
Prepositions
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English
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5th - 6th Grade
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Kwame Mensah
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Prepositions
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Prepositions
What is the root word in PREPOSITION?
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Preposition
The root word in preposition is POSITION.
The group of letters that in front before the root word is known as a prefix.
PRE - is the prefix
POSITION - is the root word
When these group of words appear after the root word, they are called suffixes. EXAMPLE - PEACEFUL.
PEACE - is the root word
FUL - is the suffix.
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Open Ended
Knowing the root word in preposition, what do you think is the definition of preposition?
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Preposition
Prepositions are words that indicate position. They tell us how someone or something relates to someone or something else.
Prepositions show the relationship between one noun or pronoun and another. They often tell us about position.
EXAMPLE: I placed the dish on the table.
Abena hid the toy behind the car.
Jafar stood between Ama and Tobi.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the preposition in each of the sentences that follow.
I sat under the huge mango tree when I was exhausted.
sat
exhausted
under
when
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Multiple Choice
The injured dog lay helplessly across the busy street.
helplessly
across
busy
injured
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Multiple Choice
There was a huge flash of lightning during the heavy down pour.
during
flash
heavy
was
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Multiple Choice
The extremely angry boy growled fiercely at his gentle friend.
growled
fiercely
angry
at
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Multiple Choice
The lost friends had to walk through the dangerous forest to get to their village.
lost
their
through
get
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