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Prepositional Phrases: Adding Detail

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 9-10
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  1. Which group of words is a prepositional phrase?

    • behind it
    • the old shed
    • ran quickly

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

    • the bed
    • hid under
    • under the bed

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

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which word is the preposition in through the dark tunnel?

    • tunnel
    • through
    • dark

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

    Answer: ______________

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

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

  7. 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

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

    Circle one:   True   False

  9. 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.

  10. 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.
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Prepositional Phrases: Adding Detail W1-mt_7SfQuXgNtd-s1

  1. behind it · Behind it starts with the preposition behind and then a noun phrase.
  2. under the bed · The phrase starts with the preposition under and includes the whole noun phrase the bed.
  3. True · A noun phrase can be a single word. After is the preposition and lunch is the noun phrase.
  4. through · Through comes first and starts the prepositional phrase.
  5. 2 · In the tall pine and before the storm are both prepositional phrases, so there are 2.
  6. the verb played · After school tells when we played, so it describes the verb played.
  7. the noun girl · In the red coat describes the girl, so it works as an adjective phrase.
  8. True · Down the stairs tells where he tiptoed, so it describes the verb and acts as an adverb phrase.
  9. It cried in its cot at night. · In its cot tells where and at night tells when. The other versions add less.
  10. The sandwich in my lunchbox is cheese. · In my lunchbox describes the noun sandwich. The phrases in the other two sentences describe verbs.
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