Prepositions

What is a Preposition?

A preposition is a part of speech that introduces a prepositional phrase.

For example, in the sentence

For example, in the sentence

Timothy sat on the raft.

the word on is a preposition, introducing the prepositional phrase on the raft.

In English, the most used prepositions are:

In English, the most used prepositions are:

of

to

in

for

with

on

Here are some compound prepositions:

according to by way of instead of ahead of in addition to on account of apart from in front of prior to aside from

In place of with respect to because of in spite of  by means of up on

Preposition Song

Yankee Doodle Tune

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Yankee Doodle went to town

about above across after

Riding on a pony

along among around at

Stuck a feather in his hat

before beside between against

And called it macaroni

within without beneath through

Yankee Doodle, keep it up

during under in into

Yankee Doodle dandy

over of off to toward

Mind the music and the step

up on near for from except

And with the girls be handy.

by with behind below down

Find the prepositional phrases.

Three German submarines
surrounded the island
during the night.
Three German submarines
surrounded the island
during the night.

Find the prepositional phrases.

Getting fresh water and vegetables was difficult. They were shipped to the island. The submarines kept bombing the ships carrying these items.

Find the prepositional phrases.

After leaving the island of Curacao,
their ship was attacked one day
outside of Panama.
After leaving the island of Curacao,
their ship was attacked one day
outside of Panama.
Phillip and Timothy along with
Stew Cat floated to a small island.