PREPOSITION and PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

PREPOSITION and PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun. A prepositional phrase usually tells where, when, how, or why. Prepositional Phrase = Preposition + Noun (phrase) Examples of Prepositional Phrase from Mexico City in the morning on December 25 of my sisters to my best friend around the room by bus because of the weather

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Practice 1 on Preposition

Practice 1

Find the prepositions in each sentence, then circle the prepositional phrase.

1. I was born in Jakarta on July 23 1985.
2. He came to the United States for the purpose of setting up a business office there.
3. Over the last three decades, we have seen a consistent worldwide decline in

membership of private-sector international trade union federations.

4. A combination of factors appear to have led to the decline of the beetle, all of
them directly or indirectly due to human influence but none conclusively proven.
5. At ground level, ozone is produced by a photochemical interaction of the Sun
with gases such as nitrogen oxides and unburnt hydrocarbons.
6. During the era from the end of the Civil War to about 1890, there was
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P R E P O S I T I O N

P R E P O S I T I O N

Preposisi adalah jenis kata pendek yang bisa memiliki beberapa fungsi bila digunakan dengan jenis kata yang lain. Preposisi biasanya diikuti oleh kata benda (prepositional phrase), tetapi juga mengikuti kata kerja dan mempengaruhi makna kata kerja yang diikuti oleh preposisi tersebut.

on Sunday

in Jakarta

look at, look for, look after.

PREPOSITIONS
about	behind	except	on	under
above	below	for	onto	underneath
across	beneath	from	outside	unlike
after	beside	in	over	until
against	between	inside	past	up
along	beyond	into	since	upon
among	by	like	through	versus
around	despite	near	throughout	with
as	down	of	to	within
at	during	off	toward	without

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