Prepositional Phrases

Prepositional Phrases

Examples of Prepositional Phrases

• The banker with the red face nervously counted the money. (the noun, banker, is being modified)

• Those by the door are packaged and ready to ship. (the pronoun, those, is being modified)

• We raced toward the door when the bell rang. (the verb, raced, is being modified)

• I am very energetic without drinking coffee or tea. (the adjective, energetic, is being modified)

• I walked carefully near the fragile house of cards. (the adverb, carefully, is being modified).

Prepositional phrases

• The tall building with the red roof is our new library.

• Next to it is the old library. (Example of a compound preposition).

• We drove around the parking lot.

• Vince went inside the house.

• The playful puppy ran in front of me. (Example of a compound preposition).

​Prepositional Phrases

All phrases that are not essential to a sentence are considered prepositional phrases. While they may supply important details, sentences can stand alone grammatically without them.

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Prepositions

List of Common Prepositions

Most prepositions are direction/position words:

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Prepositions

Multiple Select

Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:

Hillary got into the boat for the short trip to Haiti.

• Hillary got

• into the boat

• for the short trip

• to Haiti

Multiple Select

Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:

We'll need to see the receipts for the dress you bought on Monday.

• We'll need to see the receipts

• for the dress

• you bought

• on Monday

Multiple Select

Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:

I drove by my house to check if the package from Amazon had arrived.

• I drove

• by my house

• to check if the package

• from Amazon

• had arrived.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a prepositional phrase?

• over the line

• by the door

• near the pool

• he stole it

• beside me

Multiple Choice

Answer true or false:

Prepositional phrases must contain a preposition and its object.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Answer true or false:

Prepositional phrases can act as adverbs or adjectives.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Answer true or false:

Prepositional phrases can act as verbs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Tap the correct preposition:

He lives __ front ___ our school.

• for, of

• in, of

• to, beside

• next, to

Multiple Choice

Tap the correct preposition:

Our coach wrote the work __ the board and it's __ Monday.

• to, for

• in, of

• on, to

• on, for