming today instead of tomorrow.