Prepositional Phrases List with Example Sentences PDF

Below are some very useful Prepositional Phrases List with Example Sentences. There are some words followed by the preposition. We have tried our best to provide an easy-to-understand example to make it an easy exercise for beginners.

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What is a Preposition in English Grammar?

A preposition is basically a word that joins two nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words in the sentence. Here we will discuss some Prepositional Phrases List. The prepositional phrases list contains prepositions that make the sentence more meaningful and make it easy to understand. Here is the complete book that contains prepositional phrases list of daily used in conversation. Prepositional Phrases List

Prepositional Phrases List

Below is the list of prepositional phrases with examples:

Sr. No.	Prepositional Phrases	Sentences
1	Abide by	Always abide by your promise.
2	Abound in	The pond abounds in fish.
3	Absent from	He was absent from the class.
4	Absolve from	He was absolved from the blame.
5	Absorbed in	He is absorbed in the study now.
6	Abstain from	I abstain from smoking.
7	Accede to	He acceded to my proposal.
8	Access to	He has no access to the principal.
9	Acceptable to	His advice is not acceptable to me.
10	Account for	He must account for his misdeed.
11	Accompanied by	I was accompanied by Ali going to America.
12	Accomplished in	She is accomplished in singing.
13	Accord with	His actions do not accord with his status.
14	According to	He acted according to his plan and succeeded.
15	Accountable to	Every Muslim is accountable to Allah.
16	Adapt to	He adapts himself according to every situation.
17	Add to	His father added to his difficulties.
18	Adept in	She is adept at singing.
19	Adequate for	This food is adequate for us.
20	Adequate to	His pay is not adequate for his qualifications.

Words followed by Preposition

Sr. No.	Prepositional Phrases	Sentences
21	Adheres to	He adheres to his belief.
22	Adjacent to	My house is adjacent to the college.
23	Admit of	His crime admits of no accuse.
24	Admit to	He has been admitted to the college.
25	Adulterate with	Never adulterate milk with water.
26	Adverse to	His remarks were adverse to mine.
27	Averse to	I am averse to flattery. Prepositional Phrases List
28	Affection for	I have great affection for my friend.
29	Affinity for	Ali has a great affinity for pigeons.
30	Affinity with	He has a great affinity with me.
31	Afraid of	I am not afraid of death.
32	Agree  with	Do you agree with me on this matter?
33	Agree to	I agree to your plan.
34	Aim at	He aims at becoming a Doctor.
35	Alive to	I am alive to my faults.
36	Alternate to	There is no alternative to hard work.
37	Ambitious for	He is ambitious for fame.
38	Angry at	He was angry at your remarks.
39	Answer for	We must answer for our actions.
40	Answer to	This book answer to my needs.

Preposition Phrases List

List of  Prepositions with examples! More than 500 daily conversational and most frequently Used prepositional phrases list. Below is the list of 500 prepositional phrases with, in, at, on, out, etc.

At a speed of	At most	By luck
By rights	In advance	In aid of
In cash	In exchange for	In ink
In sight (of)	On a regular basis	On a small scale
On business	On credit	On the move
Out of curiosity	At a price	By birth
By dint of	In a hurry	In awe of
In bulk	In conclusion	In disgrace
In hiding	In of focus	On a diet
On an expedition	On good terms	On principle
On the outskirts	Out of breath	At one’s request
At the outset	By coincidence	In anticipation of
In common	In convoy	In disguise
In disorder	In duplicate	In excess of
On a trip	On remand	On the hour
On the road	Out of spite	Out of the question
At one’s leisure	By definition	By marriage
In a temper	In an uproar	In code
In contact with	In decline	In favor of
In of one’s element	On approval	On guard
On remand	On the job	On the strength of
Out of hand	At a rate of	At war
By degrees	By the name of	In arrears
In brief	In comfort	In danger
In danger	In demand	In good condition
On bail	On board	On the agenda
On the eve of	On the run	Out of the ordinary
At least	At one’s side	By no means

By sea	In a sense	In an uproar
In defense of	In detail	In earnest
In high spirits	On a pension	On balance
On display	On loan	On the air
Out of work	At the double	At the end
By all accounts	In anticipation of	In combination with
In control of	In demand	In future
In harmony (with)	In high spirits	On horseback
On the agenda	On the increase	On watch
Out of doors	Out of stock	At a loss
By check	By land	In an instant
In confusion	In doubt	In fact
In fairness to	In hiding	In of stock
On account of	On approval	On sale
On the brink of	On the record	Out of practice
At large	At liberty	By all means
In blossom	In conjunction with	In decline
In essence	In fear of	In flames
In gear	On oath	On second thoughts
On the assumption	On the edge of	Out of ideas
Out of jealousy	At a low ebb	At length
By hand	By law	In a deep sleep
In accordance with	In fact	In fear of
In good faith	In honor of	On bail
On file	On leave	On show
On suspicion of	Out of order	At a standstill
At high speed	By means of	In answer to
In debt	In detail	In dispute
In effect	In general	In good faith
On condition that	On schedule	On the horizon
On the phone	Out of duty	Out of reach
At noon	By chance	By my watch

In character	In consequence of	In contrast with
In difficulty	In disguise	In haste
In horror	On a spree	On end
On occasion	On strike	On the dot
Out of respect for	At all events	By courtesy of
By request	In agony	In all likelihood
In command of	In due course	In favor of
In full	In hand	On a journey
On purpose	On show	On suspicion of
On the part of	Out of control	At a fraction of
At peace	By air	In answer to
In flames	In full	In good condition
In horror	In of prison	In time
On a large scale	On business	On one’s terms
On order	On the point of	Out of print
At sight	By heart	By sight
In a heap	In addition to	In custody
In defense of	In future	In harmony (with)
In of season	On behalf of	On board
On parade	On patrol	On reflection
Out of context	At a glance	At all costs
By far	By force	In a flash
In action	In arrears	In disgrace
In flower	In gear	In of touch
On an expedition	On fire	On paper
On the dot	On vacation	Out of date
At one time	At risk	By design
In abeyance	In abundance	In agreement with
In comparison with	In compensation for	In distress
In the forefront of	On one’s own	On order
On strike	On the brink of	Out of one’s mind
Out of sight	At a discount	At a guess
By appointment	In a mess	In charge of
In confidence	In connection with	In error
In fairness to	In honor of	On an island
On hand	On impulse	On the off-chance
Out of pity	Out of step	At a distance
At night	By accident	By mistake
In collaboration with	In debt	In general
In haste	In of focus	In of use
On an island	On average	On average
On foot	On the grounds of	Out of place
At a loose and	At issue	By any standard
By nature	In a pile	In confinement
In existence	In flower	In hand
In ink	On behalf of	On edge
On no account	On pain of	On the edge of
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