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Prepositions
are found in phrases.
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Prepositional
phrases include prepositions and noun phrases.
Prepositional
phrases must obey a strict word order.
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| Children like
to read with their parents.

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with
their parents.
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| This mother
is reading a book (to her
children) (at
bedtime.)

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to
her children
at
bedtime
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| Her young children
love to hear the exciting stories
from the story book.

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from
the story book
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| Those very old books
on
the table are extremely valuable family
treasures.

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on
the table
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Remember the word order: preposition,
noun phrase
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