Prepositional Phrases

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Prepositional Phrases

• Add detail to your writing.
• Shows the relationship of a noun/pronoun to some
  other word in a sentence.
• Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
  or a pronoun.

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Common prepositions

• About before during over
• Above behind for since
• Across below from through
• After beneath in to
• Against beside into under
• Along between like until
• Among beyond of up
• Around by off upon
• At down on with

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A prepositional phrase sometimes works as an
adjective

• The cake on the table looked stale.

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A prepositional phrase sometimes works as an
adverb

• The burglar entered through the basement window.

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• They crowded into the room.