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Instructions: Read, study, and learn this lesson. Then do the exercise.  When you are satisfied that you understand the lesson, take the test. 

A preposition is a word that tells where, when, or how about another word. It is usually accompanied by a noun or pronoun that is its object.  The preposition and object are the key words in a prepositional phrase.  Prepositional phrases are marked as either [adjectives] or {adverbs}. The preposition by itself is not marked. 

Prepositions

1. A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. 

2. In a sentence, a prepositional phrase limits, describes, or otherwise affects some other word. 

Example: 

He .wore. a /coat/ [with a blue stripe]. They .come. here {for our services}.

3. The noun or pronoun that completes the prepositional phrase is called the object of the preposition. 

This is a note [from Terry].  (noun as object) We will wait {for you}.  (pronoun as object)

4. A preposition may have compound objects. 

They .were looking. {for Jane and me}. 

5.Phrases might be compound: She .stayed. {at home} {in the shadows}. 

6. Study the common prepositions listed below: 

about	above	across	after
against	along	among	around

at	before	behind	below
beneath	beside	besides	between

beyond	but	by	concerning
down	during	except	for

from	in	inside	into
like	near	of	off

on	out	outside	over
past	since	through	to

toward	under	until	up
upon	with	within	without

Exercise, Lesson 15

Instructions: Read, study, and memorize the key teaching points regarding this lesson. When you can recall and discuss the information with understanding, take the test. 

What to learn about other prepositions: 

3. In a sentence, a prepositional phrase limits, describes, or otherwise affects some other word. 

4. The noun or pronoun that completes the prepositional phrase is called the object of the preposition. 

5. Prepositional phrases are marked as either [adjectives] or {adverbs}.

6. A prepositional phrase might be compound or have compound objects.

7. Review the following common prepositions listed below:

about	above	across	after
against	along	among	around

at	before	behind	beneath
beside	besides	between	below

beyond	but	by	concerning
down	during	except	for

from	in	inside	into
like	near	of	of

on	out	outside	over
past	since	through	to

toward	under	until	up
upon	with	within	without

Instructions: Write the sentences on a separate sheet of paper and answer all of the questions.

1. What is a preposition?

2. What usually accompanies a preposition?

3. What makes up a prepositional phrase?

4. How are prepositional phrases marked?

5. What part of speech is at the end of a prepositional phrase?

6. What does a preposition do in a sentence?

7. What is the noun called that completes the prepositional phrase?

8. Write two sentences using prepositional phrases.

9. Write two sentences using compound prepositional phrases.