Please help with my grammar homework?
(INFO) A preposition is a word that relates its object to some other word in the sentence. The object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun following the preoposition.
I strolled ALONG the street (Along is the preposition; street is its object. ALONG relates street to strolled.
(INSTRUCTIONS) Underline the preopositions in the sentences.
1. Above her head sat the Cheshire cat.
2. The train roared through the tunnel, blasting its horn.
3. Everything in our lives had been fine before the tornado.
4. Sam brought his camera to the scene of the fire.
5. The fawn ran silently among the trees and disappeared from sight.
6. Several members of the group were late on the day of the vote.
In each sentence, underline each preposition. Then circle the object of each preposition. There may be more than one.
1. Carol filled the grill with charcoal for the cookout.
2. On Tuesday my father’s car was parked inside the garage.
3. Hundreds of people swarmed into the theater for the concert.
4 For a week the schooner was moored in the harbor.
5. Jan showed the lizard to her teacher before class.
6. At noon the colonel strode across the cortyard toward the gate.
7. Without doubt, spitting in the subway is against the law.
8. Our class has been running behind schedule until now.
9. Some of the disagreements between us are beside the point.
10. In the evenings of August the kaydids sang in the trees.
