Explanations: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions
A prepositional phrase goes from a preposition to a noun. There can be an article and/or adjective in the middle.
Preposition | Article and/or Adjective | Noun (or pronoun) |
to | school | |
for | my | sister |
with | a large blue | bag |
about | the | grammar |
to | the | airport |
under | her | bed |
on | the white | table |
for | me |
A prepositional phrase can go before or after the subject-verb-object, or both before and after. Usually, when the prepositional phrase is first, it is a time phrase. It is more common for the prepositional phrases to be after the subject-verb-object.
- After lunch, we usually buy a cup of coffee
- She drives her carto school.
- Until 2015 I lived in my country.
- He didn’t speak English in 2019 before this class.
Sometimes, a prepositional phrase can act as an adjective, describing a noun:
- The student in the blue hat wants my attention.
- That car with a white top looks amazing!
You can use many prepositional phrases in one sentence!
- In the morning after her coffee she sits down at the computer and works on her students’ homework on Canvas until lunchtime.
Explanation and practice
Here is a list of prepositions with practice sets at the bottom
Introduction to Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVwL1gl3yPs
(note – she explains well, but she has a little bit of an accent, so be sure to put on the cc (close captions) so you can understand well).
- Exercise on Prepositions – Place 1
- Exercise on Prepositions – Place 2
- Exercise on Prepositions – Place 3
- Exercise on Prepositions – Place 4
- Exercise on Prepositions – Place 5 (note: “via” means “through”
- Exercise on Prepositions – Time 1 (Note: Americans say “on the weekend” and “on vacation” while British English speakers use “at the weekend” and “on holiday.”)
- Exercise on Prepositions – Time 2
- Exercise on Prepositions – A picture
- Exercise on Prepositions – A photograph
- Exercise on Prepositions – George Washington
“Like” as a verb or as a preposition
Like verb (enjoy/love) vs. like preposition (similar to)
explanation https://www.englishgrammar.org/preposition-conjunction/
Video lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEWIDx1IEP0 (2 minutes)
Quiz (it’s mine, so put your name) https://testmoz.com/1662238
good exercise