1.1 Prepositions
Preposition: demonstrates the relation between words in a sentence.
In Spanish: "en", "a", "entre", "sin"
Preposition of place: describes where something or someone is located.
In Spanish: "en", "a", "entre", "sin"
Preposition of place: describes where something or someone is located.
- in (dentro)
- on (sobre)
- above (arriba)
- under (abajo)
A preposition is a part of the sentence.
review: parts of a sentence
noun (sustantivo)
Person, place, animal, thing
Ex. teacher, school, dog, table
pronoun (pronombre)
A word that replaces a noun.
Ex. I, you, we, he, she
adjective (adjetivo)
A word that describes a noun or pronoun
Ex. big, beautiful, red
verb (verbo)
A word that shows an action or a current state.
Ex. is, have, work
preposition (preposición)
A word that shows the relation between other words in the sentence.
Ex. under, above
Activities
Prepositions Picture
Print this picture to practice the prepositions with students. Visual-physical preposition Activity
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Draw the preposition
- the teacher selects two objects.
ex. the cat, the box. - a student comes to the board
- the teacher says the objects with a preposition and the student tries to draw it.
ex. "the cat is in the box", "the cat is under the box" - to challenge more advanced students, switch the objects.
ex. "the box is under the cat", "the box is in the cat"
- then, encourage a students to act as the teacher
- the student (teacher) chooses two objects.
- the student (teacher) says a sentence using the two objects and a preposition.
- another student tries to draw the student (teacher)'s sentence.