Conjunctions and Prepositions

Now that we know more about using nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, and adverbs, we need to learn how they can be put together to make sentences. Conjunctions and prepositions help us do that. Let's see what other information we can review to learn more about how conjunctions and prepositions are used to make sentences.

Prepositions

When we look at prepositions in more detail, we can easily see how they have a special relationship with nouns and pronouns. We already learned that prepositions show a relationship of place, time, or location between nouns and pronouns and the rest of a sentence. Let's see what other information we can add to all this to learn more about prepositions.

Common prepositions are in, on, at, to. They are added in front of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun to add extra information.

in the summer | on the weekend | at noon → show time
in the house | on the roof | at the library → show location
with love | between you and me | among the students

Prepositions form phrases when they are followed by a noun or pronoun they relate to the rest of the sentence. These prepositional phrases can be added at the start of a sentence or inside it to add extra information. They act as adjectives or adverbs by describing a noun or a verb.

Robert works at the local community college. (describes a verb → Where does he work?)
The cat on the sofa belongs to him. (describes a noun → Which cat?)
In the morning, I like to eat eggs.