Video -Prepositions-

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        This is the video that we have made in order to teach primary school pupils on Preposition. We are using a dinasour toy given a name 'Dino' as an object and an adjustable cute box by the name of  'Boxie'. By referring to the video, pupils are shown the varieties position of Dino and Boxie to indicate the uses of preposition. Roughly, we have taken almost two weeks to complete this video. During the day when the task was given, we have already chose this topic since we have to do a video based on our major course that is English. A lot of discussion have been made including on how to make the video, the setting, the objects used, references and many more. Actually based on our early discussion, we were planned to make this video at the playground. However due to several obstacles like unstable weather, unprepared story line and unsuitable setting finally we have came out with the idea of making the video just in the bedroom. Thank God because finally through all the hardship and the commitment given by the group members the video was able to be completed. We would like to dedicate a special thank to our beloved lecturer, Pn Jauriah Bt Mohd Azali for all the knowledge and guidance that she had gave to us. Since this is our first trial in making a video, hopefully we can make it better in the future.

          This video does not represent all prepositions but only the most common used in everyday's life. As for the brief introduction, let we know first what is Preposition actually.

What is a Preposition?

A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in asentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.

A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:

The book is on the table.

The book is beneath the table.

The book is leaning against the table.

The book is beside the table.

She held the book over the table.

She read the book during class.

In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun "book" in space or in time.

A prepositional phrase is made up of the preposition, its object and any associated adjectives or adverbs. A prepositional phrase can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. The most common prepositions are "about," "above," "across," "after," "against," "along," "among," "around," "at," "before," "behind," "below," "beneath," "beside," "between," "beyond," "but," "by," "despite," "down," "during," "except," "for," "from," "in," "inside," "into," "like," "near," "of," "off," "on," "onto," "out," "outside," "over," "past," "since," "through," "throughout," "till," "to," "toward," "under," "underneath," "until," "up," "upon," "with," "within," and "without."

Each of the highlighted words in the following sentences is a preposition:

The children climbed the mountain without fear.

In this sentence, the preposition "without" introduces the noun "fear." The prepositional phrase "without fear" functions as an adverb describing how the children climbed.

There was rejoicing throughout the land when the government was defeated.

Here, the preposition "throughout" introduces the noun phrase "the land." The prepositional phrase acts as an adverb describing the location of the rejoicing.

The spider crawled slowly along the banister.

The preposition "along" introduces the noun phrase "the banister" and the prepositional phrase "along the banister" acts as an adverb, describing where the spider crawled.

The dog is hiding under the porch because it knows it will be punished for chewing up a new pair of shoes.

Here the preposition "under" introduces the prepositional phrase "under the porch," which acts as an adverb modifying the compound verb "is hiding."

The screenwriter searched for the manuscript he was certain was somewhere in his office.

Similarly in this sentence, the preposition "in" introduces a prepositional phrase "in his office," which acts as an adverb describing the location of the missing papers.

Written by Heather MacFadyen

taken from http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/preposit.html

So now, let we enjoy the video!