Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.11.D
edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
(i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
(ii) past tense of irregular verbs;
(iii) collective nouns;
(iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
(v) conjunctive adverbs;
(vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
(vii) pronouns, including indefinite;
(viii) subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences;
(ix) capitalization of abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;
(x) italics and underlining for titles and emphasis and punctuation marks, including quotation marks in dialogue and commas in compound and complex sentences; and
(xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
5th Grade Writing - Prepositions Lesson
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Preposition
A preposition is a word used to connect a nouns, pronouns, and ideas in a sentence. Along with other words in prepositionalphrases, prepositions can be used to explain relationships between words in a sentence.
CommonPrepositions
until
before
between
during
against
without
with
through
throughout
beside
despite
aboard
except
toward
above
beneath
underneath
near
among
under
after
since
from
on
up
along
beyond
in
off
amid
at
by
inside
outside
opposite
A prepositionalphrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. The noun or pronoun at the end is called the objectofthepreposition.
Go to the next page to learn more about prepositions and prepositionalphrases.
Editing with Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
It is important to use appropriateprepositions in a sentence. Different prepositions are used in different situations. If an incorrect preposition is used, the meaning of writing will be unclear.
Example:
CORRECT: Devon walked through the valley and over the mountain peak on the other side to get to the nearest town.
The placement of prepositionalphrases in a sentence can also be important. Some prepositional phrases can be moved around, but others must be in specific places. Always proofread your sentences to see if they make sense with the placement of the prepositional phrases.
Example:
CORRECT: The clown with the silly red hat handed the animal balloon to the birthday girl.
Don't let intervening prepositional phrases mess up subject-verbagreement in a sentence. Subjects of sentences must agree in number with their verbs, but the nouns and pronouns in prepositional phrases are not the subjects of sentences.
Example:
CORRECT: The puppy with the long ears is the cutest of the litter.
Example:
CORRECT: Each of the children receives a special gift from Grandma each year.