Prepositional Phrases

Identify the prepositional phrase: Watch the horse run around the field.

• around

• around the field

• watch the horse

• run around

Identify the prepositional phrase: Please return the book to the cabinet.

• Please

• return the book

• to the cabinet

• Please return

What is the preposition in this sentence?

Seventy-three years after the Titanic sank, researchers made an exciting discovery.

• years

• after

• made

• an

What is the object of the preposition in this sentence?

The researchers found pieces of a ship that had sunk many years previously.

• ship

• pieces

• sunk

• years

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

The ship’s scattered wreckage was located more than 12,000 feet beneath the surface.

• more than 12,000 feet

• beneath the surface.

• the surface.

• eet beneath the surface.

Which of the following sentences includes a prepositional phrase?

• Special cameras helped the researchers positively identify the wreck.

• The researchers found many diamonds and other items of great value.

• The team was excited that they had made such an important discovery.

• They also realized that they had located a ship where many people had died.