Transcript PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
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What is a prepositional phrase?
 Definition:
A prepositional phrase is a
group of words that consists
of a preposition, a noun,
pronoun that serves as the
object of the preposition.
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STRUCTURES OF PRE.PHRASE
 Preposition
+ noun
 Preposition + determiner + noun
Prepositional
phrases are
composed of the preposition
and a follwing noun phrase.
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 Prepositional
phrases are used
either adjectivally to modify
nouns or adverbially to modify
verbs,adjectives,or clause.
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Example
 The man in the house rented it.
 He went in the arena.
 Dad was happy about the goal.
 On reflection, I believe that she
was correct.
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FUNCTIONS OF PRE.PHRASE
1) Post-modifier of noun
Everybody questions the
significance of the results.
2) Post-modifier of an adjective
He was happy with his results.
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3) Subjective predicate
Yesterday the sun was just as it
is in India.
4) Objective predicate
From the time I bought her out of
hospital she never slept.
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5) Adverbial
Every Tuesday I stood there waiting
by the door expecting you to come.
6)Complement of a verb
There is a word beginning with D
that would describe it.
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