What are some fun and interesting ways to teach confusing prepositions to intermediate and advanced students?

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≈ nohglf · Accepted Answer

Here are some links I found on different ways to teach prepositions:

How to Teach Prepositions

http://www.ehow.com/how_2336900_teach-prepositions.html

Teaching Prepositions

http://www.advanced-english-grammar.com/teaching-prepositions.html

How to teach prepositions so children will “get it”

http://child-1st.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/how-to-teach-prepositions-so-children-will-get-it.html

Here is a site that has some example activities related to teaching prepositions:

Prepositions of Time, Place and Movement - ESL/EFL Teaching Activities

http://www.teach-this.com/resources/prepositions

Anonymous · Answer

Prepositions in English are highly idiomatic. If you mean ESL students, the prepositions should be taught in combination with the verb or adjective they are attached to (you can have them interview each other, for example- "What are you interested in?" "What are you worried about?") or in the phrases they occur in ("On September 1st", "In December", "for the weekend"). Deal with them in groups. Except for prepositions of location, there are no overarching rules.

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What are some fun and interesting ways to teach confusing prepositions to intermediate and advanced students?

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