IXL | Identify prepositional phrases | 9th grade language arts

Select the two prepositional phrases.

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Select the two prepositional phrases.

A mobile composed of shimmering mirrors and silver wire swayed gently in the elegant hotel lobby.

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A preposition comes before a noun or pronoun (called the object of the preposition) and connects it to the rest of the sentence. A prepositional phrase is a phrase that begins with a preposition, ends with the object of the preposition, and includes all of the object's modifiers in between.

Steam rose steadily from the enormous geyser.

The preposition from connects the object geyser to the rest of the sentence.

Jonah's article about Alaskan oil drilling was incredibly well written.

The preposition about connects the object oil drilling to the rest of the sentence.

Remember that prepositions introduce nouns, pronouns, or noun phrases. They do not introduce infinitive phrases or adverbial clauses.

After the show, the dancers greeted their fans.

Here, after is a preposition. It connects the object show to the rest of the sentence.

After the show ended, the dancers greeted their fans.

Here, after is a conjunction. It introduces an adverbial clause.

Common prepositions include about, above, across, after, against, along, around, beside, between, by, down, during, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, through, to, under, up, with, and without.

Some prepositions, like according to, across from, along with, in front of, in spite of, instead of, and far from, consist of more than one word.

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The first prepositional phrase is of shimmering mirrors and silver wire.

The second prepositional phrase is in the elegant hotel lobby.

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