WHAT ARE PHRASAL VERBS?

FOR EXAMPLE:

I ran into my teacher at the movies last night.

RUN + INTO = MEET

He ran away when he was 15. RUN + AWAY =

LEAVE HOME

A PHRASAL VERB IS A VERB PLUS A PREPOSITION OR ADVERB WHICH CREATES A MEANING DIFFERENT

FROM THE ORIGINAL VERB.

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A prepositional phrase will begin with a prepositionand end with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause, the "object" of the preposition. The object of the preposition will often have one or more modifiers to describe it. These are the patterns for a prepositional phrase:

preposition + noun, pronoun, gerund, orclausepreposition + modifier(s) + noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause

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Here are some examples of the most basic prepositional phrase:

At homeAt = preposition; home = noun.In timeIn = preposition; time = noun.From RichieFrom = preposition; Richie = noun.With meWith = preposition; me = pronoun.

Under the warm blanketUnder = preposition; the, warm = modifiers; blanket = noun.In the weedy, overgrown gardenIn = preposition; the, weedy, overgrown = modifiers; garden = noun.Along the busy, six-lane highwayAlong = preposition; the, busy, six-lane = modifiers; highway = noun.

Most prepositional phrases are longer, like these: