Spiral Grammar Review 2: Prepositions, Commas, & Proper Nouns

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Prepositional phrase: a phrase with a preposition showing the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word.

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A phrase containing a preposition: words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

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Prepositional phrases between subject and verb do not affect subject-verb agreement.

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False

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Identify the preposition in: Noor's Art class was across the hall from her English class.

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across

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Identify the prepositional phrase: Sarah left her hot tea on the kitchen counter.

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on the kitchen counter

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Prepositional phrase in: 'Sarah left her hot tea on the kitchen counter.'

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Where did Sarah leave her tea?

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Proper nouns (specific people, places, products) should be capitalized.

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True

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Change needed: Next year, my little brother will attend frankford middle school with me.

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Capitalize frankford middle school.

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Why is NASA always capitalized?

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It is the name of a group, company, or organization.

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A comma separates an interjection or an introductory prepositional phrase from the rest of a sentence.

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True

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Change 'are' to 'is' in: The wood of box elders are soft and light, making it suitable for woodenware and wood pulp.

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Change 'are' to 'is'