the prepositional phrase
A
prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and usually ends with a
noun or a pronoun.
The prepositional phrase is underlined in each sentence.
The elderly man went to the doctor’s office today.
In the morning, the elementary school students perform their exercises.
These magicians performed many tricks for the children.
Tomas walked into the dark house.
The word that ends the prepositional phrase is the object of the preposition.
In each of these sentences, the prepositional phrases are underlined, and
the objects of the preposition are italicized.
All of the trees had been pruned by the workers.
Someone in this office has borrowed the stapler from Markisha.
Will you show your necklace to your grandparents?
Notes
Practical English Grammar - Notes
16. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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20. the participle and participial phrase
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29. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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33. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents
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34. agreement involving prepositional phrases
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41. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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44. sentences fragments and run on sentences
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45. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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49. compound subject and compound predicate
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50. subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
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