Which group of words is a prepositional phrase?

• behind it
• the old shed
• ran quickly

Which words make the prepositional phrase in this sentence? The dog hid under the bed.

• the bed
• hid under
• under the bed

In the phrase after lunch, after is the preposition and lunch is a one-word noun phrase.

Which word is the preposition in through the dark tunnel?

• tunnel
• through
• dark

How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence? The bird built a nest in the tall pine before the storm.

In we played football after school, what does after school describe?

• the noun we
• the noun football
• the verb played

In the girl in the red coat waved, what does in the red coat describe?

• the verb waved
• nothing in the sentence
• the noun girl

In he tiptoed down the stairs, the phrase down the stairs acts as an adverb phrase.

Start with the plain sentence The baby cried. Which version adds a prepositional phrase for where AND one for when?

• The baby cried during the night.
• The tiny baby cried loudly.
• It cried in its cot at night.

Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase as an adjective phrase, describing a noun?

• The sandwich in my lunchbox is cheese.
• We ate lunch in the garden.
• The birds flew over the roof.