7.4 Prepositions

Question 1

phrase

Answer 1

a group of two or more words functioning as a meaningful unit within a sentence or clause

Question 2

prepositions of location

Answer 2

There are three main prepositions of location, i.e., on, in and at.

‘At’ is a preposition of location that is used to specify the point where an object or person is at the moment.

‘In’ is a preposition of location that is used to describe an enclosed space.

‘On’ This preposition indicates a position that is open and on the surface. You should use ‘on’ when the object being described is in contact with something on the surface.

Question 3

preposition

Answer 3

a word that usually shows position or location.

Question 4

prepositional phrase

Answer 4

a group of two or more words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.

Question 5

position

Answer 5

word order; the place a word goes/takes in a sentence

Example - a verb usually goes immediately after the subject

the preposition is placed before a noun or pronoun.

Question 6

common prepositions

Answer 6

above	about	across
after	against	along
among	around	at
before	behind	beside
between	by	during
except	for	from
into	near	of
off	on	over
through	to	toward
upon	under	with

Question 7

A ___________ _________ does not have a subject and verb.

Answer 7

prepositional phrase

Example: The clouds gathered in the sky before the storm.

In the sky and before the storm are prepositional phrases.

Question 8

Sometimes prepositions double as _________

Answer 8

adverbs

Question 9

Identify the prepositions in the following sentence: I lost some change from my pocket under the front seat of the car.

Answer 9

from, under, of

Question 10

other prepositions of location

Answer 10

above
below
next to
in between
behind
under

Question 11

prepositions of location

Answer 11

are associated with the final destination of the object at a particular time.