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Handout
1.What is preposition?

2.What is missing and wrong preposition in a writing?

3.Examples of missing and wrong preposition

4.Activity .
   The person who wins will get a prize .

5.Listen to a recording.
Find the mistakes in the recording . The person who found the correct number of mistakes win the game and get a prize.




Preposition :
   I believe that many students have seen Prep. when they learned English language. Prep is actually the short word for preposition, which is used between the verb and noun. For example, the phrase ' look at him' look is a verb, and him is a noun, so the preposition is 'at'.

  Missing or wrong preposition is a common.  and frequent , part of the English language.  It is the wrong using of preposition. For example, such as ' listen to the music' , music is the noun , so 'to' is the preposition . However, if you use it wrong. It's called wrong or missing preposition.


Explanation:
Ways of using preposition:
Vi: intransitive verb. When using in a sentence, there should be a preposition .
Vt: transitive verb . When using in a sentence, there should not be a preposition.

For example:
Vi.
Listen to him
Look at this box.

Vt
watch television.
Read books.


Other ways of using:
+ in ( month, year)
+on ( one day, a morning, a specific day)
+at( specific time, 3:30)

Then there should be preposition after other verbs.
Such as :
Go to the amusement park
Running in the playground.
Laugh at me.
Insist in finishing the project.




Examples of mistakes:
 I was running the playground yesterday.
My mom was very strict to me when I was young.
The naughty child laughs him all the time.
The teacher gave a terse speech for the class.
You should take the responsibility to him.




Generally speaking, this type of mistake is inevitable. You have to practice more in order to reduce your mistakes in writing. Some prepositions match some verbs, so you need to use more, so that you can remember and avoid the mistake.