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