PREPOSITIONAL Phrases (with, among, despite, before, next to the, for, since, according to, during)

Hello everyone, how are you today? This is Marc. I'm doing great. Thanks for asking. Could you pass me the book with the blue cover? Despite my warning, he quitted his well-paid job. My house is next to a famous hotel. In this lesson we're going to look at So stay tuned. Yes, what are prepositional phrases? They are a number of words made up of a preposition and its object. The object could be an article, a noun, a pronoun, a gerund, or even a clause. So I gave you some examples. So a prepositional phrase can act as an adjective or an adverb. Let's look at acting as an adjective. So we have the example. Could you pass me the book with the blue cover? So with the blue cover describes the object. The book, right, is the object of this example. So with the blue cover. So this is the adjective, so the prepositional phrase describing the book. So it's acting as an adjective. Another example. The nightlife in my area is quite fun. So in my area describes the nightlife, right? The nightlife in my area, prepositional phrase, is quite fun. So this is prepositional phrases acting as an adjective. So acting as an adverb. The example that I gave you at the beginning was, despite my warning, he quitted his well-paid job. So despite my warning is acting as an adverb here, and it's a prepositional phrase. Despite plus the object, my warning, a noun. Another example. Let the old lady enter the office before others. So for example, I'm saying this to an employee. Let the old lady enter the office before others. Before others is an adverb here, and it's a prepositional phrase, right? Because we have the preposition before and then others, which is a noun. So I said that prepositional phrases can act as adjectives and as adverbs, but also as nominals. There are cases when some words can act as nouns, but they aren't actually nouns. These words are called nominals. If a prepositional phrase is preceded by the verb to be, they work as nominals. Let me give you examples to explain this better. My house is next to a famous hotel. So next to a famous hotel here is the prepositional phrase, right? Because we have the preposition next to and then a famous hotel, a noun. And so if we conjugate this phrase, we see my house as the subject, then we have the verb to be, and then the prepositional phrase next to a famous hotel. So this is the nominals. These words are called nominals. The last example, my debate was among the most interesting. And here we have among the most interesting the prepositional phrase and is acting as nominal. So among preposition plus the most interesting is the adjective. Remember, though, that prepositional phrases are extremely important because they can modify the sentence completely. So think about what you write. First, try to understand their function and form. In order to choose a style, especially when writing. That's it for today. Thank you very much for watching. If you haven't subscribed to my channel, I suggest you do. Next week, you'll get a new lesson. If you want to type your own example under this video of a prepositional phrase, please do so. If you want to share the lesson, go ahead. Thank you very much for watching and see you next week with a new grammar lesson. Take care. Bye-bye.