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Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase that indicates a location?
Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase that indicates a location?
- She completed the race despite her injury.
- The keys are hidden under the mat. (correct)
- He sent the package through the mail.
- They arrived before the party began.
In the sentence, 'The cat jumped over the fence,' which word is the preposition?
In the sentence, 'The cat jumped over the fence,' which word is the preposition?
- Fence
- Jumped
- Over (correct)
- The
Which of the following uses of 'since' functions as a preposition, not a subordinating conjunction?
Which of the following uses of 'since' functions as a preposition, not a subordinating conjunction?
- Since he left, I have been lonely.
- Since you're here, can you help me?
- I have been waiting since noon. (correct)
- Since the beginning of time, patterns have emerged.
Identify the sentence where the prepositional phrase functions as an adverb.
Identify the sentence where the prepositional phrase functions as an adverb.
Which sentence does not contain a preposition?
Which sentence does not contain a preposition?
Determine which sentence uses a prepositional phrase to modify a noun.
Determine which sentence uses a prepositional phrase to modify a noun.
Which of the following sentences uses 'by' as a preposition indicating means or method?
Which of the following sentences uses 'by' as a preposition indicating means or method?
In which sentence does the prepositional phrase function as an adjective?
In which sentence does the prepositional phrase function as an adjective?
Select the sentence where 'for' functions as a preposition indicating purpose.
Select the sentence where 'for' functions as a preposition indicating purpose.
Determine which of the following sentences contains more than one prepositional phrase.
Determine which of the following sentences contains more than one prepositional phrase.
Which preposition best fits to complete the following sentence: 'The meeting will be held _____ Friday afternoon.'
Which preposition best fits to complete the following sentence: 'The meeting will be held _____ Friday afternoon.'
In the sentence, 'Despite the rain, they went for a walk,' what is the function of the preposition 'despite'?
In the sentence, 'Despite the rain, they went for a walk,' what is the function of the preposition 'despite'?
Choose the sentence where the preposition 'with' indicates accompaniment.
Choose the sentence where the preposition 'with' indicates accompaniment.
Which sentence uses 'at' to indicate a specific point in time?
Which sentence uses 'at' to indicate a specific point in time?
Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase acting as a subject complement?
Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase acting as a subject complement?
Select the sentence that correctly uses a preposition to show a spatial relationship.
Select the sentence that correctly uses a preposition to show a spatial relationship.
Which of these sentences uses correct prepositional form?
Which of these sentences uses correct prepositional form?
Which senctence requires the preposition 'to'?
Which senctence requires the preposition 'to'?
Choose the best preposition to complete the sentence: 'The train arrived _____ the station at noon.'
Choose the best preposition to complete the sentence: 'The train arrived _____ the station at noon.'
Select the sentence that contains a compound preposition.
Select the sentence that contains a compound preposition.
Flashcards
Preposition
Preposition
A word or group of words that connects a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence.
Prepositional Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
A group of words that includes a preposition, its object, and any modifiers of the object.
to
to
A preposition indicating movement or direction toward a specific location or thing.
at
at
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around
around
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toward
toward
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from
from
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on
on
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through
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in
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until
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Study Notes
- Prepositional phrases are introduced
Common Prepositions
- aboard
- about
- above
- across
- after
- against
- along
- amid
- among
- around
- as to
- at
- before
- behind
- below
- beneath
- beside
- between
- beyond
- by
- circa
- despite
- down
- due to
- during
- except
- for
- from
- in
- into
- like
- near
- of
- off
- on
- onto
- out
- over
- past
- since
- through
- to
- toward
- under
- until
- up
- upon
- with
- within
- without
- Example sentence: Throughout the living room was the scent of fatty crabs that had expired weeks ago.
- Example sentence: I put my sister on the diet after it worked so well for me.
Exercises
- Instructions: Cross out all prepositional phrases in the following sentences.
- Hillary got into the boat for the short trip to Haiti.
- If you do business with me, you'll never get the better end of the deal.
- We'll need to see the receipts for the underwear you bought on Monday.
- I drove by my house to check if the package from Amazon had arrived.
- The eleven robbers broke into the casino vault with their perfectly executed plan.
- Since the hypothesis of string theory, scientists have been back at the drawing board.
- Everything that man creates carries within it the seeds of its own destruction.
- Kelvin snuck out the door during the school assembly.
- Within seconds of hearing about the trip to Antarctica, Charlotte packed shorts and sunglasses.
- We found Teddy in a broken elevator at a rundown hotel in Thailand.
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