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Prepositional Phrases
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Practice on prepositional phrases. #prepositions #phrases #prepositionalphrases #prepphrases
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What type of prepositional phrase modifies a
verb, adjective, or adverb
?
Verb Phrase
Adjective Phrase
Adverb Phrase
Noun Phrase
2
Find the prep phrase(s): He traveled through the amusement park to get to the food.
to get food
He traveled
through the amusement park, to the food
through the amusement park
3
Find the prep phrase(s): Since the car was broken, she went to the shop.
to the shop
Since the car was broken
two of the above
she went
4
Find the prep phrase(s): That area behind the boundary is crawling with termites.
behind the boundary, with termites
that area behind
with termites
behind the boundary
5
What type of prepositional phrase modifies a
noun
?
Noun Phrase
Verb Phrase
Adjective Phrase
Adverb Phrase
6
Find the prep phrase(s): He was out of sight under the table.
he was
under the table
Under the table, out of sight
out of sight
7
Find the prep phrase(s): Beside the shade and under the tree sat a boy.
under the tree
Beside the shade, under the tree
Beside the shade
under the tree sat a boy
8
What does the
bolded
prep phrase modify? - She left the park and went
inside the house.
park
She
left
went
9
Find the prep phrase(s): She left the park and went inside the house.
went inside
she left the park
inside the house
left the park
10
Find the prep phrase(s): Until yesterday, I had never heard that.
I had never
yesterday I had
until yesterday
had never
11
Find the prep phrase(s): They traversed across a ditch last night.
last night
across a ditch last night
across a ditch
they traversed across
12
Where do prepositional phrases go in a sentence diagram?
Above the word they modify
Next to the word they modify
Prepositional phrases have no such place in sentence diagramming.
Under the word they modify
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What does the
bolded
prep phrase modify?: They traversed
across a ditch
last night.
traversed
last
night
They
14
Find the prep phrase(s): During the band concert the boy sneezed really loudly on stage.
the boy sneezed, on stage
on stage
During the band concert
during the band concert, on stage
15
Find the prep phrase(s): Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go.
Over the river, through the woods, to grandmothers house
we go
through the woods
over the river
16
What does the
bolded
prep phrase modify?:
Until yesterday
, I had never heard that.
None of these
that
heard
I
17
Find the prep phrase(s): Against all odds, they won the tournament.
against all odds
against all odds they won
they won
they won the tournament
18
Which of the following is not a preposition?
out
while
into
off
19
Find the prep phrase(s): They went behind the trees and after the cat that ran under the table
after the cat
under the table
behind the trees
all of the above
20
Find the prep phrase(s): She aced her English test despite the comments others made.
despite the comments
despite the comments others made
she aced her english test
she aced
21
The
object of the preposition
goes on what type of line in a sentence diagram?
Horizontal line
none of these
slanted line
vertical line
22
Which of the following is a preposition?
toward
that
is
it
23
What does the
bolded
prep phrase modify?: He traveled
through the amusement park
to get to the food.
get
He
traveled
food
