Mastering Prepositions: Get Your Sentences Right

Mastering Prepositions: Get Your Sentences Right

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will be able to identify prepositions and use them correctly in sentences.

Introduce the learning objective and give an overview of what the students will learn in this lesson.

What do you already know about prepositions?

What Are Prepositions?

Prepositions are words that indicate the relationship between nouns or pronouns and other words in a sentence.

Define prepositions and give examples of common prepositions such as in, on, at, by, and with.

Preposition Examples

Examples of prepositions: The book is on the table. The cat is under the chair. I went to the store.

Provide simple examples of prepositions in sentences to help students understand their usage.

Preposition Practice

Identify the prepositions in the following sentence: The dog ran through the park to chase the ball.

Engage students in interactive learning by having them identify the prepositions in the sentence and explain their usage.

Common Prepositions

Some common prepositions include: in, on, at, by, with, to, from, for, and of.

Show a list of common prepositions and give examples of how they are used in sentences.

Preposition Combinations

Prepositions can be used in combination with other words to form prepositional phrases.

Introduce the concept of prepositional phrases and give examples of how they are used in sentences.

Preposition Practice

Which of the following is a prepositional phrase? a) The cat sat on the mat. b) The dog barked loudly. c) I am going home.

Engage students in interactive learning by having them identify the prepositional phrase in the given sentences.

Using Prepositions Correctly

To use prepositions correctly, you need to understand the relationship between the words in the sentence and the context in which they are used.

Provide tips on how to use prepositions correctly in sentences and give examples of how they can change the meaning of a sentence.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.