Skill 2 Be Careful of Object of Prepositions

An object of a preposition is a noun or a pronoun that comes after a preposition such as in, at, of, to, by, behind, on, and so on to form a prepositional phrase.

(After his exams) Tom will take a trip (by boat).

This example contains two objects of prepositions. Exams is the object of the preposition after and boat is the object of the preposition by.

An object of preposition can cause confusion in the structure section of the TOEFL because it can be mistaken for the subject of a sentence.

            With his friend ... found the movie theater.

(A) has

(B)  he

(C)  later

(D) when

In this example you should look first for the subject and the verb. You should notice the verb found and should also notice that there is no subject. Do not think that friend is the subject; friend is the object of the preposition with, and one noun cannot be both a subject and an object at the same time. Because a subject is needed in this sentence, answer (B) he is the best answer. Answer (A), (C), and (D) are not correct because they cannot be subjects.

Skill 2 Be Careful of Object of Prepositions 2013-02-03T00:18:00-08:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Eko Wahyudi