Prepositions
In this video we are going to discuss the preposition. The preposition is a part of speech that tells us where something is. So it describes the position of something. So the where, and the where of something, ah-ha. Thing means we're relating to a noun. So, we know it tells us the where about a noun.
Now, let's actually apply that knowledge to the following. The man, blank, the car. Remember, preposition talks about where and it relates to a noun. The noun in this case is car. Why? Well, when we think where is the man, he is in the car.
And so the in, which is the preposition relates to the car, which is the noun. There are many prepositions, you could have inside. I suppose you could have on the car, if the man is sitting on the car and you can even, other prepositions, such as the man next- To the car.
So I could go on and on here, but the main point is to let you know that these words that refer to the where of a certain noun are called prepositions. So we have next to, in, inside, and on. What about the second example? He lived, can you come up with any? Why don't you pause the video and see if you can come up with three different prepositions. Okay, we have he lived in the city just like in from in the car here. He lived near the city. He lived next to the city. He lived outside the city. Maybe the man lived besides the city, which really isn't too different from next to the city. You can see that these words, though, are all prepositions. So, make a note of those. And in fact there's many other prepositions that we're gonna encounter throughout the series, but for now as long as you understand that the function of these words, says a proposition, you've mastered this video. Now, let's actually take a look at a few sentences to see if you can identify the preposition. So with A, he ran down the street. Where?
Well, down. Down what? What's the noun? The street.
So preposition, and circle the preposition. It corresponds to the noun street. Then next we have the man ran away from the fire. Again, where? Away from, there's our two words here. Both are prepositions, not a problem.
Again, what is he running away from? Circle that, he's running away from the fire, so that's the noun that the preposition here relates to. Finally, C, he lived in the purple house next to the old church. So you can have multiple prepositions in the sentence. Where?
Well, in the preposition. In what? The purple house. So house is our noun. And then the house is where? Next, so that's our preposition, and what is it next to? The old church, and so that is our noun.
So you have many prepositions and nouns in one sentence. But as long as you remember that the preposition describes the where of a noun, you've mastered it.