Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional PhrasesPREPOSITION and end with a
begin with a ____________
______
NOUN or a pronoun. The ______
NOUN or
pronoun is called the Object of the Preposition.
Examples:
 We
I
ate popcorn during the movie.
drove to the baseball game.
 Karen
can take the students with her.
After you find the prepositional phrases, REMOVE
_______
them from your sentence, and everything else
should be a COMPLETE
_________ sentence.
Examples:
 We
ate popcorn during the movie.
 I drove to the baseball game.
 Karen can take the students with her.
 My family and I walked to the mall after dinner.
To-preposition,
the mall-object of the preposition
After-preposition, dinner-object of the preposition
Examples
 The man with his son walked toward me.
 The man [with his son] walked [ toward me ].
 The man [with his son] walked [ toward me ].
 The man with his son walked toward me.
 Some of the ducklings waddled past us.
 Some[of the ducklings] waddled [past us ].
 Some[of the ducklings] waddled[ past us ].
 Some of the ducklings waddled past us.
 Outside of our home a pine tree is growing.
 Outside [of our home] a pine tree is growing.
(Incorrect)
 [Outside of our home] a pine tree [is growing]. (Incorrect)
 [Outside of our home] a pine tree is growing.
 Outside of our home a pine tree is growing.
List of Prepositions
A
 aboard
 about
 above
 across
 after
 against
 along
 among
 anti
 around
 as
 at
B




before
behind
below
beneath






beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
I
P
U
 in
 inside
 into
 past
 per
 plus
L
R
 like
 regarding
 round






D
 despite
 down
 during
E






except
excluding
F
following
for
from
N
W
 near








under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
O
of
off
on
onto
opposite
outside
over
S
 save
 since
T





than
through
to
toward
towards
 with
 within
 without