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   Once upon a time, there 

lived the Princess of 

Prepositions.

   Even though she was young, the 

Princess knew it was her duty to teach 

the land about prepositions.

  Every morning, she went in search of 

someone new to teach about the 

wonders of prepositions.

The Princess asked everyone she could find in the village, but 

everyone already knew all about prepositions. The Princess of 

Prepositions was getting discouraged.

  She decided to try the forest. Maybe 

she could find someone there who 

needed to learn about prepositions.

  After walking for awhile, she spotted 

someone in the distance. The 

princess walked even faster, full of  

hope and excitement. 

  The Princess finally reached the mysterious figure. 

"Hello," said the Princess to the orange person in front of 

her. "I don't think we've meet before. I'm the Princess of 

Prepositions."

  "Hello Princess! My name is Samuel. I'm new here," he 

replied.

  "Wonderful! Have you learned about prepositions yet?" 

asked the Princess gleefully.

  Samuel looked curious. "No, what is that? A new kind 

of animal?" he asked.

My name is Samuel.

  The Princess dusted off her magic Book of 

Prepositions and her magical travel chalkboard.

  "A preposition isn't an animal! It's an important part 

of speech. Let me explain...

A preposition does three things:

 1. Locates in object in time 

 2. Locates an object in space

 3. Shows a logical relationship"

  "Oh no!" said Samuel. "That sounds terribly 

confusing! I don't think I can possibly learn about 

these prepositions you speak of."

  "Yes you can!" said the Princess. "It's simple. We'll 

start at the beginning. A preposition locates an object 

in time. For example, it is before noon right now. Or, I 

went to the woods after I went to the village." 

 The Princess continued, "Here are more 

examples of prepositions that locate an object in 

time:

  I have Princess class at 8:00 this morning.

Today is Monday.

We are learning about prepositions at the 

moment. 

I want to be a Preposition Queen in the future.

All of these examples explain when in time 

something is happening."

  "Now it's your turn," said the Princess.

 "Well," started Samuel hesitantly.

 "My birthday is in July. I love the beach at sunset. I 

love making mud pies on Sundays. I have viola lessons 

every week." 

  "Great job Samuel!" said the Princess.

 You just learned how to use a preposition to locate an 

object in time. These prepositions of time are often in, 

on, at, before, last, next, this, every and after.

Prepositions in Time:

before, last, next, 

every,

this, after, in, at, next

    "Now, let's work on prepositions that 

locate an object in space. Such as, 

under, above, below, inside, outside, 

upon, next to, between behind, and 

in front of." These prepositions tell 

where something is in relation to 

something else," explained the Princess. 

"Let me try!" exclaimed Samuel.

  "We are under the trees. I am not supposed 

to jump on the bed. The flower is above the 

ground.   I want to live near an ice cream and 

candy store!" 

I'm on a roll!

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