PREPOSITIONAL

PHRASE
ENGLISH ELECTIVE PROGRAM
GRADE XII
In this lesson you’ll learn:

• What is a preposition?
• What is a phrase?
• What is a prepositional phrase?
• What does it do in a sentence?
 What is a preposition?
a word which is used before a noun, a noun phrase
or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
in, on, at from, by, before, with,
to rd
wo

What is a phrase? phrase

a group of words which doesn’t have subject-verb

combination
a book, at home, this big old crazy world
What is a prepositional phrase?
A group of words which starts with a preposition and
is followed by an object of preposition.

At
at home
home

Object of preposition
Object of preposition

noun

Kata benda home, class, work

at work
Meaning of Prepositional Phrase

Which one?(Description) When? (Time)

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The girl with a red bandana is my sister.
●
I will love you till the end of time

Where?(Location) Which direction? (Direction)

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There’s a ghost near the window.
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The ghost flies into the dining room.
 Prepositional Phrase

e. Means: by
The teacher explains the lesson clearly by setting examples.
f. Purpose: for
Mona is born in a small village.
g. Addition: besides
A doctor must have good personality besides knowledge.
h. Cause: because of, from
Christiano Ronaldo went to Amsterdam because of his injured
ankle.
Examples of Prepositional Phrases
description
• The cupcake with sprinkles  is yours.
time
• You only have time until five o'clock to finish
direction
it.
location
• We climbed up the hill.
direction
• I'm staying at his house. 
description
• The rabbits hopped through the garden.
• It's the third house on the right.
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