What are the prepositions used in the sentences

Question

What are the prepositions used in the sentences

Two troublesome ferrets were playing with the campers' backpacks before the pesky animals eventually hid the packs underneath a large pine tree.

The losing stock-car racers defiantly parked around the winner's circle, making the fans outside the arena angry because they could not see the winner's ceremony take place.

Once the sun rose above the trees, the kids played in the shade on the basketball court.

The massive battleship cruised silently into enemy territory not knowing that an enemy attack submarine was waiting below the ocean surface. 

Answer 1

The prepositions used in the sentences above are: before, underneath, around, outside, above, in, on, into, and below.

Answer 2

Hi Emma! It seems like you need some help with homework pertaining to prepositions. A preposition is a word that takes control of, and usually comes before, a noun or pronoun and expresses a relation to another word or element in the clause. That sounds sort of complicated, but in reality, these words are the connector words that allow us to understand the position and place of one thing in relationship to another.

Some examples include about, before, beneath, beside, within, outside, near, far...

One way you can go about identifying prepositions is to ask yourself what part of speech each word in the sentence is, until you get to one that must be a preposition.

So, in your first homework question, the sentence begins with "Two troublesome ferrets were playing..." We know that "two" and "troublesome" in that sentence are adjectives that modify the noun "ferrets," and we understand that "were playing" is a compound verb. Then the sentence is modified by the following clauses: "(with the campers' backpacks) (before the pesky animals) (eventually hid the packs) (underneath a large pine tree.) From those clauses, I can notice that "hid the packs" is a verb+noun construction, and all the words "the campers' backpacks," "the pesky animals," and "a large pine tree" are noun + adjective constructions, so there aren't prepositions in those words. I'm left with "with," "before," "eventually," "underneath." I don't want to give you the answer outright-- but from these options, can you pick out the words that meet the definition above?

There is a cute song you can sing to remember some of the prepositions that goes to the tune of yankee doodle, (the link is below). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLmjfJyZ-iM

I hope this helps!

Answer 3

Hi, Emma!

Here is a preposition list: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/6966574411420600/

A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.

Two troublesome ferrets were playing (with is a preposition and backpacks is the object of the preposition) with the campers' backpacks (before CAN be a preposition, but here it is a subordinating conjunction and starts a clause) before the pesky animals eventually hid the packs (underneath is a preposition and tree is the object of the preposition) underneath a large pine tree.

The losing stock-car racers defiantly parked (around is a preposition and circle is the object of the preposition) around the winner's circle, making the fans (outside is a preposition and arena is the object of the preposition) outside the arena angry because they could not see the winner's ceremony take place.

Once the sun rose (above is a preposition and trees is its object) above the trees, the kids played (in is a preposition and shade is its object) in the shade (on is a preposition and court is its object) on the basketball court.

The massive battleship cruised silently (into is a preposition and territory is its object) into enemy territory not knowing that an enemy attack submarine was waiting (below is a preposition and surface is its object) below the ocean surface. 

Hope that helps!

Shelley Estes-Loy