Reviewing Prepositions

Summary
This is a simple review lesson about prepositions and how they are used.

Objectives
• to review the concept of prepositions and their function;

• to provide a list of common prepositions for handy reference;

• to provide some review questions about prepositions to test knowledge and understanding.

Suggested Grades
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade

Excerpt
What is a preposition? A preposition is a part of speech like a noun or a verb. It is a word placed before a noun, pronoun, phrase or clause to show its relationship to some other word in a sentence.

When we need a preposition, we often have to use a prepositional phrase. This is a group of two or more words that begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun. The noun or pronoun at the end of the phrase is called the object of the preposition. Every preposition must have an object.

? Sylvia got nervous before the concert began.

Before is a preposition. Before the concert is a prepositional phrase.
Concert is the object of the preposition.

Here is a list of the most commonly used prepositions.

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