https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-preposition-and-the-conjunction/introduction-to-prepositions/v/meet-the-preposition 2023-09-19T21:32:47.781412264Z Meet the preposition Prepositions are words that show how things relate to each other in time, place, or purpose. They can answer questions like when, where, and how. For example, prepositions can tell us if a box is under or over a hamster, when the hamster got a hat, or what the hat is for. Prepositions connect nouns and phrases in sentences. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/oZZvdiwjXyP86NZQsNiFnAXG8E1RspbnW9wdtm9YARxeqE5eSiEbieTY_u_GHy5H7-RcIpnM6N_C0CCrUiVfjYwGtw Meet the preposition Prepositions are words that show how things relate to each other in time, place, or purpose. They can answer questions like when, where, and how. For example, prepositions can tell us if a box is under or over a hamster, when the hamster got a hat, or what the hat is for. Prepositions connect nouns and phrases in sentences. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/D3wQ5dgFPms.mp4/D3wQ5dgFPms.mp4 229 Prepositions and prepositional phrases https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/7th-and-8th-grade-grammar/x9e6f4267f632f2c6:prepositions-and-interjections-7/x9e6f4267f632f2c6:prepositions-and-prepositional-phrases-7/a/prepositions-and-prepositional-phrases-7 2026-07-13T20:21:06.498585062Z Prepositions and prepositional phrases Learn about prepositions and prepositional phrases. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-preposition-and-the-conjunction/types-of-prepositions-and-phrases/v/prepositional-phrases 2022-11-16T04:22:43.7414897Z Prepositional phrases Prepositional phrases are just that: phrases that begin with a preposition like "to" or "of". In the phrase "The stained glass of the cathedral in Spain", everything from "of" to "Spain" is part of a prepositional phrase. We use them to modify other words. Where is the stained glass? In a cathedral. Where is that cathedral? In Spain. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/2lUYqCxm61zUagUleIOUQlodw11r860fjHu1czBqtk4rB_r1njKCZhv-qyUGDFWtO5r3a5w0BvoXTSCs7M5U3YA Prepositional phrases Prepositional phrases are just that: phrases that begin with a preposition like "to" or "of". In the phrase "The stained glass of the cathedral in Spain", everything from "of" to "Spain" is part of a prepositional phrase. We use them to modify other words. Where is the stained glass? In a cathedral. Where is that cathedral? In Spain. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/7dOBMUESkqk.mp4/7dOBMUESkqk.mp4 338 Prepositions and prepositional phrases https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/7th-and-8th-grade-grammar/x9e6f4267f632f2c6:prepositions-and-interjections-7/x9e6f4267f632f2c6:prepositions-and-prepositional-phrases-7/a/prepositional-phrases-and-subjectverb-agreement-grammar-7 2026-07-14T12:00:38.807318877Z Prepositional phrases and subject–verb agreement Learn how prepositional phrases influence subject-verb agreement article https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/7th-and-8th-grade-grammar/x9e6f4267f632f2c6:prepositions-and-interjections-7/x9e6f4267f632f2c6:prepositions-and-prepositional-phrases-7/e/prepositions-and-prepositional-phrases-grammar-7 2026-07-13T20:21:06.498585062Z Prepositions and prepositional phrases Practice using prepositions and prepositional phrases Hannah Chorley exercise