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the preposition

The preposition, the sixth part of speech, is a word that shows the relation-
ship between a noun (or a pronoun) and another word in the sentence.

Mollie walked into her aunt’s house. (Into connects walked and house.)
My mom exercises quietly in the morning. (In connects the idea of
exercises and morning.)

The professor placed the book underneath the large desk. (Underneath
connects the idea of placed and desk.)

Note: To remember many of the one-word prepositions listed in the following
box, remember the sentence, ‘‘The plane flew ..............the clouds.’’
Any word that can be logically placed into that blank is a preposition. Then
simply memorize those few that do not work in that sentence (aboard, as,
but, concerning, despite, during, except, like, of , out, since, till, until, with, and
without), and you will know your prepositions!
aboard about above across
after against along among
around as at before
behind below beneath beside
besides between beyond but
by concerning despite down
during except for from
in inside into like
near of off on
onto opposite out outside
over past since through
throughout till to toward
under underneath until up
upon with within without

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    Celebrity hunt

    Everyone writes the name of a celebrity, famous person or character on a piece of paper which they stick to the forehead of the player on their left (use tape or office PostIt notes). Make sure they dont see the name. List down the activity(s) or event(s) which has made them famous( but no names). Paste the paper up on the wall so that every guest can see it. This will act as cues and give the participants a direction to make guessing. Now the game starts. Everyone else can see your forehead. The objective is to work out who you are. Going around the table, each payer takes a turn to ask the party questions about who they are answers can be YES or NO only. If you get a YES you may continue asking, if you get a NO play moves on to the left. Last person to guess their name is the loser. Simple, but very absorbing.


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