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Study Section 8: Prepositions, Conjunctions, & Interjections

8.1 Connect

Prepositions tell us where something is in relation to another or when something happened. It
usually precedes a noun or pronoun and expresses a relation to another word or element in the
sentence. There are quite a variety of prepositions which communicate spatial or temporal
relationships. Conjunctions are words that connect words or sentences together like glue. An
interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses feeling or
relation. Normally all Interjections end the sentence with an exclamation point. Wow! This is going to be
exciting.

8.2 Preposition Basics

A preposition is a word (or group of words) that shows how a noun or a pronoun is related to some
other word in the sentence.
1. The Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
2. Jesus reclined at the table.
3. Jesus walked around the countryside.

Frequently Used Prepositions
about below during of* till
above beneath except off to*
across beside for on toward
after besides from out under
against between in* outside until
around beyond inside over up
at but (means except) into since upon
before by like through with
behind down near throughout without

* of, to, in are three of the ten most frequently used words in the English language.

Compound Prepositions
Some prepositions are compound; they consist of more than one word.
according to out of by way of regardless of in spite of
as far as in front of except for on account of instead of
because of with regard to

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