A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE IS A PREPOSITION AND THE NOUN FOLLOWING IT. THE PREPOSITION IS IN THE HEAD POSITION AND THE NOUN IS IN THE COMPLEMENT POSITION.
PLEASE NOTE THAT PREPOSITIONS ARE WORDS SUCH AS IN, FROM, TO, etc. USED BEFORE A NOUN OR A PRONOUN TO SHOW A PLACE, A POSITION, TIME OR A METHOD.
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 OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION WILL OFTEN HAVE ONE OR MORE MODIFIERS TO DESCRIBE IT. THESE ARE THE PATTERN FOR A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE:
PREPOSITION + NOUN/PRONOUN/GERUND/CLAUSE
PREPOSITION + MODIFIER(S) + NOUN/PRONOUN/GERUND/CLAUSE
Here are some example of the most basic prepositional Phrase :
AT HOME
AT= PREPOSITION; HOME = NOUN
IN TIME
IN= PREPOSITION; TIME = NOUN
FROM RICHI
FROM= PREPOSITION; RICHI = 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
UNDER THE WARM BLANKET
UNDER= PREPOSITION; THE WARM = MODIFIER; BLANKET = NOUN
IN THE WEEDY, OVERGROWN GARDEN
IN= PREPOSITION; THE WEEDY OVERGROWN = MODIFIER; GARDEN = NOUN
ALONG THE BUSY, SIX-LANE HIGHWAY
ALONG= PREPOSITION; THE BUSY, SIX-LANE = MODIFIER; HIGHWAY = NOUN
BY WRITING FURIOUSLY
BY= PREPOSITION; WRITING = GERUND; FURIOUSLY = MODIFIER.
A prepositional phrase will function as an adjective or adverb. As an adjective, the prepositional phrase will answer the question Which one?
Read these examples:
Read these examples:
The book on the bathroom floor is swollen from shower steam.
Which book? The one on the bathroom floor!
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 one from Beverly!
As an adverb, a prepositional phrase will answer questions 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!
The following words are the most commonly used prepositions:
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!
The following words are the most commonly used prepositions:
about
above
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
because
of
before
behind
below
beneath
beside(s)
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
despite
down
during
except
excepting
for
from
in
in
front of
in
spite of
inside
instead
of
into
like
near
of
off
on
onto
out
outside
over
past
regarding
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
up
to
upon
with
with
regard to
with
respect to
within
without
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