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Grammar
Easy Grammar Plus
Prepositions
A Prepositional
Phrase begins with
a preposition and
ends with a noun
or pronoun
Prepositional
Phrases will NOT
be the subject or
verb of the
sentence.
after dinner – after
is the preposition. -- dinner is the
object of the
preposition.
after dinner is the
prepositional
phrase.
List
of
Prepositions
about, above, across,
after, against, along,
amid, among, around,
at, atop
before, behind, below,
beneath, beside,
between, beyond, but
(when it means
except), by
concerning, down,
during, except, for,
from
in, inside, into, like,
near,
of, off, on, onto, out,
outside, over, past
regarding, since,
through, throughout,
to, toward
under, underneath,
until, up, upon,
With, within, without
Cross out the prepositional phrases
The shoppers went into the store.
A blender fell on the floor.
He stepped behind the door.
The vacationers went to Disneyland.
Cross out the prepositional phrases
The shoppers went into the store.
A blender fell on the floor.
He stepped behind the door.
The vacationers went to Disneyland.
Underline the Subject of the
sentence once.
Ask yourself “Who or what is this
sentence about?”
The shoppers went into the store.
A blender fell on the floor.
He stepped behind the door.
The vacationers went to Disneyland.
Underline the verb twice
Ask yourself “What happened or
What is? in this sentence.
The shoppers went into the store.
A blender fell on the floor.
He stepped behind the door.
The vacationers went to Disneyland.
Cross out Prep Phrases then underline
subject 1x, and verb 2x
1. After school we walked to the
library.
2. Mary sits behind you in science
class.
3. The plane flew above the clouds.
4. Jane lives across the street from
me.
5. Down the road galloped the horse.
Cross out Prep Phrases then underline
subject 1x, and verb 2x
1. After school we walked to the
library.
2. Mary sits behind you in science
class.
3. The plane flew above the clouds.
4. Jane lives across the street from
me.
5. Down the road galloped the horse.
Cross out Prep Phrases then underline
subject 1x, and verb 2x
1.
2.
3.
4.
We went to the beach.
Some boys crawled under the car.
The pump is behind the barn.
They stopped along the road for
five minutes.
5. During skiing season our family
went to a lodge for a weekend.
6. The cars travel below the river and
through the tunnel.
Cross out Prep Phrases then underline
subject 1x, and verb 2x
1.
2.
3.
4.
We went to the beach.
Some boys crawled under the car.
The pump is behind the barn.
They stopped along the road for
five minutes.
5. During skiing season our family
went to a lodge for a weekend.
6. The cars travel below the river and
through the tunnel.
Cross out Prep Phrases then underline
subject 1x, and verb 2x
1. The telephone rang in the middle of
the night.
2. Below the sink is the garbage can.
3. Everyone except Mary left by noon.
4. Within ten minutes of the call, my
dad arrived in our driveway.
Compound Object of the
Preposition
The noun or pronoun following the
preposition is called the object of the
preposition.
Sometimes the preposition will have
compound objects. This means that
there will be two or more nouns or
pronouns following the preposition.
Examples:
to the store and the bank
with John and me