PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

• A prepositional phrase is a preposition and the noun following it. The preposition is in the head position and the noun is in the complement position.

• Please not that prepositions are words such as in, from, to, etc. Used before a noun or a pronoun to show a place, a position, time or a method.

The object of the prepositional :

• Prepositional + noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause.
• Prepositional + modifier(s) + noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause.

      Example :

• At home

         At = prepositional ; home = noun

• In time

         In = prepositional ; time = noun

• From Richie

         From = prepositional ; Richie = noun

• With me

         With = prepositional ; me = pronoun

• By singing

          By = prepositional ; singing = gerund

• About what we need

          About = prepositional ; what we need = noun clause

Most prepositional phrases are longer, like these:

• From my grandmother

          From = preposition; my = modifier; grandmother = noun.

• Under the warm blanket

          Under = preposition; the, warm = modifiers; blanket = noun.

• In the weedy, overgrown garden

          In = preposition; the, weedy, overgrown = modifiers; garden = noun.

Example of conversation :

• A: Where's your office?

• B: In Jakarta, Indonesia.

• A: Really? What part of jakarta?

• B: It's on Pegangsaan Timur Road.

• A: I know that area. Where exactly is it?

• B: It's at Pegangsaan Timur Road no.12 , next to the bookstore.