Lesson 6 - Prepositions

Question 1

What does the word preposition mean?

Answer 1

placed before

Question 2

What is the Latin root?

Answer 2

praepositus

Question 3

Why is it called a preposition?

Answer 3

Prepositions are placed before a noun

Question 4

List as many prepositions as you can

Answer 4

aboard, about, above, across, after against, along, amid, among, around, at, atop, before behind, below, beneath, beside, between beyond, but (except), by, despite, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, near, of, off, on, outside, over, past, regarding, since, through, throughout, till, to, towards, under, underneath, until, unto, up, upon, with, within, without

Question 5

What is the object of the preposition?

Answer 5

the noun that comes after the preposition

Question 6

What parts of speech must the object of the preposition be?

Answer 6

nouns or pronouns