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Welcome to this tutorial.

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Today we're going to talk about prepositional phrases.

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Let's get started

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now.

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A prepositional phrase is a group of words consisting of a preposition and a noun pronoun gerund or

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clause.

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Have a look at the example over here.

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She tried to calm down the baby by singing lullabies.

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Now by singing lullabies is a prepositional phrase and known that it consists of a preposition by gerund

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singing and a noun lullabies a prepositional phrase always consists of two basic parts.

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At minimum the preposition and its object have a look at the example.

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Over here I think I'll be add home adds is a preposition and a home is a noun object of the sentence

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a prepositional phrase is a group of words that consist of a preposition and a noun is in the example

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over here.

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Eric was fired from McDonald's preposition.

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Now be a preposition and a pronoun for example.

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He always leaves little presents for me.

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For is the preposition and me pronoun

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si a preposition and adjourned for example Carol managed to lose some weight thanks to exercising to

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exercising during deal a preposition and a clause for example I need to talk to you about stuff we need

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for our trip clause now a prepositional phrase can function either as an adjective or an adverb in the

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sentence now as an adjective the prepositional phrase answers the question which one have a look at

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the examples below.

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The boy with bread here was taking photos outside which one.

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The one with the red hair

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and as an adverb the prepositional phrase answers the questions how when where.

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Have a look at the example over here.

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Gabby went for a run at five o'clock.

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When did she go for a run at five o'clock.