Some interesting places to visit Match the halves of the sentences. Take note of the prepositions before nouns and adjectives in prepositional phrases.
Alma showed us some pictures
The flight has been cancelled
We began our journey
I stayed in a cabin
from Greece.
by the river.
of the amazing places she had visited.
because of dense fog.
Important to know!
A prepositional phrase is a collection of words made up of a preposition followed by a noun, noun phrase, or noun clause which serves as the object of that preposition.
a) preposition + noun
b) preposition + noun with an article
c) preposition + adjective+ noun
A prepositional phrase adds information to a sentence by modifying another word in the sentence.
Explanation
Alma showed us some pictures of the amazing places she had visited. – Adjective in an adjective phrase modifies the noun pictures.
The flight has been cancelled because of dense fog. – Prepositional phrase ‘because of dense fog’ modifies verb ‘cancelled’.
We began our journey from Greece. - Prepositional phrase ‘from Greece’ modifies noun ‘journey’.
I stayed in a cabin by the river. - Prepositional phrase ‘by the river’ modifies noun ‘cabin’.​

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