Preposition – shows how a noun or pronoun (object of the preposition) is related to some other word in the sentence

Many prepositions indicate:

direction, position, or relation in time

Compound Prepositions – consist of more than one word

Prepositional Phrase – consists of the preposition, its object, and any modifiers

Object of the preposition – the noun or pronoun that the preposition refers to (to find ask who or what after the preposition)

Example : The elephants ran past us, moving toward the trees within sight of our camp.

prepositions – past past whom? us

-toward toward what? trees

-within within what? sight

-of of what? camp