Created by A.M.M.U Jayasinghe

1. PREPOSITIONS
A.M.M.U Jayasinghe
Student ID No. : LC00049000456

2. Lesson 01 : Preposition
•A preposition is a part of speech that
shows a relationship between two things
• Location (on, under, in)
• Timing (before, after, during)
• Direction (from, toward, to)

3. Lesson 01 : Preposition
•The ball is on the table
Two things : ball + table
“On” is a preposition

4. Lesson 01 : Preposition
• The ball is in the box
Two things : ball + Box
“in” is a preposition

5. Lesson 01 : Preposition
• Wash you hands before your meals
Two things : hands + meals
“before’’ is a preposition

6. Lesson 01 : Preposition
•She goes to the hospital
Two things : She goes + hospital
“To” is a preposition

7. Lesson 01 : Preposition
along behind but from off
past until about below by
in on since up above
among beneath down inside onto
through upon across around beside
during in to out to with
after at between except near
outside toward within before of
Common Prepositions :

8. Test your knowledge : 01
Which word is a preposition?
• Cat is on the cupboard
is cat on cupboard

9. Test your knowledge : 02
Which word is a preposition?
• The driver drives the car around the park
driver around Car park

10. Lesson 02 : Prepositional Phrases
• The cat is on the cupboard
• The dog by the gate is my pet
• The driver drives the car around the park

11. Lesson 02 : Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional phrases start with a
preposition and end with the object of a
preposition.
• on the cupboard
• by the gate
• around the park

12. Lesson 03 : object of a preposition
• Must be a noun or a pronoun
• Always comes at the end of a
prepositional phrase
Eg. The cat is on the table

13. Test your knowledge – 03
Identify the prepositional phrases
• I play with my friends
I play with
with my
with my friends

14. Test your knowledge – 04
Identify the prepositional phrase
• After cricket practise, We got an ice cream
After cricket
After cricket practise
After cricket practise, We

15. Test your knowledge – 05
Identify the prepositional phrase
• I select a frock from the shop
Select a frock
Frock from the shop
From the shop

16. Thank you.