Preposition is a word
that links a noun or a noun equivalent (pronoun or gerund) to another words by
expressing such relationships as location, direction, time and purpose (Chuak
Aik, 1992, 1870). There are single-word prepositions and complex prepositions.
Single-word prepositions
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Complex prepositions
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About
About
Across
After
Against
Along
Among
Around
As
At
Before
behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Besides
Between
Beyond
By
Despite
Down
During
Except
Following
For
In
Including
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Inside
Into
Like
Near
Of
Off
On
Onto
Opposite
Outside
Over
Past
Round
Since
Through
Throughout
Till
To
Towards
Under
Underneath
Up
Upon
With
Within
Without
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As well as
According to
Along with
Apart from
As for
As to
Away from
Because of
By means of
Due to
Except for
In addition to
In front of
In spite of
Instead of
Next to
On account of
On behalf on
On top of
Out of
Owing to
Regardless of
Up to
With reference to
With regard to
With respect to
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Practice this preposition exercise for a better understanding of its insertion in either sentence or paragraph.
In a sentence, when a
preposition is followed by noun, it is named prepositional phrase. As a prepositional
phrase, unit of words holds a single meaning.
Prepositional phrase cannot function as a noun in sentence; instead, it can
function as adjective and adverb.
These are some examples
of prepositional phrase:
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Across many consideration
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Around the office
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Between office rule and
policy
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According to the
employer
·
Across many
prerequisites
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After probation months
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Amid the confusion
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Around the world
·
Before we start the
meeting
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Between our cubicles
·
By the new regulation
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By a nice colleague
·
Like an outstanding
coworker
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Near the former years
·
Of my boss
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Off the top
·
Out the pantry
·
To the ball
·
Through the looking
glass
·
Throughout a stack of
documents
A. Prepositional Phrase as adjective
(PPaAdj)
Here are some examples of prepositional phrase as adjective in a
sentence. Subjects, verbs and prepositional phrases have been underlined to
meet better understanding of their usage.
1. All the
employees aboard the meeting room were happy.
S
PPaAdj
verb
2. The notebook inside
the drawer is mine.
subject
PPaAdj verb
3. Our boss put out a
memo regarding the new policy.
subject verb
PPaAdj
4. His opinion is only
one voice among many, but it will be heard.
Subject verb
PPaAdj
5. The extra
money is in the bag under the bed.
subject
verb PPaAdj
6. The car beside
the red one is the one which I want to buy.
subject
PPaAdj
verb
7. The area outside
the boundary is dangerous to cross.
subject
PPaAdj
verb
8. All meetings after
December are for next project discussion.
subject
PPaAdj
verb
9. My mother wants to
tell me a story about the dragon slayer.
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subject verb PPaAdj
10. She obliges her
student to buy a book of adventurous story.
subj. verb
PPaAdj
B.
Prepositional Phrase as adverb (PPaAdv)
Here are some examples of prepositional phrase in sentence. Prepositional
phrase as adjective is possibly inserted in any part of a sentence: at front (before subject), after subject, before object, before or after adverb).
1. In about next month, a new agreement will
be decided for HRD matter.
PPaAdv
subject
verb
PPaAdv
2. The new policy for employees must be
contained as new company rule.
subject
PPaAdv
verb
PPaAdv
3. Boot-licking phenomena make me
think of resigning from this company.
subject
verb
PPaAdv
4. Some documents containing hidden private
matter are cancelled to deliver for a purpose.
subject
PPaAdj
verb
PPaAdv
5. Last year overturn raised completely
sharper than the previous year like a giant bomb.
subject verb
PPaAdv
C. Prepositional Phrase in a beginning of
sentence
Prepositional phrase is not a noun, and it cannot be placed as subject.
It can be placed as adjective after a verb, as adverb after or before a verb,
and at the beginning of a sentence. When a prepositional phrase is put at
front, the verb must agree the object.
Check these sentences for further detail.
1. In the room are managers having
meeting for BASF project.
PP verb
object pp
PPaAdj
2. Beyond next year are a lot of
new employees recruited massively.
PP
verb
object
3. By the end of this month will some
problems be solved well.
PP verb
object
4. In my mind is my dream of
moving job to a much better employer.
PP verb object
PPaAdj
5. Of some worse market share is possibility for
us to be cut off from our recent
PP
verb
object PPaAdj
position.
