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                            PRESENTS …..
           Busy Prepositions                                                                           Prepositions are used before nouns to give more information in a sentence.                                              Usually, they show where something is,or when something happened. 
 

The Most Common Prepositions

aboard    about    above    across    after   against   along    among   anti   around   as    at   before   by   behind    below    beneath  but   for    beside    besides   between    beyond    concerning  considering   despite   down   during    except    following    from    in  inside    into    like   minus   near  of   off  on    per onto   opposite    outside   over    past  plus    regarding    round    save    since    than    through     to toward   towards   under   until underneath    unlike    up   upon    versus   via   with  within   without

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                            

                       

 
Like a , or a like                                                                                                                             
Like an ant, as  as can be                                                                                  
These little words we call the "busy P's"                                                          
Prepositions                   

Nine or ten of them
Do most all of the work
Of, on, to, with, in, from
By, for, at, over, across

And many others do their jobs,
Which is simply to
Their noun or pronoun object
To some other word in the .

Busy p's,
If you .
"On the top is where you are!"
Top relates to where you are.
"With a friend you'll travel far!"
With a friend you'll go.
"If you try you know that you can fly
Over the !"
Over the rainbow is where you can fly.

Busy prepositions,
Always on the go.
Like a bunch of busy bees,
Floating pollen on the breeze.
Buzzing over the ,
Beyond the forest,
Through the trees,
In to the beehive.
Busy, busy P's
In, to, beyond, over, on, !

Busy prepositions always out in front,
On the edges, in the crack.
'Round the corner, from the back.
In .
Stating clearly to your satisfaction,
The location and direction.
Prepositions give specific .

Though little words they are,
They never stand alone
Gathering words behind them, (over the hill)
You soon will see how they have grown  (behind the door)
Into a parade; a prepositional phrase.  (at my house)
With a noun, or at least a pronoun, bringing up the rear.
A little  of two or three or four or more words.

Prepositions! Attention! Forward, March!
Busy prepositions,
Always on the march.
Like a horde of ,
Inching bravely forward on the slimmest chance
That they might better their .
Busy, busy prepositions.
In the air, on the ground, everywhere.                                                       

The sun sank lower in the west.
"In the west it sank."
And it will rise in the morning,
And will bring the light of day;
We say the sun comes up in the east every day!
"In the east it rises."

Busy prepositions,
Busy, busy, busy!
On the top is  you are!
On the top.
If you try you know that you can fly!
Fly where?
Over the rainbow.