Prepositional Phrase are groups of words that have a preposition and an object of the preposition. The whole phrase will always act as either an adjective or an adverb.
A Preposition will always start the phrase, and an object of the preposition will always end it. An object of the preposition is a noun or pronoun that follows the preposition.
these are the patterns for a prepositional phrase :
Preposition + noun, pronoun, gerund, of clause
preposition + modifier (s) + noun, pronoun, gerund, of clause
Here are some examples
* At home
At = Preposition ; home = noun.
* In time
In = Preposition ; time = noun.
* From Richie
From = Preposition ; Richie = noun
* With me
With = Preposition ; me = Pronoun.
A Prepositional Phrase will function as an adjective or adverb.
As an adjective, the prepositional phrase will answer the question which one?
Read these example :
- The book on the bathroom floor is swollen from shower steam.
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!
Preposition List :
- A = aboard, about, above, across, after, against, ahead of, along, amid, amidst, among, around, as, as for as, as of, aside from, at, athwart, stop.
- B = barring, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides, between, beyond, but, by means of.
- C = circa, concering.
- D = despite, down, during
- E = except, except for, excluding
- F = for from, following, for, from
- I = in, in accordence with, in addition to, in case of, in front of, in lieu of, in place of, in spite of, including, inside, instead of, into
- L = like
- M = minus
- N = near, next to
- O = of, off, on,on account of, on behalf of, on top of, onto, opposite, out, out of, outside, over
- P = past, plus, prior to
- R = regarding, regardless of
- S = save, since
- T = than, through, till, to, toward, towards
- U = under, underneath, unlike, until, up, upon
- V = versus, via
- W = with, with regard to, within, without
