1. Prepositional Phrases
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2. FACT #1:  When you begin a sentence with a prepositional phrase, you need to separate it from the rest of the sentence with a comma.  Example: During the storm, the family hid in the root cellar.
FACT #2:  Sentences that start with prepositional phrases are always interesting.  If you ever want to make the first sentence in your story sound even better, consider beginning it with a prepositional phrase. Example: "Toward the deafening sound like thunder, ...“ "Under a piece of wood dropped from a lumber truck, ...“ "On the highway between the two towns, ...“ "Among the crowd of on-lookers, ..."

3. To use prepositional phrases in your writing, you need to know a couple of things.
You need to know the prepositions! Study your prepositions handout often to commit the prepositions to memory.
A prepositional phrase contains a preposition and the object of the preposition.
Example: Around the house
Around is the preposition and house is the object of the preposition. The object of the preposition must be a noun or pronoun.

4. There MAY be one or more adjectives between the preposition and the object of the preposition in a prepositional phrase. Example: between the two towns
adjectives
noun
preposition

5. You will NEVER have a VERB in a prepositional phrase! |
After he went to the store, he drove to Cindy’s house.
NOT a prepositional phrase.
After dark, John went to the store, and then he drove to Cindy’s house.
YES!