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LESSON 6: Prepositional Phrases and

Phrasal Prepositions

The shop at the corner of the

street sells sandwiches.

Isha with her mum went on
walking on the pavement.

Don’t use the broom behind you

to sweep the floor.

Tuleshwor will climb up the hill to
see the view.

Unlike just prepositions, a prepositional phrase begins with a preposition

and ends with a noun, pronoun, gerund or clause.

Compare the following:
Prepositions are those words that show the relation between a noun or

a pronoun and some other words in a sentence.
The book is placed on the desk.
A policeman went into a deal to trace all the most wanted criminals.

Phrasal prepositions are a group of words with the force of a single
preposition.
Don’t be ignorant of what you know very well.
She is very bad at making plans.

Prepositional phrases are a group of words that begins with a
preposition and is usually followed by a noun or a pronoun.
The resort is beside the mountain.

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