List of Prepositional Phrases

The following is by no means a complete list of prepositional phrases. While there are only about 150 prepositions in the English language, there are thousands of other words that can make their way into prepositional phrases. Learn to create a colorful prepositional phrase, and your writing will be wonderfully appealing.

Down the tree

Up the hill

Around the mulberry bush

Into the woods

With chopped nuts

Near a fast-flowing river

Within the book’s pages

Through the tunnel

In spite of

Instead of

Any more

On account of

To the fact that

Because of