Prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun. This noun or pronoun is called the “object of the preposition.”
At the minimum, a prepositional phrase will begin with a preposition and end with a noun, pronoun gerund, or clause, the “object” of the preposition.
The will often have one or more to describe it. These are the patterns for a prepositional phrase:
Preposition + Noun, Pronoun, Gerund, or Clause
Or
Here are some examples of the most basic prepositional phrase:
At home
At=preposition; home=noun
In time
In=preposition; time=noun
From Richie
From=preposition; Richie=noun
With me
With= preposition; me=pronoun
By singing
By= preposition; singing=gerund
About what we need
About= preposition; what we need=noun clause
Most prepositional phrases are longer, like these:
From my grandmother
From=preposition; my=modifier; grandmother=noun
Under the warm blanket
Under=preposition; the, warm=modifiers; blanket=noun
In the weedy, overgrown garden
In=preposition; the, weedy, overgrown=modifiers; garden=noun
By writing furiously
By=preposition; writing=gerund; furiously=modifiers
A prepositional phrase will function as an adjective or adverb. As an adjective, the prepositional phrase will answer the question which one?
Read the examples:
· The book on the bathroom floor is swollen from shower steam.
Which book? The one on the bathroom floor!
· The sweet potatoes in the vegetable bin are green with mold.
Which sweet potatoes? The ones forgotten in the vegetable bin!
· The note from Beverly confessed that she had eaten the leftover pizza.
Which note? The note from Beverly!
As an adverb, a prepositional phrase will answer question such as how? when? Or where?
Freddy is stiff from yesterday’s long football practice.How did Freddy get stiff? From yesterday’s long football practice.
Before class, Josh begged his friends for a pencil.When did Josh do his begging? Before class.
Feeling brave, we tried the Dragon Breath Burritos at Tito’s Taco Palace.Where did we eat the spicy food? At Tito’s Taco Palace.
List of Preposition
About
Above
According to
Across
After
Against
Along
Amid
Among
Around
At
Because of
Before
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Between
Beyond
But (meaning except)
By
Concerning
Down
During
Except
For
From
In
Inside
In spite of
Instead of
Into
Like
Near
Of
Off
On
On account of
Onto
Out
Out of
Outside
Over
Past
Regarding
Since
Through
Throughout
To
Toward
Under
Underneath
Until
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