Preposition list for 4th grade

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A preposition begins a group of words called a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase ends with a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition. The preposition shows how the object of the preposition is related to other words in the sentence. A prepositional phrase can be used to tell where, when, how, or which one.
         Preposition:                           We took a rocket

outer space.
         Prepositional Phrase:            into outer space
         Object of the Preposition:    outer space

Sometimes you can combine two sentences with prepositional phrases.
The astronauts studied the moon. They saw craters there.
The astronauts studied craters on the moon.

Common Prepositions:
about, above, across, after, along, around, at, behind, below, beneath, between, by, for, from, in, into, of, on, over, through, to, under, upon, with, without

List of Prepositions And Preposition Worksheets

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If your students memorize the list of prepositions, they will be able to recognize prepositional phrases much more easily. If they separate these phrases from long sentences, they can better understand what they're reading, writing, or editing.

This page has several sets of preposition worksheets and charts below.

Outside memorizing the list, referring to a preposition list on a chart is next best. Keep it handy for diagramming sentences.

Hint 1: Think of the meaning of pre- (before) position. The preposition comes before its object, either a noun or a pronoun

Hint 2: Many times the preposition is followed by an article: a, an, the; or an adjective. 

• on a table... 
• through an exit...
• in the box...
• with warm greetings...

Prepositions always point to an object noun which is why prepositions are not placed or left at the end of sentences, clauses, or phrases.  A preposition needs its object unless the object is understood substantively as with prepositions of place. 

When you find a preposition at the end of a sentence in your own writing, read it out loud to see if you can re-word the phrase.

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2. Printable Prepositions List & Worksheets

Learning a list of prepositions can make both reading and writing easier.

• An alphabetical preposition list can be used as a writing prompt to improve writing as well as a reference chart.
• A list of prepositions can also help students discover prepositional phrases when they are learning to diagram.
• Separating the prepositional phrases from the rest of a sentence can make it easier to name the other parts of speech and to understand the meaning of the sentence.

For example: Think of the long winded authors from the late 1800s.

• Some of their sentences are many lines long. 
• Some of their paragraphs are a full page long.
• (Remember - These authors were paid by the word. Aha moment!)

If you rewrite the sentence with no prepositional phrases, it is easier to understand the author's message.

Printable List Of Prepositions

Kids can learn to recognize prepositions with this list of common prepositions. Memorizing the list can make grammar class easier. I like to print this list on card stock and keep it in a binder. There are two sides to this printable list and there are more preposition worksheets below:

3. Preposition Worksheets

List Of Prepositions To Copy

• The first set here has larger line spacing for younger students.
• The next includes a reference chart with the same list in manuscript, yet smaller spacing for older students.
• The last is written in cursive writing.
• If you print these two up, the lines are nearly college rule, excellent for middle school and high school. Enjoy!

Manuscript

Smaller Spacing

Cursive Writing

4. Preposition Definition

What are prepositions?

A preposition is a word that has a noun or pronoun as its object and begins a phrase ending in that object that links that same object in relation to the sentence.

Prepositions are very useful. They often link other nouns to the main ideas in the sentence. They also define position or place.

Prepositions help define instructional material. They help us see the steps we should take in making a recipe or piecing a bike. Without the prepositions we might not "position" the pieces correctly.

5. Object of a Preposition

Object Of A Preposition - The object of a preposition is a noun or pronoun that is linked to the rest of the sentence by the preposition.

• The pencil is under the desk.
• Desk is the object of the preposition, or the word under.

Any noun can be an object of a preposition. 

Printable Object of a Preposition Worksheets

The prepositions in these sentences are printed in gray so that they are easy to see. Have your children practice writing these sentences to see the way we use the list of prepositions in the real world.

Manuscript Prepositions

Cursive Prepositions

6. Compound Prepositions?

I had not heard of compound prepositions until I'd seen them in one of our children's modern English books.

Personally, I think that the "compound" prepositions are sets of words (phrases?) that need to be edited. There are so many times when we could simply phrase our writing better.

For example:

• "on top of"

means "on the top of something", which makes it two prepositional phrases:

• "on the top",
• and "of something".

I'd keep an eye for this. Even though it is true that we often speak using what amounts to compound prepositions, writing gives us a chance to be more precise in our choice of words.

It is especially helpful when we're free to use an editor or word processor and read our work out loud to be able to see that we are "missing something" in our writing.

Often it is the preposition's object. :-)

The better we choose our words, the better others will understand our writing. 

7. Prepositional Phrases Enhance Stories

Normally prepositional phrases can add depth of detail to a sentence. the descriptive use of prepositional phrases really enhances a story.

On the other hand the overuse of prepositions is as boring as a run-on sentence.

They can be used to create adjective phrases describing the subjects and objects, or as adverb phrases describing verbs.

Remember the authors from the 1800s? Since they were paid according to how long their texts were, they had an incentive to be more descriptive. Your children can add adjective phrases and adverb phrases to improve descriptive text and to increase text length easily.

How Did The Great Authors Use Prepositions?

In the days of Charles Dickens writers were paid by the word. More words, more money.

Guess what? 

They stuffed their writing with prepositional phrases, both adjectival phrases and adverbial phrases. Now we know why they wrote such long descriptions!

My high school children were relieved to hear that this was the "great" authors' secret. They were also glad to hear that this is no longer the usual way to write. :-)

As a matter of fact, they were happy to learn that if a reading selection were too long or verbose, they could simply remove the prepositional phrases one at a time to make sense of the sentence. Then they could restore the phrases to understand the details.

How Do You Find Prepositions In A Sentence?

If children can recognize the preposition (hence the beauty of memorizing or nearly memorizing a list of prepositions), it's easy to find the prepositional phrases.

• Memorizing the list is the easiest way for some children to find the prepositions.
• Having a short list handy can be a helpful aid, too.

Prepositions precede articles and adjectives or the object noun of the preposition, so sometimes it is easier for children to see the articles, (a, an, the).

Another way is to work backward from the nouns (persons or things). Ask the questions, "Is there a person or thing?" "Are they linked or connected to something?" Try varying approaches to fit different learning styles.

Once you have found the phrase you can mentally separate it from the sentence to see the main sentence more easily. See how the eleven word sentence below is really a two word command.

• "Put it in the basket in the corner of the kitchen."

The prepositions "in", "in", and "of" explain where to put the basket. Remove the prepositional phrases to see that "Put it." is the simple thought in this sentence.

Objects of prepositions are different from direct objects and indirect objects even though they are all nouns or pronouns. See more definitions and practice worksheets at the links.

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Classes of prepositions in Russian

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Prepositions may seem like one of the easiest parts of speech, but don't be fooled by the first impression. Some of them are tricky, because of which students make mistakes and lose good grades on tests. But don't be discouraged: we know how to deal with them. And after this article you will know.

Today we will figure out what prepositions are in Russian, what categories these parts of speech have and how to write them correctly - together or separately. Go!

What are prepositions and what are they like

Preposition is an auxiliary part of speech that expresses the syntactic dependence of some words on others in phrases and sentences.

Prepositions are placed before nouns, numerals and pronouns in different cases. At the same time, this part of speech is not used with words in the nominative case. Prepositions are divided into 3 categories: by origin, by composition and by meaning. Let's take a look at each of them.

Classes of prepositions by meaning

By meaning, the prepositions of the Russian language are divided into prepositions of time, place, reason, purpose, concession, object and mode of action. Consider them in a table with examples.

Types of prepositions according to their meaning
View	Prepositions	Example
Time	In, to, before, after, through, after, during, in continuation, in conclusion	By noon, after lunch, during pm, during week, etc.
Seats	In, before, due to, behind, to, over, under, in front of, at, through, near, past, about etc.	In village, over mountains, over sea, through clearing, near houses, etc.
Causes	because of	Due to fog, from fear, for honor, thanks to help, etc.
Targets	For, for, by, on, to, for the sake of, for the purpose of, for the purpose of	For colors, for conversation, for security purposes, etc.
Concessions	despite	Despite advice, despite persuasion, etc.
Action object	oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh	About me, about farmstead, about field, about weather, about work
Comparisons	C, like, like, like	Animal like cats, bright like sun, etc.
Action	With, without etc.	With sadness, without embarrassment , etc.

Test yourself

Read the word combinations below and determine which category of meaning the prepositions in them belong to.
Brought from distant countries, called for a conversation, the size of a sparrow, turned away with resentment, go to the well, meet after the ball.

Types of prepositions by composition

According to the composition, prepositions are divided into simple, complex and compound.

Simple prepositions consist of one word: in, over, under, against , etc. - under , etc.

And the third type - compound - these are prepositions that consist of two or three words, but are written without a hyphen: during, at the expense of etc.

Test yourself

Read the word combinations below and determine what kind of composition the prepositions in them belong to.
He rose above the water, watched for a month, looked out from under the snow, disappeared into the dawn, a plant like a poppy, stopped near the gate.

Types of prepositions by origin

By origin, prepositions are usually divided into derivatives and non-derivatives.

Derived prepositions are those prepositions that come from other parts of speech.

In total, they have three subspecies: nominal, verbal and adverbial. The former were formed from nouns, the latter from gerunds, and the third, as you might guess, from adverbs. Derived prepositions are unambiguous - each of them belongs to only one type in the classification by meaning.

The examples below show that the same words can be both prepositions and other parts of speech in different sentences. It is important to distinguish between them so as not to be mistaken in morphological analysis.

Non-derivative prepositions are prepositions that have not been formed from other parts of speech.

They have always been prepositions and are not like words in other parts of speech. Non-derivative prepositions are often polysemantic, that is, they can refer to two or more types by meaning.

For convenience, we have compiled everything you need to know about derivative and non-derivative prepositions in the table below. Save it and use it when you need it!

Check yourself

Read the word combinations below and determine what kind of origin the prepositions in them belong to.
In front of the house, about traveling, near the city, including residents, thanks to the advice, during autumn, around the pond.

Demo lesson in Russian

Take the test at the introductory lesson and find out what topics separate you from the "five" in Russian.

Continuous and separate spelling of prepositions

And now let's talk in more detail about the very tricks of this part of speech, which we talked about at the beginning of the article. The fact is that some of the prepositions can be written together or separately. And if you do not know the peculiarities of their spelling, this can become a problem. To figure out when prepositions should be written together, and when - separately in Russian, the table with a list of rules and examples below will help.

Test yourself

Let's see if you understand well what prepositions are and what they serve. Below you will find tasks for self-examination on this topic. Go through them to see if the material is worth repeating.

Task 1

Read the phrases below, find prepositions in them and determine which categories they belong to in all three classifications: by meaning, by composition and by origin.

Above the snow, due to illness, about the weekend, under the table, because of joy, in spite of adversity, to the station, to rest, until tomorrow, to communicate, like a bird, without fatigue.

Task 2

Read the phrases below and identify which ones use prepositions and which ones use other parts of speech similar to prepositions. Open parenthesis.

(Not) looking at the noise, (not) looking in her direction, (in) during the evening, (in) the stream, (to) the work account, (to) the bank account, (to) opposite the house, got up (on) against, (on) meeting friends, (on) meeting a dream.

This part of speech is full of traps, but if you understand it, you will never again have to puzzle over how to write: “during” or “in the flow”. If you want to forget about mistakes in prepositions, start studying additionally with a teacher. In the courses at the Skysmart online Russian language school, you will be able to understand the most difficult topics. This will help improve school grades and get more points at the OGE in the future.

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At an introductory lesson with a methodologist

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Summary of the lesson on writing in grade 4 "Preposition.

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Municipal budgetary educational institution Kutuzov boarding school for children with disabilities

Open lesson in 4B class.

Subject: “Preposition. Preposition as a single word.

Teacher: Shachneva N.I.

2016

Open lesson in Russian

in 4B grade on the topic: "Preposition as a separate word."

Purpose: To provide conditions for the formation of skills to correctly use prepositions in speech and write words with prepositions separately.

Tasks:

Educational:

1. Formation of ideas about the preposition as a word;

2. Show the need to use prepositions for, linking words in

sentence and phrase.

Developing:

1. Develop logical thinking, imagination, perception, speech
2. Develop spelling vigilance.

Educational:

1. To cultivate positive motivation to study the subject;
2. Cultivate the ability to listen to others.

Equipment: poster prepositions, table "Extra word", cards for individual work, presentation for the lesson.

Methods: verbal, visual, partially search.

Forms: frontal, individual, pair.

Lesson progress.

1. Org. moment:

The bell rang,

The lesson starts.

We will not be lazy, but we will work.

2. Checking homework.

Open your notebooks. Let's check our homework.

What should have been done in the exercise?

Read the sentences you have made.

• Which words are capitalized? Why? (proper names)
• What other words are capitalized? (give examples)

(exercise 12, p. 149.)

3. Exercises for the development of the fingers.

Our school is good (sha-sha-sha)

I'm in a hurry to our school (shu-shu-shu)

And I study well (sho-sho-sho)

letters under dictation: R A V I L O

- Write down the capital letters: predl o g

• Connect capital letters. What word came out? - rule.
• Connect lowercase letters. What word came out? - suggestion.

5. Learning new material.

Reading a fairy tale from a textbook p.153

- What is a preposition? (A preposition is a small word).

- What else do we know about prepositions? (Prepositions are very important to know and distinguish from other words)

• What work do prepositions do? (Oin connect words by meaning).
• What do we know about the spelling of prepositions? (Prepositions with words are written separately)

Let's play the game "Game with a pen".

• Follow all my commands:
• Put the pen in the book.
• Under the book. - For a book. - Near the book.
• Put down a pen book.

• Why don't you do it? Where should the item be placed? (and you didn't name the preposition)
• Let's conclude: Each preposition has its own meaning. The preposition helps to understand where the object is.

Attention exercise “Find the odd thing”

Za, ro, s, v, na, well, under, y, about, before are prepositions. Superfluous - ro, s, well.

• Guys, I suggest you make an exciting journey to the country of the Russian language, where different words live happily and amicably.
• What you need to take with you on a trip: attention, memory, mind, textbook, pen, good mood.

Working with the "Prepositions" table (which prepositions are hidden in the diagrams)

• What does the preposition "in" mean - in something.
• What does the preposition "on" mean - on the surface, above.
• What does the preposition "above" mean - above.
• What does the preposition "under" mean - from below.
• What does the preposition "for" mean - behind.
• What do the prepositions "at, about" mean - it means near.
• What is the place of prepositions in the sentence? - a separate place, prepositions in the sentence are written separately.

Preposition in translation means before the word.

Based on Plastov's painting "First Snow".

Look at Plastov's painting "First Snow". This artist was very fond of depicting children, because children are always very sincerely happy with the small wonders of nature.

• What season is shown in the picture?
• Who did the artist depict in the picture?
• What do children enjoy? (first snow)

Task: Answer the questions, write down a preposition with a word in your notebook.

• Where did the children run from? - The children ran out of the house. (from home)
• Where are the children standing? - The children are standing on the porch. (on the porch)
• Where does birch grow? - A birch grows near the house. (near the house, near the house, at the house)
• Where is the magpie sitting? - A magpie sits on a branch. (on a branch)
• What does a crow walk on? - A crow walks in the snow. (in the snow)
• Where did the snow come from? - Snow fell from the sky. (from the sky)

Task "Connect the words with the help of a preposition"

• Pie - cabbage, hole - spruce, hoarfrost - trees, dog - kennel.

Pygog with cabbage, a hole under a spruce, frost on the trees, a dog in a kennel.

Physical education minute with a task (if I say the word is not a pretext, we raise our hands up, if the pretext is to sit down, hands on our shoulders.

6. Primary reinforcement

Work according to the textbook: exercise 1, page 153

Task: Help prepositions to connect words.0003

1. Bridge over the river.
2. Letter from a friend.
3. Chimney smoke.
4. Dog under the porch.
5. Car wheel.

Conclusion: - What are prepositions for? How are prepositions written?

• Is it possible to put a question to the preposition? (No) - You can’t put a question to the pretext. A preposition is an independent part of speech. (independent word)

Card work.

• We continue our lesson: Where is the excuse hidden?

Task: Insert prepositions, write sentences, explain spelling.

1 variant:

1. Father has returned… to the factory.
2. My sister arrived ... from the village of Kamenki.
3. The cone lies ... with a pine tree.

Option 2:

1. ... with the help of crows you can make a weather forecast.
2. If they sit down on tops of trees, the frost gets stronger.
3. Hurt ... the earth - to be a strong wind.

-test

1. Prepositions are needed for ...

1) connections of words in a sentence 2) expressions of feelings

2. A preposition with a word is written ...

1) together 2) separately 3) through a dash

3. Question for prepositions: 1) can be asked 2) cannot be asked

4. Indicate the preposition: 1) flies 2) along 3) but

5.

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