Prepositional
A prepositional phrase is a group of words consisting of a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object. Most of the time, a prepositional phrase modifies a verb or a noun. These two kinds of prepositional phrases are called adverbial phrases and adjectival phrases, respectively.
Prepositions are words that begin with prepositional phrases.
Prepositional Phrases with FOR
| For a change | For a good cause |
| For a good reason | For a holiday |
| For a moment | For a reason |
| For a visit | For a walk |
| For a while | For ages |
| For breakfast | For certain |
| For dinner | For ever |
| For example | For experience |
| For fear of | For fun |
| For good | For granted |
| For hire | For instance |
| For lack of | For life |
| For love | For luck |
| For lunch | For my |
| For nothing | For once |
| For real | For safekeeping |
| For sale | For short |
| For sure | For the benefit (of) |
| For the good of | For the moment |
| For the rest of | For the sake of |
| For the time being | For want of |
Prepositional Phrase Examples with FOR
- The major recommendation is for a change in the law.
- For real Indian food, just follow these recipes.
- Fiction is a poor surrogate for real experience.
- I know for sure that I won’t be able to go to the party.
- There’s two spoonsful of sugar, and one for luck.
- Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do.
- Although he had only entered the contest for fun, he won first prize.
- Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
- The children plumped for a holiday by the sea.
- I have searched my mind for a reason, but can’t find one.
- Drop over to our house for a visit sometime.
- There is a similar word in many languages, for example in French and Italian.
- Let’s step out for a walk, shall we?
- The dinner party conversation faltered for a moment.
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES WITH FOR MEANING AND EXAMPLES
| Prepositional phrase | Meaning | Example |
| For ages | For a long time | I haven’t been downtown for ages! |
| For a change | To do something different | Let’s go hiking for a change. |
| For instance | To give an example | John works late. For instance, yesterday he left the office at 9 pm. |
| For nothing | In vain | The trains are on strike. I walked to the station for nothing! |
| For nothing | At no cost | He gave me several books and dictionaries for nothing! |
| For the sake of | For the purpose of; in the interest of | They stayed together for the sake of their children. |
| For short | As a short form | William is his name, but he’s called Bill for short. |
| For now | Until a later time | That’s all the information we have for now. |
| For sale/rent/hire | Something offered to people to buy/rent/hire … | That red car is for sale. |
| For better or worse | Whatever the consequences | Anyway, I accepted the job, for better or worse. |
| For want of | Because of a lack of | For want of a better place, we set up camp in a field. |
| For a while | For a period of time | I’d like to stop working and travel for a while. |
Read More:
| Prepositional Phrases List and Examples | Prepositional Phrases with OUT |
| Prepositional Phrase List With AT | Prepositional Phrases with ON |
