What is a Preposition? | Comprehension Questions
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Practice 1
Instructions. Based on the lesson about prepositions, click the correct answers below.
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Sorry! I’m not even sure what an “alternative word” is...
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Oops! Not really. A phrase is any set of words that work together, but that’s not really what function words are.
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Function words show relationships between ideas, but they often do not mean much by themselves (for example, the word “the”).
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This is one was of defining what a preposition is.
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This statement is actually true. It is difficult to define exactly what a preposition is, but this statement is a fairly good definition.
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Actually, prepositions express many types of relationships depending on the ideas they connect.
For example, in the sentence “We disagree on this issue,” the preposition on connects the verb to the object. The relationship is neither time, nor space, nor duration.
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Prepositions express many different relationships. It depends on the ideas they connect.
For example, in the sentence “We disagree on this issue,” the preposition on connects the verb to the object. The relationship is neither time, nor space, nor duration.
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There are approximately 150 prepositions in English.
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There are approximately 150 prepositions in English.
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Many prepositions make perfect sense; however, there are many prepositions you use because “that’s just the way it is.”
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Many times, the only explanation for which preposition you must use is that it is part of a construction or expression that you must memorize with the preposition.