GRAMMAR: Preposition

(Preposition of Time, Place, and Movement)

 

LESSON OVERVIEW 

Lesson name: Use of Preposition of Time, Place, and Movement

Skill focus: Grammar 

Teacher name: Novalia Laily Ramandha

Organisation: SMP N 1 Tawangsari 

Target students: Class 7 Junior High School 

Materials used in class: Blog, White Board, Marker, Laptop, LCD, Quiz

Time: 60 menit 

LESSON OBJECTIVES

This lesson helps to know the types and examples of prepositions in sentences. Students can identify prepositions and use them correctly in a sentence.

LESSON PLAN

1. Play a YouTube video explaining prepositions and their types

2. Ask students to explain again about prepositions as far as they understand from the YouTube video

3. Explain the definition and types and examples of prepositions

4. Ask students to make example sentences based on the explanations that have been presented

5. Give an explanation again about the material prepositions

6. Give a quiz at the end of the session to measure student understanding

               

PREPOSITION 

(Preposition of Time, Place, and Movement)

                

Preposition is a word that shows the relationship between two things. The name "preposition" (pre position) means "place before". Prepositions usually come before another word, usually a noun or noun phrase:

                -    noun

                -    pronoun

                -    noun phrase

                -    gerund (verb in -ing form)

If a preposition does not come before another word, it is still closely linked to another word:                   

                -    Who did you talk to?

                -    To whom did you talk?

                -    I talked to Jane.

Many prepositions can also be adverbs: 

                -    They are in the kitchen, preposition.

                -    Please come in, adverb

A few prepositions can also be conjunctions: 

                * Everyone came but Tara. preposition,

                * I asked her but she didn't answer. conjunction

Preposition of Time 

A preposition used to indicate time. adverbs of time are usually shown in prepositional combinations with the object that follows. the object in question is the object of the preposition, where the combination of the preposition and the object that follows it is a prepositional phrase. 

                (On) is used with days. 

                - I will see you on Monday. 

                - The week begins on Sunday. 

                (At) is used with noon, night, midnight, and with the time of day. 

                - My plane leaves at noon. 

                - The movie starts at 6 p.m. 

           (In) is used with other parts of the day, with months, with years, with                            seasons. 

                - He likes to read in the afternoon. 

                - The days are long in August. 

                - The book was published in 1999. 

                - The flowers will bloom in spring. 

             (Since, for, by, from—to, from—until, during, (with)in) – expresses extended                time. 

                - She has been gone since yesterday.  

                - I'm going to Paris for two weeks. 

                - The movie showed from August to/until October.                  

                - I watch TV during the evening.  

                - We must finish the project within a year. 

Preposition of Place

Prepositions of place are words used to express information about the location or location of an object.

                (In) – describes the point itself. 

                - There is a wasp in the room.

 

                (Inside) – expresses something contained. 

                - Put the present inside the box. 

                (On) – talks about the surface. 

                - I left your keys on the table. 

                (At) – talks about a general vicinity. 

                - She was waiting at the corner. 

                (Over, above) – when the object is higher than a point. 

                - He threw the ball over the roof. 

                - Hang that picture above the couch. 

                (Under, underneath, beneath, below) – when the object is lower than a                         point. 

                - The rabbit burrowed under the ground. 

                - The child hid underneath the blanket. 

                - We relaxed in the shade beneath the branches. 

                - The valley is below sea-level. 

               (Near, by, next to, between, among, opposite) – when the object is close to a                 point. 

                - She lives near the school. 

                - There is an ice cream shop by the store. 

                - An oak tree grows next to my house.

                - The house is between Elm Street and Maple Street. 

                - I found my pen lying among the books. 

                - The bathroom is opposite the kitchen.

Preposition of Movement

Prepositions of movement indicate movement from one place to another.

                

                 (Into) 

                 - Tara has just gone into the post office.

                 - He got into the car and closed the door.

                

                 (Out of)

                 - He went out of the room to smoke a cigarette.

                 - Take your hands out of your pockets and help me!

                 (Around)

                 - Can I take the car for a drive around the block?

                 - He walk around the table.

                 (From)

                 - We flew from Bangkok to London.

                 - The police took my driving licence from me.

                 (Toward)

                 - The night sky got brighter as they drove toward the city.

                 - At last she could recognize the person coming towards her. 

                  (Past)

                  - He walked straight past me and didn't even say "hello". 

                  - We could see children in the playground as we drove past the school.

                  (On to)

                  - They went up on to the stage.

                  - We went up on to the roof to watch the sunset.

                  (Off)

                  - Please take your papers off my desk.

                  - My pen rolled off the table and fell of the floor.

                  (Over)

                  - We are flying over the mountains.

                  - The prisoners escaped by climbing over a wall. 

                    

For more details, here's a youtube video about materials of preposition:

Materials of Prepositions

After understanding the material about prepositions, students can do the following quiz:

Prepositions' Quiz                  

Good Luck ^^