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The document discusses prepositional phrases, which consist of a preposition and the object of the preposition. It provides examples of prepositional phrases functioning as adjectives and adverbs, and how to recognize prepositional phrases. It also includes exercises to expand sentences by adding prepositional phrases.

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Prepositional Phrase New

The document discusses prepositional phrases, which consist of a preposition and the object of the preposition. It provides examples of prepositional phrases functioning as adjectives and adverbs, and how to recognize prepositional phrases. It also includes exercises to expand sentences by adding prepositional phrases.

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PREPOSITIONAL

PHRASE

ESWARY
VUTHAYA
THILAGA
NOR SHUHADA BINTI CHE OSMAN
ANIS ATIKA BINTI TUKIRAN
COMMON PREPOSITION
About Behind Except Outside

Above Below For Over

Across Beneath From Past

After Beside In Through

Against Between Inside To

Along Beyond Into Under

Among By Near Until

Around Despite Of Up

At Down Off With

Before During on Without


DEFINITION EXAMPLES

PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASE

RECOGNIZE IT EXERCISES
DEFINITION

Prepositional phrases consist of a preposition and an object of a


preposition. Prepositions are indeclinable words that introduce
the object of a prepositional phrase. Indeclinable words are
words that have only one possible form. For example, below is a
preposition, but belows or belowing are not possible forms of
below. The noun phrase or pronoun that follows the preposition
is called the object of the preposition. For example, behind the
couch is a prepositional phrase where behind is the preposition
and the noun phrase the couch acts as the object of the
preposition. Sometimes adjectives are used to further modify
the object of the preposition, as in behind the big old smelly
green couch.
EXAMPLES

A prepositional phrase will function as


an adjective or adverb.

As an adjective As an adverb
As an adjective

the prepositional phrase will answer the


question Which one?

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 one from Beverly!
As an adverb

a prepositional phrase will answer questions such


as How? When? orWhere?

Examples:
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!
RECOGNIZE IT

PREPOSITION + NOUN, PRONOUN, GERUND, OR


1 CLAUSE

2 PREPOSITION + MODIFIER(S) + NOUN, PRONOUN,
GERUND, OR CLAUSE
PREPOSITION + NOUN, PRONOUN, GERUND, OR
CLAUSE

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.
PREPOSITION + MODIFIER(S) + NOUN, PRONOUN,
GERUND, OR CLAUSE

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.
Along the busy, six-lane highway
Along = preposition; the, busy, six-lane = modifiers; highway =
noun.
By writing furiously
By = preposition; writing = gerund; furiously = modifier.
EXERCISES
• Instructions:
Expand each sentence below by adding one or
more prepositional phrases that answer the
question(s) in parenthesis. 

Example
What did the cat pounce on?)
The cat pounced on the gerbil.
1. What was the video about?

2. Where did he sit

3. Who did the teacher speak to?

4. Where was the spaceship from?

5. Where did she stand?


WEB ADDRESS
• NOTES:
1. http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/prepo
sitionalphrase.htm
2. http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLing
uisticTerms/WhatIsAPrepositionalPhrase.htm

• FOR EXERCISE:
1. http://aliscot.com/bigdog/prep_exercise.htm

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