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Placement of Prepositions

1. Prepositions must always be followed by a noun or a pronoun. That noun or
pronoun is called the object of a preposition. For example,

y The dog is walking behind its master.
y The ants live under the rocks.
y She tied her hair with a blue ribbon.
2. Sometimes prepositions come at the end of a sentence, after its object.
For example,

y I turned the TV on.
y How much did you sell it for?
y Do you know who she is talking to?
3. Sometimes, prepositions come at the end of a sentence when its object is used as
the subject of the sentence. For example,

y Santorini is the city I would like to live in.
4. A prepositional phrase can be placed at the beginning or the end of a sentence.
For example,

y In the evening, we usually take a walk by the beach.
y We usually take a walk by the beach in the evening.

Preposition or Adverb

Words can sometimes act as prepositions or as adverbs. A preposition requires an
object. An adverb qualifies a verb. For example,

y The child colours outside the lines. (preposition)
y Let’s go outside. (adverb)
y The rain came down heavily. (adverb)
y We ran down the stairs. (preposition)

C. Identify whether the highlighted words are prepositions (P) or adverbs (A).

1. Get inside!

2. She sat down.

3. Get inside the house!

4. He ran down the stairs.

5. He looked up her number.

6. Maria looked out of the window.

7. We’re going out at 7:00 tonight.

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