Prepositional Phrases
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9th - 12th Grade
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Elizabeth Rauscher
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PrepositionalPhrases
In this lesson, you'll learn about prepositions and prepositional phrases.
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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.
English | Grammar
Prepositions
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List of Common Prepositions
Most prepositions are direction/position words:
aboard about above across after against along amid among around as to at before behind below beneath beside between beyond by circa despite down due to during except for from in into like near of off on onto out over past since through to toward under until up upon with within without
English | Grammar
Prepositions
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List of Common Prepositions
Now, do you have to memorize that list? Certainly not. Just familiarize yourself, especially with the following:
at by for from in into of on to with
Some words are prepositions in some cases and something else in others. Just remember that a preposition almost always has a noun following it. Take a look at these two sentences:
Throughout the living room was the scent of fatty crabs that had expired weeks ago.
I put my sister into the swim class after it worked so well for me.
The preposition + noun combinations are underlined.
English | Grammar
Prepositions
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Prepositional Phrases
A preposition and noun combinations are called prepositional phrases.
Prepositional Phrase = Preposition + Noun + Any attached describing phrase
= of + fatty crabs + that had expired weeks ago
English | Grammar
Prepositions
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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
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Multiple Select
Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:
If you do business with me, you'll never get the better end of the deal.
If you do business
with me
you'll never get the better end
of the deal
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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
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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.
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Multiple Select
Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:
The eleven robbers broke into the casino vault with their perfectly executed plan.
The eleven robbers broke
into the casino vault
with their perfectly executed plan.
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Multiple Select
Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:
Since the hypothesis of string theory, scientists have been back at the drawing board.
Since the hypothesis of string theory
scientists have been back
at the drawing board.
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Multiple Select
Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:
Everything that man creates carries within it the seeds of its own destruction.
Everything that man creates carries
within it
the seeds
of its own destruction
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Multiple Select
Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:
Kevin snuck out the door during the school assembly.
Kevin snuck
ut the door
during the school assembly
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Multiple Select
Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:
Within seconds of hearing about the trip to Antarctica, Charlotte packed shorts and sunglasses.
Within seconds
of hearing
about the trip to Antarctica
Charlotte packed
shorts and sunglasses
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Multiple Select
Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:
We found Teddy in a broken elevator at a rundown hotel in Thailand.
We found Teddy
in a broken elevator
at a rundown hotel
in Thailand
PrepositionalPhrases
In this lesson, you'll learn about prepositions and prepositional phrases.
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