prepositional phrase

WHAT IS A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE?

• a group of words consisting of a conjunction, its object, and any words that modify the object. Most of the time, a prepositional phrase modifies an adjective or a noun.

• a group of words consisting of a noun, its object, and any words that modify the object. Most of the time, a prepositional phrase modifies an adverb or a noun.

• a group of words consisting of a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object. Most of the time, a prepositional phrase modifies a verb or a noun.

• a group of words consisting of a verb, its object, and any words that modify the object. Most of the time, a prepositional phrase modifies a verb or an adjective

• a group of words consisting of an adjective, its object, and any words that modify the object. Most of the time, a prepositional phrase modifies an adverb or a noun.

She paid for lunch ....advance, so we don't need to pay now.

• on

• out

• or

• and

• in

I went to the wrong house.... mistake.

• on

• by

• out

• in

• ex

Please make sure that you're ....time for the class.

• on

• in

• out

• and

• or

Did you forget your purse.... purpose so you wouldn't have to pay?

• on

• in

• our

• and

• or

Is she really going out .... that guy ?

• with

• on

• in

• out

• by

It's best to arrive ....foot because there is nowhere to park.

• out

• in

• on

• by

• for

No wonder he looks worried. Someone told me that he is ....

• on my own

• out of danger

• in debt

• out of luck

• on the phone

  out of danger

Because she didn't want anyone else to hear she spoke to him ....

• in public

• on the phone

• in a whisper

• out of luck

• in pencil

You can't talk to her now. She's.... still but I will ask her to call you back.

• out of danger

• on the phone

• out of luck

• but I will ask her to call you back.

• in debt