Grammar - Prepositions - Prepositional Phrases for grade 10 and 11 from My Perspective

1. GRAMMAR CLASS
Prepositions - Prepositional Phrases

2. What are prepositions?
A preposition is a word or group of words used
before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show
direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships,
or to introduce an object.

3. Common
prepositions
used in
phrases:
In
On
At
With
From
To About
For

4. What are prepositional phrases?
They are group of words that consists
of a preposition and the object of the
preposition.

5. Prepositional Phrases
Punctuation:
When a prepositional phrase is in the
beginning of a sentence, put a comma
after it.
EX: Into the wilderness, the lion went.
EX: From Saudi Arabia , the employee came.

6. Types of prepositions
Time Direction/Location
On, In, At Across, After, Against,
Among, Around, At, Before,
By, Beside, Next to,
Beyond, Under

7. Underline the prepositional phrases in the following
sentences and circle the preposition:
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2
3
After a long day at work, I like to relax by taking a walk through the
park beside the river, where I can admire the beautiful sunset over
the horizon.
The ball rolled across the street and bounced on top of one of the
houses.
After finishing my homework, I usually spend some time playing
video games with my friends at the arcade in the mall, where we
compete against each other on various exciting challenges.

8. Underline the prepositional phrases in the following
sentences and circle the preposition:
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5
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On the plate, the cookies you brought yesterday are.
The keys beside the door are Sandra but the ones next to mom are
Sally’s.
On top of the fact he showed up late, he parked the car in the
wrong spot and got a fine.

9. Write 3 sentences, one with a
prepositional phrase in the beginning,
one in the middle and one in the end.
Home Work