Read Like You Talk
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LESSON 10: Prepositions begin a phrase to limit
location, personal interaction or time
OBJECTIVE: The learner will understand that
prepositions show the way a person, place, thing or idea is limited by
a prepositional phrase. The learner will identify prepositions and learn
to pause before the preposition or inflect it to help form the correct
picture.
| aboard |
about |
above |
across |
| against |
along |
amid |
among |
| around |
at |
after |
behind |
| below |
before |
beneath |
beside |
| between |
beyond |
by |
concerning |
| down |
during |
except |
in |
| inside |
into |
for |
from |
| like |
near |
of |
off |
| on |
onto |
outside |
over |
| past |
since |
through |
to |
| toward |
under |
up |
upon |
| until |
underneath |
with |
within |
| without |
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Review these prepositions with the learner. Give him a copy of this word
list. Ask him to make a picture in his mind as he reads the words.
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The tall girl walked underneath the
ladder.
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They walked across the yard.
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Sandy went home after the movie.
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Jan went shopping without her
pocketbook.
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He has two of my pens.
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Each sentence limits the picture in one of these ways: location or
position, interaction, or time sequence. Have the learner
read the sentence, identify the
preposition, pause before it or stress it with
inflection to let the listener hear that the picture is going to change.
Then have the learner tell you how the prepositional phrase changes or
limits the picture.
Because these prepositions tell the reader to limit the original noun
(person, place, thing or idea), they change the picture. When we talk we
frequently pause before these prepositions to give ourselves or the
listener time to change the picture. Make sure the learner pauses or
inflects his voice slightly the way we do in normal speech.
Practice the list with the learner to make sure he knows these
prepositions on sight. If the learner doesn't recognize the preposition
as he reads, he may forget to change the picture and not understand what
he just read.
If the learner can quickly identify the prepositions and easily pause
before or inflect them, go to Lesson 11.
Continue practicing by having the learner make up his own sentences using
the prepositions listed at the beginning of this step. Try to use as many
of the prepositions as possible.
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Go to Lesson 9
