Prepositions

PREPOSITIONS

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ABOUT PREPOSITIONS. REPEAT EACH PREPOSITION.

Prepositions are the words that indicate location. Usually, prepositions show this location in the physical world. Check out the three examples below:

The puppy is on the floor.

The puppy is in the trash can.

The puppy is beside the phone.

On, in, and beside are all prepositions. They are showing where the puppy is. Prepositions can also show location in time. Read the next three examples:

Because there are so many possible locations, there are quite a few prepositions.


In the following web page, we have examples of prepositions.
Go to this page:
http://www.mexpanol.com/About_Spanish/Grammar/Preposition_of_place/preposition_of_place.html

There are many kind of prepositions:

Prepositions of time

Prepositions of place and direction (in, at, on)

Prepositions of place and direction

 

 VIDEO ABOUT PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE. TRY TO FIND, WHERE IS MR. MONKEY?

  

The prepositons of place show where the things are. We can practice prepositions looking at our bedrooms, classroom, and so on. Every time and everywhere we can practice prepositions.

Examples: 

Read the following reading and underline the prepositions that you find. 

“I live on a dairy which my mom and dad own. They own many cows which we milk before the sun comes up. We take much of the milk into the city to sell.

One time when I worked in the dairy, I lost a tooth. It just came out! I took the tooth into the house. I put my tooth under my pillow for the tooth fairy to find.”

LET´S SING A SONG

Try to memorize the song. 

how many prepositions are in the video? _________________________

IN THE NEXT VIDEO YOU CAN SEE PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE.

LOOK AND REPEAT. 

 

Anwer the following questions

Where is the carrot?
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LET'S  PRACTICE

 

DESCRIBE TO YOU PARTNER YOUR HOUSE OR BEDROOM.
FOR EXAMPLE:

         IN MY BEDROOM THE BED IS BETWEEN THE SOFA AND THE TABLE.


 LET'S PRACTICE SOME EXERCISES.

In the following pictures there are exercises related to prepositions. Complete the exercises use the correct preposition. 

Prepositions of Place Exercises With Pictures

PRACTICE PREPOSITIONS. GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE AND PLAY THE GAME.

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com/2008/06/prepositions-of-place-game.html

SOURCES
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm 

http://child-1st.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/03/using-prepositions-for-reading-fluency.html
 www.learnenglish.de/PictureIt/prepositionsplace.htm
 http://bogglesworldesl.com/flashcardsESL/preposition_cards1.jpg,
 http://bizleys.ism-online.org/files/2012/03/prespositions1.jpg
http://www.detailenglish.com/index.php?page=articles&op=readArticle&id=230&title=Prepositions-of-Place-Exercises-With-Pictures

(The videos are taken from Youtube)