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Understanding Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Understanding Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
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a prepositional phrase must end with....
it must be in the middle of the sentence
a period
a preposition
the object of a preposition
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What is a preposition?
A word that gives the location of 1 thing with another.
A word that shows the relationship between 2 or more things.
A word that stands in for a noun/subject.
A word that shows two or more things.
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What is the prepositional phrase? Without you, I would be completely lost and unorganized.
without
without you
lost and unorganized
completely
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Find the preposition and object of the preposition: The children tumbled off the bed.
off, bed
the, children
children, tumbled
tumbled, off
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Prepositions can have opposites. Which set below is not a set of opposite prepositions?
hot / cold
in front of / behind
over / under
on / off
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Is this an adjective or adverb prepositional phrase? Mr. Sims walked around the room.
Adjective
Adverb
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Which of these is NOT a preposition?
above
around
again
inside
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Which of these is a preposition?
the
preposition
past
happy
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What part of speech can the prepositional phrase modify?
nouns or verbs
nouns
adjectives
nouns or adjectives
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ID the Prepositional Phrase:
When I entered the stall, I was not prepared for this sight.
entered the stall
for this sight
When I entered
not prepared
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ID the Object of the Preposition:
On the toilet seat, there sat a little mouse.
sat
mouse
seat
the
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What word is being modified? The 8th grade is in this room.
is
8th grade
in the room
the room
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Is this prepositional phrase an ADJECTIVE prep phrase or ADVERB? The 8th grade is IN THIS ROOM.
Adverb
Adjective
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Which of the following is a prepositional phrase?
when you can
then they fell down
after the summer
my sister knows it
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What is the object of the preposition?
the noun at the end of the prepositional phrase
the noun being described
the noun at the beginning of the prepositional phrase
the noun acted on by the verb
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Prepositions should never be...
partnered with an object of a prepostion
At the end of a sentence
in a prepositional phrase
none of the above
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What are the preposition in this sentence: She went to the University of Texas.
went and to
to and of
to and the
She and went
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ID the Object of the Preposition:
Perhaps it was the mouse who took my phone into the bathroom!
mouse
bathroom
phone
took
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A prepositional phrase
ends with an object (usually a noun)
can have extra words in it
begin with a preposition
all of the above
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What word is being modified by the prepositional phrase? Mr. Sims walked around the room.
around the room
walked
Mr. Sims
the room
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Where is the prepositional phrase? The 8th grade is in this room.
in this room
8th grade
in this
is
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What is the preposition? Mary and Bob traveled to the canyon together.
traveled
and
to
together
