prepositional phrase

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Worksheets
Prepositions/Prep. Phrases
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins
Instructor name: Alexis Shafer
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1. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
Putting her papers under her desk, Mrs. Cody felt like her desk was clean.
a) felt like her desk b) putting her papers
c) desk was clean d) under her desk
2. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
He put the quarters into his piggy bank.
a) his piggy bank b) he put the
c) put the quarters d) into his piggy bank
3. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
Mrs. Blue had to drive through the largest puddle.
a) to drive b) through the largest puddle
c) to drive through d) had to drive
4. True or False: Sometimes a sentence will have more than one preposition or prepositional phrase.
a) False b) True

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5. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?
On Wednesday, we celebrated at my mom's house for two hours.
a) Three b) Two
c) One d) Four
6. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:
The United States is between Mexico and Canada.
a) is b) and
c) between d) Mexico
7. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:
Please leave your bag and suitcase beside your seat.
a) please b) suitcase
c) beside d) leave
8. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?
I will place my paper in the basket.
a) 2 b) 1
c) 0 d) 3
9. Identify the preposition in this sentence:
The house across the street has been sold.
a) across b) street
c) sold d) house
10. Identify the preposition in this sentence:
Everyone in the elevator was nervous.
a) elevator b) Everyone
c) nervous d) in

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11. Identify the preposition in this sentence:
He can hardly wait until his sixteenth birthday.
a) until b) can
c) hardly d) He
12.
Which is a list of common prepositions?
a) Above, Before, During, Off, Toward b) Red,Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue
c) Him, Her, His, She, They d) Shoe, Pants, Skirt, Blouse, Shirt
13.
Which is a list of common prepositions?
a) Compare, Contrast, Support, Detail, Explain b) Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
c) Across, Behind, For, On, Under d) Plus, Minus, Subtract, Add, Divide

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14.
By noon, all the runners were finished.
a) Were finished b) All the runners
c) By noon d) The runners
15. What is the name of the noun that is part of the prepositional phrase?
a) Noun of the sentence b) Object of the sentence
c) Object of the preposition d) Noun of the prepostion
16. We went ______ the tent when it rained.
a) for b) with
c) in d) accross
17. Kim ran ______ the street to the other side.
a) in b) with
c) for d) accross
18. What is the OBJECT of the preposition in the highlighted phrase?
We played on the giant water slide aboard the massive ship.
a) aboard b) massive
c) cruise d) ship

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19. Prepositions begin phrases and end with an object. An object is always either a ______ or a _______ .
a) pronoun or conjunction b) noun or verb
c) adjective or adverb d) noun or pronoun
20. Identify the object of the preposition in the following sentence:
Janice and Carla spent the day at the mall.
a) day b) mall
c) Carla d) Janice
21. Identify the object of the preposition in the following sentence:
The children were charmed by the magician's tricks.
a) charmed b) tricks
c) magician's d) children
22. Identify the object of the preposition in the following sentence:
We visited the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.
a) Royal Ontario Museum b) visited
c) Canada d) We
23. Identify the object of the preposition in the following sentence:
We found acorns beneath the tree.
a) acorns b) tree
c) found d) We
24. The new temperatures are ______ 0°.
a) as b) below
c) plus
25. I felt sick _____ I ate that candy.
a) under b) after
c) over

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Answer Keys
1. d) under her desk 2. d) into his piggy bank 3. b) through the largest puddle
4. b) True 5. a) Three 6. c) between
7. c) beside 8. b) 1 9. a) across
10. d) in 11. a) until 12. a) Above, Before, During,
Off, Toward
13. c) Across, Behind, For, On,
Under
14. c) By noon 15. c) Object of the preposition
16. c) in 17. d) accross 18. d) ship
19. d) noun or pronoun 20. b) mall 21. b) tricks
22. c) Canada 23. b) tree 24. b) below
25. b) after

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