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Practice 7A: Prepositions. Underline the prepositions.
1. Th e l i g h t s h i n e s i n th e d a r k n es s .
2. He w a s i n t h e w o r l d.
3. T h e W o r d liv e d a m o n g u s .
4. G r a c e a n d t r u t h c a m e t h r o u g h Je s u s C h ris t .
5. I b a p t i ze w i t h w a t e r .
6. Th i s h a p p en ed a t B et h a n y o n th e o th e r s i d e o f th e J o r d a n .

Prepositional Phrases

A prepositional phrase contains a preposition, ends with its noun or pronoun object (called the object of the
preposition), and contains optional modifiers (adjectives or adverbs) in the middle.

NOTE: Prepositional phrases function as adjectives or adverbs (advanced topic).

1. The Spirit of God was hovering over the blue waters.
2. Jesus walked around the green countryside.
3. Jesus rested on the very dirty floor.

AV prep adv adj N

Je s us r es t ed ( o n th e v er y d i r ty f l o o r ) .

OP

Prepositional Objects (Object of a Preposition - OP)

Because the purpose of a preposition is to show a relationship between a noun or pronoun to some other word
in a sentence, a preposition must always have an object (a noun or pronoun) and may have a compound object.
(Compound in this case simply means more than one.) If the object is a pronoun, it must be in the objective
case. (More instruction on this topic later.)
1. The Spirit of God was hovering over the blue waters.
2. Jesus rested on the dirty floor.
3. Jesus walked around the green countryside.
4. I left my son with him. (pronoun is in the objective case)
5. What fellowship is there between light and darkness? (compound object)

Practice 7B: Prepositional Objects. Return to the original Practice and place parentheses ( ) around each
prepositional phrase and find the object of each prepositional phrase. Label the object of the preposition as OP
and write the label under the object. Remember that the object of the preposition must be a noun or pronoun.

Let’s practice!

Locate the prepositional phrases and their objects in I Thessalonians 1:2-3: Underline the phrases and use
an asterix to identify the object.

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