Nouns, Verbs, Prepositional Phrases, Participle Phrases

Prepositional Phrases

​Prepositional Phrases

Phrases that add details. They often give us information about where or when.
Here are some examples:
- since he was young
- over the road
- for my aunt

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Choose the best preposition for the sentence:

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I was young, I have always loved swimming.

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I bought a very nice gift ​

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​ my aunt.

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I took the bag ​

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my sister and dropped it off ​

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home.

​Prepositions Modify other words

Prepositions modify other words (verbs, nouns, and more). Check out these examples. The Prepositional Phrase is in bold while the word it modifies is underlined.

Becky left her purse at the store.

The mouse ran under the door to get away from the cat.

I have been waiting since six o'clock this morning!

Multiple Choice

Which verb or verb phrase is being modified by the prepositional phrase?

I walk to school in the morning, even if it's raining.

• walk

• school

• raining

• even

Multiple Choice

What verb or verb phrase does the underlined preposition modify?

I am always tired on Mondays, so it's hard not to fall asleep on my desk.

• fall asleep

• tired

• not

• Mondays

Multiple Choice

What verb or verb phrase is being modified by the preposition?

Maryann loves reading during winter because it's too cold to go outside.

• loves reading

• too cold

• go outside

• because

Nouns and Verbs

Action or "to be"
Examples:
Run, Jump, Stand
Is / Are
Was/ Were
Wish
Sing

​Verbs

Person, Place, Thing, Idea
Examples:
Bucket
Joke
Paper
Command
Center

​Nouns

Nouns and Verbs

Multiple Select

Which words from the sentence below are verbs? Select all that apply.

Yesterday I went to the store and bought soda and candy.

• went

• yesterday

• bought

• candy

Multiple Select

Which of the words from the sentence are nouns? Select all that apply.

Peter slammed the door, got into his car, and drove to his friend's house.

• car

• Peter

• door

• house

Participle Phrases

Multiple Choice

What is the participle in the sentence below?

Located in Sharonville, Ohio, Scarlet Oaks is a fantastic career tech school.

• fantastic

• located

• is

• school

Multiple Choice

What is the participle in the sentence below?

Justin, smiling all the way there, took his first paycheck to the bank.

• first
• bank
• smiling
• took

Multiple Choice

What noun or noun phrase participle phrase modifying?

Crying in my arms, I took the baby to the bathroom to change his diaper.

• mother
• bathroom
• diaper
• baby

Multiple Choice

What is the participle phrase modifying?

Melanie looked around carefully for the person wearing the red shirt.

• carefully
• the person
• the red shirt
• Melanie