Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prepositional Phrases
This lesson focuses on prepositional phrases; it defines them and discusses their functions. It explains the purpose, role, location, and construction of prepositional phrases.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Prepositional Phrases
This section of an online grammar guide explains how to identify prepositional phrases.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Grammar Blast: Unit 7: Prepositional Phrases
Practice your prepositional phrase skills with this interactive quiz.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Recognizing Prepositional Pharases
This tutorial focuses on prepositional phrases and their modifiers. It offers a video lesson including a list of common prepositions and how to punctuate prepositional phrases at the beginning and end of sentences. Real Player is required.
University College London
University College London: Phrases
This section of a University College of London online English-grammar book defines and provides examples of adjective phrases, adverb phrases, and prepositional phrases. It also provides an exercise, which can be evaluated and scored, on...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Garden of Phrases
This tutorial provides rules, explanations, and examples for noun phrases, prepositional phrases, appositive phrases, absolute phrases, gerund phrases, participial phrases, and infinitive phrases. Also includes an interactive quiz....
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Practice Distinguishing Phrases
This section of an online grammar guide provides a review of and an interactive exercise on identifying different types of phrases.
University College London
University College London: More Phrase Types
This University College London section of a chapter from an online English-grammar book defines and provides examples of different types of phrases, including noun phrases and verb phrases. This site is currently free but may not be in...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Phrases
A screencast lesson [3:38] defining a phrase, introducing different types of phrases, and explaining how to recognize phrases within sentences.
University of Calgary
The Basic Elements of English: Phrase Identification
This section of an online grammar guide provides a definition and examples of phrases, as well as information and an interactive exercise on distinguishing types of phrases and clauses. It offers links to various types of phrases and...
Other
English Made in Brazil: "To" & "For" Comparisons
Help for Portuguese speakers learning English as a second language who tend to misuse the prepositions "to" and "for." This page clarifies usage of these prepositions and illustrates proper use with many examples and common expressions.
University of Calgary
Univ. Of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Phrase Functions
This section of an online grammar guide provides information on how different types of phrases can function in a sentence. It also offers an interactive exercise for identifying phrase functions.
University College London
University College London: Phrases Within Phrases
This section of a chapter from an online English-grammar book gives examples of and instructions for identifying phrases within other phrases.
College Claparede (Switzerland)
English Exercises Online: Verbs and Prepositions (2)
Complete each of the 25 sentences in this exercise by typing the correct preposition into the box. Hint are available if needed, and answers can be checked when finished.
College Claparede (Switzerland)
English Exercises Online: Verbs and Prepositions (1)
Complete each of the 25 sentences in this exercise by typing the correct preposition into the box. Hint are available if needed, and answers can be checked when finished.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sentence Openers
This tutorial focuses on adding variety to your writing with sentence openers. A PowerPoint presentation explains sentence openers and gives examples of ways to create interesting sentences, such as beginning with a prepositional phrase,...
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Preposition Rule
A rule about prepositions and prepositional phrases. Examples are provided.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Prepositions Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on using the correct Prepositions for each sentence. It is suitable for ESL as well as regular English classes.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Prepositions Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on using the correct Prepositions for each sentence. It is suitable for ESL as well as regular English classes.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Prepositions Exercise 5
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on using the correct Prepositions for each sentence. It is suitable for ESL as well as regular English classes.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Prepositions Exercise 6
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on using the correct Prepositions for each sentence. It is suitable for ESL as well as regular English classes.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Prepositions Exercise 7
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on using the correct Prepositions for each sentence. It is suitable for ESL as well as regular English classes.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Prepositions Exercise 8
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on using the correct Prepositions for each sentence. It is suitable for ESL as well as regular English classes.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Prepositions Exercise 9
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on using the correct Prepositions for each sentence. It is suitable for ESL as well as regular English classes.