Combine these sentences so that the new sentence begins with a prepositional phrase: It was near the entrance to the exhibit. The first thing I saw was a giant grasshopper.

Near the entrance to the exhibit, the first thing I saw was a giant grasshopper.

Prepositional phrases can be described as phrases which function as either adjective phrases or adverb phrases to modify other words in a sentence. Hence, a prepositional phrase can be an adjective or an adverb.

Common prepositional phrase examples include about, after, at, before, behind, by, during, for, from, in, of, over, past, to, under, up, and with.