Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Prepositional Phrases

Guided lesson

A preposition...

...shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence.

Examples of prepositions:

• Joan walked into her aunt's house.

• Joan walked around her aunt's house.

• Joan walked by her aunt's house.

Multiple Select

Find the prepositions in this sentence:

The teachers will be in the building on Monday.

• teachers

• will

• in

• on

Prepositional phrases

• prepositions always appear at the start of a group of words (a phrase)

• the prepositional phrase always ends in a noun or pronoun

• the noun or pronoun at the end of the phrase is called the object of the preposition (OP)

Multiple Select

Identify the prepositional phrases in this sentence:

Mom was standing in the kitchen the other day while I sat at my computer, doing my homework.

• was standing

• in the kitchen

• at my computer

• doing my homework

Multiple Select

Identify the objects of the prepositions in this sentence:

Mom was standing in the kitchen the other day while I sat at my computer, doing my homework.

• kitchen

• homework

• Mom

• computer

A sentence's subject and verb can NEVER appear inside a prepositional phrase.

Therefore, eliminating the prepositional phrases can help us identify the subjects and verbs.