Prepositions

The most common prepositions are: in, to, of, on, after, at, by, for, from, up and with. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a direct object (noun or pronoun).
 EX: The man (in the car) seemed nice.

1. A prepositional phrase is a group of words beginning with a preposition and completed by a noun or a pronoun.

2. A prepositional phrase limits, describes, or in other ways affects some word in the
sentence containing it.
She wore a hat with a red feather. We came for your advice.

3. The noun or pronoun that completes the prepositional phrase is called the object of the preposition. Here is a letter from John. 

 4. A preposition may have a compound object. Were you waiting for 

 5. Phrases may be compound:
Behave at home and in public Bill and me? (noun) I’ll wait for you. (pronoun) 
 6. Here is a list of common prepositions:

about above across after against around at before behind below beneath beside besides between beyond

by down during except for from in inside into like near of off on out

outside over since through throughout till to toward under until up upon with without

according to because of by way of in addition to in front of in place of in regard to in spite of instead of on account of out of