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5 Prepositions

A preposition is used before a noun or pronoun to show how it is related to
another word in the sentence.

A preposition of location is used to show where someone or something is.

Examples:

♦ at ♦ under ♦ behind ♦ against ♦ above
♦ in ♦ next to ♦ beside ♦ below ♦ in front of

♦ at the back of
♦ among
♦ between
♦ near
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• The boy is leaning against the tree
• The girl is sitting under the tree.
• The dog is beside the girl.
• Some butterf ies are f ying above the f owers.

• The squirrel is on a branch of the tree.

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