ELA 8 Grammar - Prepositions

ELA 8 Grammar - Prepositions

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

PREPOSITIONS are words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

• The truck ran off the road.

• The garbage can is beside the fence.

Some Common Prepositions

• above because by inside to without

• across before down into toward

• after behind during near under

• along below except off until

• around beneath for on up

• at beside from outside with

• away between in over within

Multiple Select

In the following sentence, click on the preposition: Ms. Molina wore curlers in her hair.

• Mrs. Molina

• wore

• curlers

• in

• hair

Multiple Select

In the following sentence, click on the two (2) prepositions: At lunchtime, the cafeteria served biscuits with gravy.

• At

• lunchtime

• served

• with

• gravy

Multiple Select

In the following sentence, click on the preposition: Students had fun playing kickball at recess.

• Students

• had

• kickball

• at

• recess

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES include the preposition and the objects (nouns or pronouns) that follow the preposition. A prepositional phrase includes the preposition, the object of the preposition, and the modifiers of the object (adjectives). Propositional phrases tell when or where something is happening.

• The stray cat hid under the dumpster. (Where? UNDER the dumpster)

• Kainalu woke up before his brother. (When? BEFORE his brother)

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Open Ended

Type the prepositional phrase that you see in the following sentence: Talia ate lunch with Makena.

Open Ended

Type the prepositional phrase that you see in the following sentence: Jack and Jill put their stuffed animals on their desks.

Open Ended

Type the prepositional phrase that you see in the following sentence: Two eighth graders took photos for the school yearbook.

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

A Review

Multiple Select

Click on the preposition/s in the following sentence: Yesterday was Pajama Day at school.

• Yesterday

• was

• Pajama Day

• at

• school

Multiple Select

Click on the preposition/s in the following sentence: Terrell looked in his dresser drawer.

• Terrell

• looked

• in

• dresser

• drawer

Multiple Select

Click on the preposition/s in the following sentence: He decided to wear striped pajamas for Pajama Day

• He

• decided

• to wear

• for

• Pajama Day

Multiple Select

Click on the preposition/s in the following sentence: He finally found his slippers under the bed.

• finally

• found

• slippers

• under

• bed

Multiple Select

Click on the preposition/s in the following sentence: His sister wore a bathrobe over her pajamas.

• sister

• wore

• bathrobe

• over

• pajamas

Multiple Select

Click on the preposition/s in the following sentence: They climbed onto the bus and laughed at their outfits.

• climbed

• onto

• bus

• laughed

• at

Multiple Choice

Click on the number of prepositional phrases in the following sentence: During the night, Ms. Molina wore curlers in her hair.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Click on the number of prepositional phrases in the following sentence: At lunchtime, the cafeteria served pancakes with eggs.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Click on the number of prepositional phrases in the following sentence: Over the hills and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Click on the number of prepositional phrases in the following sentence: Terrell made it to second base when he kicked the ball past the pitcher, between the outfielders, and into the fence.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Click on the number of prepositional phrases in the following sentence: Jana put her stuffed animals into her backpack and hid it in the closet.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Click on the number of prepositional phrases in the following sentence: Two 8th graders took photos for the school yearbook.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Select

Click on the object of the preposition in the following sentence: Look behind your car when you reverse.

• your

• car

• when

• you

• reverse

Multiple Select

Click on the object of the preposition in the following sentence: I like Mama Woo's cafe on King Street.

• Mama Woo's

• cafe

• King

• Street

• King Street

Multiple Select

Click on the object of the preposition in the following sentence: The cat likes watching the birds outside the kitchen window.

• cat

• birds

• kitchen

• window

• kitchen window

Multiple Select

Click on the object of the preposition in the following sentence: Edna stored books beneath her bed.

• Edna

• books

• her

• bed

• NO object of the preposition

Multiple Select

Click on the object of the preposition in the following sentence: Our cats only live inside.

• Our

• cats

• only

• inside

• NO object of the preposition

Multiple Select

Click on the object of the preposition in the following sentence: In the winter, snow piles onto the house,

• In

• winter

• snow

• onto

• house