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

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