Adverb of Preposition

Summary
A review lesson about prepositions and adverbs and the difference between them.

Objectives
• to review the concept and function of prepositions;

• to review the concept and function of adverbs;

• to provide examples of words that can be used as either prepositions or adverbs.

Suggested Grades
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade

Excerpt
A preposition is a word placed before a noun, pronoun, phrase, or clause to show its relationship to some other words in a sentence.

When we need a preposition, we often have to use a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase 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.

Here are some common prepositions:

? about, above, across, before, behind
? beside, down, in, into, on
? over, to, toward, under, until

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