Prepositions
You learn to find the preposition: the small word that tells you where or when.
How to do the test
- Find a noun.
- Look at the small word just before it.
- If it tells you where or when, it is a preposition.
Tap the preposition. The cat sat on the mat.
- A preposition links a noun to the rest of the sentence.
- Look at "on the mat": it tells you where the cat sat.
- On comes before the noun mat.
- On is the preposition.
More examples
Tap the preposition. The bird flew over the house.
- A preposition links a noun to the rest of the sentence.
- Look at "over the house": it tells you which way the bird flew.
- Over comes before the noun house.
- Over is the preposition.
Tap the preposition. They ate after the game.
- A preposition links a noun to the rest of the sentence.
- Look at "after the game": it tells you when they ate.
- After comes before the noun game.
- After is the preposition.