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Prepositional Phrases Definition


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Prepositional Phrases Definition

A group of words made up of a preposition, its object, and any of the object's modifiers.

Prepositional phrases can modify nounsverbsphrases, and complete clauses. As demonstrated by several of the examples below, prepositional phrases can be embeddedinside other prepositional phrases.

Most common Prepositional Phrases

about

below

excepting

off

toward

above

beneath

for

on

under

across

beside(s)

from

onto

underneath

after

between

in

out

until

against

beyond

in front of

outside

up

along

but

inside

over

upon

among

by

in spite of

past

up to

around

concerning

instead of

regarding

with

at 

despite

into

since

within

because of

down

like

through

without

before

during

near

throughout

withregard to

behind

except

of

to

withrespect to

Exercise

1.- I'd rather have wineinstead ofbeer. (enlugar de)  

2.-In case ofbad weather, the trip will be postponed to next week. (encaso de)

3.- On behalf of my fellow employees, I would like to thank management for all they have done to improve our situation. (A nombre de)

4.-We finally solved our problem by means of a new device created by our research and development department. (pormedio de)

5.- As for me, I will be happy to dedicate a few extra hours to the cause. (encuanto a)

6.-You will have to remember that, apart fromJohn, no one wants to work on this problem. (aparte de)

7.-How can they be going out?! Jane has nothing in common with Peter. (encomún con)

8.-According toJohn, they won't finish the project until the end of next week. (deacuerdo a)

9.- I'm all in favor ofhelping out the poor when in need. (en favor de)

10.-We will have to postpone our trip because of the bad weather. (a causa de)

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