Prepositions

Prepositions- connect nouns or

pronouns with the other words in sentences

Prepositions

TIME MOVEMENT PLACEMANNER

TIMEabout 8am across the yearsaround summer vacationat 9amby this eveningduring rainy seasonfor a whilein a moment

off scheduleon August 22over timesince this morningunder ten minutesuntil 12 noon

POSITION/ MOVEMENT

after the Ortigas Station along the streetbehind the parkbeside the roombeneath the pale moonlightbelow the groundinside the carinto the fireoff the trainon the table

out of the boxover the fencearound the race trackthrough the glass doorstowards the lightto NAIA under the wooden bridgewith the windwithin the boundariesbetween the two mountains

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Drill:Identify the prepositions in the given sentences, and tell whether they express time, place, movement, or manner.

1. After twenty minutes, the books near the table by the door fell into a heap onto the floor.

2. Before the sun rose on the horizon, she saw a ray of light through the opening in the mine shaft.

3. The workers at Minny's hat shop ate in the employee cafeteria over the main store.

4. What do you think about my recent purchases from Bloomberg's?

5. Between you and me, no one except Ralph has been in touch since yesterday.

Uses Examples

AT

shows exact time or hourbeing present at an assembly or gatheringtemporary occupation of spacebeing in two-dimensional spaceposition or location relative to another thing

at 11amat the general assemblyat the jeepney stopat the bottom

at the intersection

IN

indicates a period of time (years, centuries, seasons, months, parts of the day)being part of a groupbeing aboard a private transportcontent of a materialbeing contained in space (geographical, frame, or three dimensional)

in 2005in summer

in classin my car

in the manualin the room

ON

expresses days and dates

being aboard a public transport

location or position on a surface

on Saturday

on the bus, on the train

on the wall, on the board

Prepositions Seatwork #1A1. Engr. Franco spent the entire afternoon (in, on, at, under)

the phone contacting suppliers.

2. Architect Evangelista waited for Engr. Franco (at, from, until, under) 6:30pm to discuss the details of the project.

3. Engr. Franco failed to inform Architect Evangelista that the meeting was moved (at, before, in, on) Thursday, October 18.

4. The name of the building is named (after, to, about, from) the main donors.

5. The ‘Juan Santiago’ project should be finished (on, about, before, after, in) one and a half years.

Prepositions Seatwork #1B

6. He ran _____ the corner _____ the road to the other side _____ the street. (of, down, from)

7. They said it was _____ the rail way station so it must be somewhere _____ (opposite, around)

8. We sat _____ the front of the theatre but not right _____ the front row. (at, in)

9. Jill sat _____ the driver and I sat _____ her. (behind, next to)

10. My office is _____ the Ortigas _____ the Octagon Building. (close to, in the middle of)

Prepositions Seatwork #2

My friend Francesca and I decided to meet (1)________ the town center

(2)_____ Thursday morning. We are going to revisit the places we used

to go to when we were kids. One of them is Asian Arts Museum. We

would take another look (3)_______ the painting and sculptures of

famous Asian artists. After spending an hour or two (4)_____ the

museum, we are going to dine (5)_______ the Fine Food Restaurant

and reminisce about out childhood days. A quick visit to the Delicious

Ice cream cafe for dessert would surely follow. (6)_______ the

afternoon, we plan to go to the Great Fun Amusement park.

Prepositions Seatwork #2

An hour touring the place (7)_______ rented bikes would

surely be fun. (8)_______ the end of the bike trail, we can

expect a great view of our town’s famous lake. We would

also take the opportunity to enjoy the part rides and buy

some souvenirs. Finally, (9)_______ exactly 8pm we would

probably lose ourselves (10)_______ a big crowd to watch

the fantastic fireworks. I am really looking forward to the fun

filled Thursday.

Some prepositions occur with certain verbs or adjectives. For these verbs and adjectives,

only one preposition can be used.

absent in class rely on our parentssubstitute for Mr. De Leon consist of two partsexperienced in the job in my opinion

Let us try these!Complete the following phrases with the appropriate preposition. 1. different (from, with, to) the other students

2. recent typhoons are similar (to, with, from) Ondoy.

3. guilty (of, on, in, from) his mistake

4. awareness (to, before, of, in) the problem

5. afraid (from, to, of, in, at) spiders.

Brain Teaser!

Make sure that you maintain a healthy lifestyle or else you might find yourself

GROUND

After winning the competition, she seems to be

9

As a computer engineer, everybody is encouraged to be innovative and to

THINK

Prepositional Phrases

-preposition is joined by a noun or a pronoun

-function as an adjective or an adverb

The cabinet near the window has an intricate design.

The cabinet should be placed near the window.

Let’s try these!Tell whether the underlined prepositional phrase is an adjective or an adverb.

1. Around seven o'clock in the evening, Hal put the cheese mixture into the saucepan on the stove and added a touch of garlic to the pan.

2. When the sauce came to a boil, he lifted the pot off the stove and poured the cheese mixture over the macaroni.

3. For some strange reasons, my neighbor across the street parked his car in front of my garage.

4. Martin greeted the guests upon their arrival at the hotel.

5. Everyone except Bill ran toward the boy near the high voltage wire.

Seatwork #3

Please refer to the article “Mark Zuckerberg Charms South Koreans With 'Proper' Handshake”.

References:

• Miranda-Plata, S. and Yu, P. (2008). Keys to Confidences in English1: Reading and Study Skills and Grammar Workbook. Laguna: Trailblazer Publications.

• www.depts.ttu.edu/che/classes/che2306/.../Misused_prepositions.pdf accessed on October 16, 2012.