PREPOSITIONS
Prepositions are words that connect nouns and pronouns to other words and show the relationship between the words. While there are hundreds of prepositions, some of the more common prepositions are:
about along behind beyond during inside off over to up | above among below but except into on since toward upon | across around beneath by for like onto through under with | after at beside despite from near out throughout underneath within | against before between down in of outside till until without |
Even though knowing individual prepositions is important, you will use prepositional phrases far more frequently. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun and includes any words that come in between the two. Study the examples below.
- in the village
- despite the extensive remodeling project
- underneath the grey blanket
- near him
- between you and me
- with her
Note how each phrase above begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. You will learn more about prepositional phrases as well as other phrases in Week 4.