Language and Grammar, continued

  • 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

  • 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

  • 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Use Prepositions

Prepositions show how two objects or ideas are related.

  • • Some show location: We sat on the bench. The stars were above us.

    red dot inside a bracketred dot sitting on a bracketa red dot above a horizontal dashred dot below a horizontal dasha red dot to the right of a vertical dash
    inonabove overbelow underbeside next to

  • • Some show direction: Mom came through the door. She walked down the stairs.

    upward arrow pointing to red dotdownward arrow pointing to red dotred dot and arrow moving from left to right through an archa red dot between two vertical lines with an arrow going from left to righta curved arrow pointing to red dot in a box
    updownthroughacrossinto

  • • Some show time: We saw some constellations at nine o’clock.

  • • Some show origin: That constellation is from a Greek myth.

Practice Together

Add a preposition to complete each sentence. Say the sentence.

  • 1. There is a telescope ______ the roof of our school.

  • 2. Last week, my class climbed ______ the stairs to the roof.

  • 3. We learned about the telescope ______ a professor.

  • 4. We each got to look ______ the telescope.

  • 5. It was exciting to see the stars ______ us.

Try It!

Read each incomplete sentence. On a card, write a preposition to complete the sentence. Then hold up the card as you say the sentence with the preposition.

  • 6. Do you like to sleep ______ the stars?

  • 7. You can lie ______ the soft ground.

  • 8. You can look ______ the whole sky.

  • 9. Thousands of lights twinkle ______ your head.

  • 10. You can watch them glow ______ midnight.

The girl studies the sky through a telescope.

The girl studies the sky through a telescope.