Credit for the rubber chicken and trash can idea must go high school English teacher Jenny Elsdon, who for many years has demonstrated the concept of prepositions in this way.

More Examples

I will bring chicken soup to my brother’s bar mitzvah.

To shows the relationship between the chicken soup and the object of preposition, my brother’s bar mitzvah.

The comic book store is around the corner.

Around shows the spatial relationship between the comic book store and the object of preposition, the corner.

Bats sleep during the day.

During shows the temporal relationship of when bats sleep by connecting it to the object of preposition, the day.

Parts of Speech

Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adverbs
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Prepositions
Interjections

Teacher Resources

Hey, ELA Teachers! Check out the classroom resources for parts of speech and other ELA concepts at the Super ELA! Teachers Pay Teachers store.