Prepositional Phrases

Draw

Make note of a grammatical move the author made.

Draw

Make note of a pair of grammatical moves.

Open Ended

Type your imitation below.

Match

Match the phrase with the example.

• Preposition of direction

• Prepositional Phrase of direction

• Preposition of relationship

• Prepositional Phrase of relationship

Down

Down the rabbit hole,

By

By the front door,

• Down

• Down the rabbit hole,

• By

• By the front door,

Match

Match the phrase with the example.

• Preposition of time

• Prepositional phrase of time

• Preposition of location

• Prepositional phrase of location

After

After we win the game,

Across

Across the street,

• After

• After we win the game,

• Across

• Across the street,

Multiple Choice

(13) Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission. (14) Trained both physically and mentally. 

What is the correct way to rewrite sentences 13 and 14? 

• Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission; trained both physically and mentally.

• Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission by training both physically and mentally.

• Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission: trained both physically and mentally.

• Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission and she training both physically and mentally.

Multiple Choice

(19) It attempted one shallow takeoff after another each time it banged itself against the glass. 

What is the correct way to write sentence 19? 

• Attempting one shallow takeoff after another and each time banging itself against the glass.

• It attempted one shallow takeoff after another. Each time "banging" itself against the glass.

• It attempted one shallow takeoff after another. Each time it "banged" itself against the glass.

• It attempted one shallow takeoff after another, each time banging itself against the glass.

Multiple Choice

(11) We girls had an awesome "spa day" with lot's of laughs but none of the pre-date jitters. 

What change needs to be made in sentence 11? 

• Change We girls to Us girls

• Change lot's to lots

• Change but none to but without none

• No change needs to be made in this sentence.

Multiple Choice

(17) When the shuttle broke free of Earth's atmosphere Ride broke through country's highest glass ceiling by becoming the first American woman to fly in space.  

What change is needed in sentence 17?

• Change broke free to breaks free

• Insert a comma after atmosphere

• Change country's to countries

• Insert a comma after ceiling

Multiple Choice

(15) The 11-year-old also began writing a diary. (16) Which detailed what was happening in her region of Pakistan. 

What is the correct way to write sentences 15 and 16? 

• The 11-year-old also began writing a diary it detailed what was happening in her region of Pakistan.

• The 11-year-old also began writing a diary. With details about what was happening in her region of Pakistan.

• The 11-year-old also began writing a diary that detailed what was happening in her region of Pakistan.

• The sentences are written correctly in the paper.