OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS (TOEFL)

SKILL 2

An object of a preposition is a noun or a prounoun that comes after a preposition such in,at,of,to,by,behind and on to form a phrepositional phrase.

                The trip (to the island)(on Saturday) will last (for three hours).

This sentence contains three objects of propositions. Island is the object of the proposition to Saturday is the object of the preposition on hours is the object of the preposition for.                          

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

                Example from the peper of computer TOEFL test

                To Mike______was a big surprise

(A)   Really

(B)   The party

(C)   Funny

(D)   When

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

The following chart outlines the key information that you should remember about object of prepositions.

                                                                                OBJECT OF PREPOSITION S

A preposition is followed by a noun or pronoun that is called an object of the preposition if a word is an object of a preposition,it is not the subject.

NOTE : A list of prepositions and exercise to pratice recognizing these prepositions can be found in Appendix B.

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