Prepositional Phrases:
A prepositional phrase is a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun. The noun or pronoun that ends the prepositional phrase is the object of the preposition that begins the phrase.
Commonly used prepositions are:
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
by
concerning
down
during
except
for
from
in
inside
into
like
near
of
off
on
out
over
past
since
through
throughout
till
to
toward
under
underneath
until
upon
with
within
without
Commonly used compound (more than one word) prepositions are:
according to
in addition to
next to
as of
in front of
on account of
aside from
in place of
out of
because of
in spite of
owing to
by means of
instead of
prior to
examples of prepositional phrases:
around the tree
through the school
instead of the park
upon the table
from a friend
according to my source
on account of my homework
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