Prepositional Phrase

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 :

·         Took on the bathroom floor is swollen from shower steam.he b

          Which book? the one on the bathroom floor!

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