EXERCISE-Preposition

{ April 4, 2008 @ 6:37 pm } · { Uncategorized }

  

 

Concordance

 

Datin Norizan and Puan Zaini have lectured us about application of concordance. We were given one exercise to analyze application of preposition via using concordance. In this task, we just need to do the exercise our own and present it in the class.

 

We were asked to:

 

1. Put number in the lines
2. look at the word preposition  in the article ( about and  above)
3. Find the function of the preposition whether preposition of time, place or manner.
4. Analyze group of word classes are used before and after word of preposition.
5. Read more about preposition

 

Definition:

 

A Preposition is a word placed before its Object (i.e Noun or Pronoun) to indicated relationship between that Object and an action or being or a thing named before it; as, His behavior at the party was objectionable.(Advanced English Grammar, Millon Nandy)

 

Meaning of Prepositions: Concepts of Time, Place, Direction, and Distance, etc. can be expressed by prepositions. Such prepositions normally have an adverbial position in a sentence. .(A Quick English Reference, Noor Azlina Yunus)

 

Exercise:

 

1. to guide herself about the house, and to do a good deal
2. who told me all this about my poor mother, long after her
3. did not often think about him, she had fallen so
4. get from the people about the farm, who hardly waited
5. of work, may be ,about the farm .And he would take
6. and kept he with him about the farm. Gregory was made
7. when I was about sixteen , and Gregory nineteen
8. an errand to a placed about seven miles distant by the road
9. by the road, but only about four the Fells. He bade me
10. I tired to move about , but I dared not go far, fear
11. spirits of the Fells, about whom I had heard so many
12. feared that, in moving about just now, I have lost the right
13. has gotten ought about thee they’ll know at borne ?’i
14. still , and again about our mother ,when I fell asleep
15. were many voice about me –many faces hovering
16. when all were running about in wild alarm, not knowing
17. …I –stocked house, not above half an hour ‘s walk from
18. that might not be above his comprehension. I think he

 

 

Number	before	preposition	after	Function of preposition
1	herself  -pronoun	about	the house-noun	place
2	this -determiner	about	my -pronoun	manner
3	think – verb	about	Him -pronoun	manner
4	people -noun	about	the farm -noun	place
5	may be	about	the farm -noun	place
6	him -pronoun	about	the farm -noun	place
7	was	about	sixteen -number	time
8	place -noun	about	Seven miles -number	direction
9	only -adverb	about	four -number	direction
10	move -verb	about	but  -conjunction	direction
11	The fell -noun	about	whom –wh-question	place
12	in moving	about	just now-adverb	manner
13	ought -verb	about	thee-pronoun	manner
14	again -adverb	about	our mother -pronoun	manner
15	voices -noun	about	Me -pronoun	manner
16	running-verb	about	In -preposition	manner
17	not -verb	above	Half-an-hour-time	time
18	be –verb to be	above	His -pronoun	manner