ENG/P/1: Prepositions

A preposition is a word or group of words used to link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. Some examples of prepositions are single words like in, at, on, of, to, by and with or phrases such as in front of, next to,

Prepositions
In, on, under, near, over, behind, to, in front.
a) The cup is on the table.

b) The bird is flying over the tree.
Activity
Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.
1. The girl is pointing _______the tree.
2. He is sitting _____ the chair
3. The man is sitting ______ the tree.
4. The cat is _______ the box
5. Pencil are _____ the tin
6. The aeroplane is flying ______ the houses.

Study the pictures and make sentences

Where is the cat?

More on prepositions
From, next, after before , between , against, with.

Activity
Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions
1. Dad is coming ______town.
2. Don’t lean _____the wall.
3. Who sits _______to you?
4. I drink water _______eating.
5. _______school I do my homework.
6. I play ______my puppy.
7. The blackboard is ______of the class
8. Who sits _______Linda?

Homophones (words with a similar sound but different meaning
Write – right                                             meet – meat                                    hit – heat
Hear – here                                               pick – peak                                      there – their
Shut – shirt                                               rode – road                                      ship – sheep
Soap – shop                                               sit – seat                                          sun – son
Know – nose                                              hair – hare                                      sea – see
Weak – week                                              too – to,

This unit helps you to understand prepositions as small words that show where the noun is. It also contains some homophones as used in Primary one.