Prep phrase- Basic

Prepositional Phrases

A prepositional phrase is a preposition plus an object.


There are three possible patterns: preposition + noun preposition + pronoun preposition + verb + -ing


PREPOSITION + NOUN


Singular Nouns

NORMAL PATTERNS

preposition +noun determiner +/- (descriptive adjectives) + singular common noun

with   a       pen
with   a red pen
with a new red pen

SINGULAR NOUN DETERMINERS: a/an, the, one, this, that, any, each, every, another, either, neither, my, your, his, her, its, our, their, Mary`s (or any other possessive noun)


EXCEPTION

preposition + ø + singular common noun
in       bed
to       school


Singular Proper Nouns


preposition + ø + proper noun
with       Mary
for       Mr. Jones


Exercise 1A— Correct the Mistakes in the Following Prepositional Phrases. Write the Correct Phrases in the Blank Spaces.



1. with pen ________________________________________
2. for other girl ________________________________________
3. to Mary cousin ________________________________________
4. without book ________________________________________
5. from nice boy ________________________________________
6. between Mary and other girl ________________________________________
7. in the Mary`s house ________________________________________
8. for the another apple ________________________________________
9. next to tall boy ________________________________________
10. near the Mr. Johnson`s house ________________________________________


Plural Nouns

NORMAL PATTERNS



preposition +/- (noun determiner) +/- (descriptive adjective) + plural common noun
for           apples
for   the       apples
for       red   apples
for   the   red   apples


PLURAL NOUN DETERMINERS: the, two (or any higher number), these, those, any, no, either, neither, other, some, both, few, enough, plenty of, a lot of, lots of, many, all, my, your, his, her, its, our, their, Mary`s (or any possessive noun)


A plural noun not preceded by a noun determiner indicates all of the group or in general.

Plural Proper Nouns



preposition + the + proper noun
for   the   Joneses
for   the   United States

Exercise 1B— Correct the Mistakes in the Following Prepositional Phrases. Write the Correct Phrases in the Blank Spaces.



1. for three apple ___________________________________________________
2. without friend ___________________________________________________
3. in United States ___________________________________________________
4. from many country ___________________________________________________
5. to a lots of places ___________________________________________________
6. except this exercises ___________________________________________________
7. with another friends ___________________________________________________
8. at plenty of store ___________________________________________________
9. by other teacher ___________________________________________________
10. from the Smith ___________________________________________________


Noncount Nouns

NORMAL PATTERNS

preposition +/- (noun determiner) +/- (descriptive adjective) + noncount noun
for           water
for   the       water
for       hot   water
for   this   hot   water




NONCOUNT NOUN DETERMINERS: the, this, that, any, no, either, neither, some, little, enough, a lot of, lots of, plenty of, much, all, my, your, his, her, its, our, their, Mary`s (or any possessive noun)