Where?

One of the most common uses of a prepositional phrase is to indicate where something is. (That's literally what preposition means: a word that comes before a position—pre-position.)

In this next snippet, where is the 'something or somebody' this character is scared of?

I could see that he was scared of something or somebody in the street outside.

The Falcon's Malteser(2004)

Where are they? In the street outside.

Just like we did on the previous page, we can change the prepositional phrase to change the location.

I could see that he was scared of something or somebody around the corner.

I could see that he was scared of something or somebody at the train station.

Write your own version, changing the final prepositional phrase to tell us where the 'something or somebody' was.

Before we move on, notice that the prepositional phrases we've looked at so far all occur at the end of a sentence. (If you happen to know what a clause is, we can be more precise and say 'end of a clause'.)

Keep an eye out as we go for where they tend to appear.

Prepositional phrases