KS2/ KS3 English Language: Prepositions

Prepositions.

Prepositions are descriptive words.

They describe the relationship that nouns, pronouns or noun phrases have to other words in a sentence. Such as ‘on’, ‘under’, ‘beside’.

‘Space Cadet Carl lives in a space station’. ‘In’ is a preposition. It describes the relationship between ‘lives’ and ‘a space station’.

‘Unfortunately, an antenna on the space station is broken.’ ‘On’ is a preposition. So Carl will need to get ‘into’ a space suit, hang ‘onto’ his toolkit, exit ‘through’ the airlock, climb ‘over’ the solar panels and duck ‘under’ the telescope, all with a tether trailing ‘behind’ him, keeping him connected to the space station.

Oh, that is one tangled tether.

That looks bad; very bad.

Narrator:
Carl, did you forget to charge the jetpack?
Carl:
Aargh!

Luckily for Carl, Salena Stardust is ‘in’ the control room. She always has his back.

So if you get tangled, remember, prepositions describe the relationship that nouns, pronouns or noun phrases have to other words in a sentence.

Good work, Salena. You’ve saved the day… for now.