Unit 9
Language: prepositions
WB 6 p65
Prepositions you should learn Place above across against along around at away from behind below between by down from in front of
Prepositions are words which tell us how one thing in a sentence is related to another. They are followed by nouns or pronouns: The pup is carried underneath the adult. He clings to her long fur. preposition The above prepositions describe how things are related in space. Some prepositions describe how things are related in time: Bats go hunting after the sun has set.
1 Find five prepositions in the poem ‘Bats’.
A bat lives in a roost – not a nest. The roost must be near a good feeding area and it must be easy for the bat to travel between the roost and the feeding area. They like to fly along rivers and hedges but not across busy roads. 2 Write out the following paragraphs. Underline the prepositions. Example: The bat’s call is beyond human hearing.
in / into next to off out of over through under up with Time after at before during for since until
The vampire bat lives in the Caribbean. During the darkest part of the night, it lands on the ground, near its victim – usually a sleeping cow or horse. Then it moves towards the animal across the ground. Although the bat may drink blood from an animal for thirty minutes, the animal is not harmed.
3 Complete this paragraph with the correct preposition.
All day, the bats stayed inside / over / through the cave. The adults were hanging above / along / by their feet, one between / next to / away from the other on / in / under a long line. Until / At / For sunset they went out of / into / next to the cave to find food. The babies hung around / underneath / on top of their mothers using their claw-like thumbs. They flew under / over / off fields and under / since / down bridges, under / off / through the dark night catching insects. Since / During / Until the night each bat caught about 10,000 insects!
• Language: Ask students to suggest other prepositions that could replace ‘underneath’ in the sentence: The pup is carried underneath the adult . The words they suggest will all be prepositions. • You may wish to point out that nouns and pronouns following prepositions are the object of the prepositions.
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