A prepositional phrase will begin with a
preposition and end with a
noun,
pronoun,
gerund, or
clause, the "object"
of the preposition.
The
object of the preposition
will often have one or more
modifiers to describe
it. These are the patterns for a prepositional phrase:
Preposition
+ Noun, Pronoun, Gerund, or Clause
Preposition
+ Modifier(s) +
Noun, Pronoun, Gerund, or Clause
A prepositional phrase will function as an
adjective
or
adverb. As an adjective, the prepositional phrase
will answer the question
Which one?
Read these example:
The book on the bathroom
floor is swollen from shower steam.
Which book? The one
on the bathroom floor!
As an adverb (advervial phrase), a prepositional phrase will answer questions such as
How? When? or Where?
Freddy is stiff from yesterday's
long football practice.
How did Freddy get stiff? From yesterday's
long football practice!
Before class, Josh
begged his friends for a pencil.
When did Josh do his begging? Before class!
Feeling brave, we tried the Dragon Breath Burritos
at Tito's Taco Palace.
Where did we eat the spicy food? At Tito's
Taco Palace!