Prepositional Phrases sering berfungsi sebagai Post Modifiers
Contoh prepositional phrases, antara lain:
- In the garden
- Opposite the mosque
- With a big suitcase
- Under the bridge dan masih banyak lagi.
Prepositional Phrases selalu diawali oleh preposition (kata depan) antara lain: under, before, in, on, at from, with, by.
Berikut contoh-contoh kata benda yang diterangkan oleh post modifiers:
- The man in the garden.
- The huts under the bridge.
- An old man with 3 children.
- Camps by the river.
- Street sellers at the post office.
Sekarang mari kita masuk kan kata-kata di atas kedalam kalimat lengkap:
- The man in the garden is my uncle.
- There are many huts under the bridge.
- The huts under the bridge were destroyed by the flood.
- An old man with 3 children were sleeping outside.
- The camps by the river look beautiful from here.
Kata-kata yang digarisbawahi adalah prepositional phrases sebagai post modifiers yang menjelaskan kata benda yang mendahuluinya.