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The Preposition | Grammar Bytes! Home Terms Exercises Handouts Rules PowerPoint Canvas Twitter YouTube Shop About Robin Printer Fabulous! The Preposition Recognize a preposition when you find one. Prepositions almost always indicate location. Often, this location is in the physical world. Here are three examples: The puppy is on the floor. The puppy is beside the shoe. The puppy is with a friend. On , beside , and with are all prepositions. With the other words that make up the prepositional phrase , they are showing where the puppy is. In addition, prepositions can show location in time . Read the next three examples: At midnight, Jill craved mashed potatoes with grape jelly. In the spring, I always vow to plant tomatoes but end up buying them at the supermarket instead. During the marathon, Iggy's legs complained with sharp pains shooting up his thighs. At , in , and during all help to show where we are in time. Because there are so many possible locations in space and time, the list of prepositions is long: Prepositions about above according to across after against along along with among apart from around as as for at because of before behind below beneath beside between beyond but* by by means of concerning despite down during except except for excepting for from in in addition to in back of in case of in front of in place of inside in spite of instead of into like near next of off on onto on top of out out of outside over past regarding round since through throughout till to toward under underneath unlike until up upon up to with within without * But is very seldom a preposition. When it is used as a preposition, but means the same as except — Everyone ate frog legs but Jamie . Usually, but functions as a coordinating conjunction . Understand how to form a prepositional phrase. Prepositions frequently introduce prepositional phrases , which will usually follow this pattern: Preposition + Optional Modifier(s) + Noun, Pronoun, or Gerund Here are examples: At school At = preposition; school = noun. According to us According to = preposition; us = pronoun. By chewing By = preposition; chewing = gerund. Under the stove Under = preposition; the = modifier; stove = noun. In the crumb-filled, rumpled sheets In = preposition; the , crumb-filled , rumpled = modifiers; sheets = noun. Realize that some prepositions have split personalities. Five prepositions can also function as subordinate conjunctions : after , as , before , since , and until . When these five are subordinate conjunctions, both a subject and a verb will follow, forming a subordinate clause . Read these examples: After Sam and Esmerelda kissed goodnight After = subordinate conjunction; Sam , Esmerelda = subjects; kissed = verb. As Jerome buckled on the parachute As = subordinate conjunction; Jerome = subject; buckled = verb. Before I eat these frog legs Before = subordinate conjunction; I = subject; eat = verb. Since we have enjoyed the squid eyeball stew Since = subordinate conjunction; we = subject; have enjoyed = verb. Until your hiccups stop Until = subordinate conjunction; hiccups = subject; stop = verb. When only a noun , object pronoun , or gerund follows (with or without modifiers and/or objects ), you have just a prepositional phrase . Consider these examples: After the killer calculus test After = preposition; the , killer , calculus = modifiers; test = noun. As a leader As = preposition; a = modifier; leader = noun. Before dancing Before = preposition; dancing = gerund. Since the breakup Since = preposition; the = modifier; breakup = noun. Until her Until = preposition; her = pronoun. Printer Fabulous! Home • Terms • Exercises • Handouts • Rules • PowerPoint • Canvas • Twitter • YouTube • Shop • About Robin ©1997 - 2025 by Robin L. Simmons All Rights Reserved. valid html