ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND

LITERATURE

CHAPTER II:
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

1st Meeting: September 3rd, 2022

What is PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASES?
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

PREPOS PHRAS
ITION E
Kelompok Kata, 2 atau lebih,
KATA DEPAN yang dapat berfungsi sebagai
N, ADJ, ADV, dan atau
VERB
What is the Definition of Prepositional Phrases ?

Prepositional Phrases is a group

of words containing preposition
and its object.

Prepositional Phrases adalah sekelompok

kata/frasa yang memiliki
Head/kepala/induk kata yang berupa
Preposition (Kata Depan) dan sebuah
Objek.
 FORMS ( BENTUK /
RUMUS )
PREPOS OBJEC
ITION T
BARE NOUN (KATA
DASAR)
NOUN PHRASE
OBJECT PRONOUN
HOW TO FORM PREP. PHRASE

1. PREPOSITION + BARE NOUN

AT HOME
Eg. I am AT HOME.
Let’s stay AT HOME.

ON TIME
Eg. I always come ON TIME.
Do come ON TIME!.
HOW TO FORM PREP. PHRASE

2. PREPOSITION + NOUN PHRASE

DURING THE STORM
Eg. I am so worried. He insisted to go DURING
THE STORM.

WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL

GIRL
Eg. I want to spend my life WITH THAT
BEAUTIFUL GIRL
HOW TO FORM PREP. PHRASE
3. PREPOSITION + OBJECT
PRONOUN
BESIDE ME
Eg. She always wants to stay BESIDE ME.

BEFORE US
Eg. She walks BEFORE US
HOW TO FORM PREP. PHRASE
4. PREPOSITION + GERUND (VERB-
ING)
AFTER READING THE
BOOK
Eg. She fell asleep AFTER READING
A BOOK.

OF SWIMMING IN
THE SEA
Eg. I’m afraid of SWIMMING IN THE SEA
 TYPES OF PREPOSITION

1. SINGLE PREPOSITION
- SINCE - ON - UNDER - AFTER
- BEFORE - BY - DURING - WITH
- THROUGH- TO - FOR - INTO
- ALONGSIDE - IN - BETWEEN - OVER
- WITHOUT - BEHIND - ACROSS - UNTIL
- DURING - BESIDE
TYPES OF PREPOSITION
2. COMPLEX PREPOSITION
- NEXT TO - BECAUSE OF
- IN FRONT OF - FAR FROM
- AS FOR - ALONG WITH
- IN CASE FOR - AS WELL AS
- ON BEHALF OF - DUE TO
- ACCORDING TO
 TASK 1: READING
Read the dialogue and Answer the following questions!
Jane : Excuse me, I’m Jane. May I see Mr. Paul?
Bobby: I’m sorry to tell you, Mr. Paul is so busy now that he can’t meet anyone.
Jane : Where is Mr. Paul?
Bobby: He is in his room preparing a material for the meeting
Jane : Oh, I see. Can I see him after the meeting?
Bobby: No, sorry. He is very busy. He will be attending a seminar after the meeting.
Jane : But I really need to meet him.
Bobby: Yeah, I know, but not today. I think you can come back tomorrow. He will be free by
this time tomorrow.
Jane : I will be busy by this time tomorrow, but can I leave these proposals for Mr. Paul?
Bobby: Sure.
Jane : The book with light blue hard cover is the proposal of orphan donation. Whereas, this
red covered book is Mr. Paul’s order.
Bobby: Okay. I will give these books to him tomorrow morning. Anyway, this book was
written by Jane Smith. Is this your name?
Jane : Yeah, I wrote this book. Thanks for conveying these books. I should leave now.
Bobby: With pleasure, Miss Jane.
Answer the following Questions based
on the dialogue!
1. Why did she can’t meet Mr. Paul at that time?
2. What will Mr. Paul do after the meeting?
3. What is Mr. Paul’s secretary suggest to Jane?
4. What is Jane’s intention to meet Mr. paul?
5. What is Jane’s profession?
6. Find all the Prepositional Phrases
from the dialogue!
 TASK 2: GRAMMAR
Identify the following sentences. Find the Prepositional Phrases
from the sentence and state the function for each word!
1. One of Mr. Sanjaya’s company was closed since there wasn’t enough demand for
its product.
2. Tell me by Friday whether you can come to my house.
3. I got dizzy about the noise around my house last night
4. The lady who is sitting on the bench is my aunt.
5. I congratulated him on his success in the exam.
6. The teacher was annoyed with me for being late in submitting the assignment.
7. I felt asleep during the video conference yesterday.
8. Finally, you could be the winner of Math National Science Competence without
having enough practice.
9. You have to check your body temperature at the wall mounted thermometer in
corner of the room.
10. I think we are too late. By the time we get to station, the train will have left, I
guess.