Prepositional Phrase - What Is A Prepositional Phrase?

A better understanding of a prepositional phrase and some examples.

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE – This is the definition of a prepositional phrase and some examples for better understanding.

A preposition is the words we use to connect like above, about, below, for, from, in, inside, into, of, to, until, and with and a prepositional phrase is a group of words made up of a preposition, its object, and any words modifying the object. In most cases, it modifies a verb or a noun.

Here are some sample sentences containing a preposition:

The meeting is on Saturday.
The cat on the table is called Kirby.
The bell will ring at 7 o’clock.

Here’s a list of some other prepositions:

above, about, across, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, since, to, toward, through, under, until, up, upon, with, within

Now that you know what a preposition is, let’s go to prepositional phrases.

There are two types and these two types are adverb prepositional and adjective prepositional.

The adverbial or adverb prepositional modifies a verb.

Examples: