Analyze the following scheme, point out the elements of the sentence and the predicative construction. Compare it to the scheme of the same construction with the Infinitive

Prepositions and Verbs

Objects that pair with prepositions function differently from direct and indirect objects, which follow verbs. These nouns and verbs reference a preposition and modify the action of the larger sentence. For example:

Girls are playing basketball around a utility pole with a metal hoop bolted to   it.

He sat in the basement of the building, among the boxes, reading a book on his break. 

In the first example, the prepositional objects are "pole" and "hoop." in the second example, the prepositional objects are "basement," "building," "boxes," and "break."

Like direct objects, prepositional objects receive the action of the subject in the sentences yet need a preposition for the sentence to make sense. Spotting prepositions is important because if you use the wrong one, it can confuse readers. Consider how odd the second sentence would sound if it began, "He sat on the basement..." 

Transitive verbs also require an object for them to make sense. There are three kinds of transitive verbs. Monotransitive verbs have a direct object, whereas ditransitive verbs have a direct object and an indirect object. Complex-transitive verbs have a direct object and an object attribute. For example:

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  Monotransitive: Bob bought a car. (The direct object is "car.")
  
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  Ditransitive: Bob gave me the keys to his new car. (The indirect object is "me"; the direct object is "keys.")
  
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  Complex-transitive: I heard him shouting. (The direct object is "him"; the object attribute is "shouting.")
  

Intransitive verbs, on the other hand, do not need an object in order to complete their meaning.