Identify the preposition
"The dog jumped over the fence."
What is "over"?
The cat is ___ the chair.
What is "under"?
True or False: "Under" can be used to describe location.
What is True?
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence: "She ran across the street."
Answer: What is "across the street"?
What is "across the street"?
Name three prepositions that indicate location.
Acceptable responses include: "above, below, between."
"She sat beside her friend."
What is "beside"?
She will arrive ___ noon.
Answer: What is "at"?
What is "at"?
Use "between" in a sentence.
Acceptable responses include: "The cat is sitting between the two dogs."
Identify the prepositional phrase: "He is staying in the hotel."
What is "in the hotel"?
Use the prepositions "before" and "after" in one sentence.
Acceptable response: "I will eat breakfast before school and go home after."
"The book is on the table."
What is "on"?
The book belongs ___ John.
What is "to"?
What do we call a group of words that begins with a preposition?
Answer: What is a "prepositional phrase"?
What prepositional phrase would fit this context: "The car drove ___ the tunnel."
Acceptable response: "through the tunnel".
Explain the difference between "in" and "on."
"In" refers to being inside a space, while "on" refers to being atop a surface.
"We walked through the park."
What is "through"?
They went to the store ___ lunch.
What is "after"?
Complete the sentence with a preposition: "The athlete trained ___ the coach."
Answer: What is "with"?
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence: "I put the keys on the table."
What is "on the table"?
Rearrange this sentence to include a preposition: "the cat the box (in)."
The rearranged sentence: "The cat is in the box."
"He hid his treasure under the floorboard."
What is "under"?
The picture is hanging ___ the wall.
What is "on"?
Provide an example of a sentence that uses three prepositions.
Answer: Acceptable response: "The cat jumped off the table and onto the floor beside the couch."
Create a sentence that includes the prepositional phrase "in front of the house."
Answer: Acceptable responses include: "The mailbox is in front of the house."
Acceptable responses include: "The mailbox is in front of the house."
Create a short story (2-3 sentences) using at least five different prepositions.
Acceptable responses will vary; look for good use of prepositions.