Prepositional Phrases

Which of these is NOT a prepositional phrase?

• over the line

• by the door

• near the pool

• he stole it

• beside me

The carpenter hit the nail with a hammer.

• The carpenter

• hit the nail

• with a hammer

• hit the nail with a hammer

• the carpenter hit

We must finish our project before the holidays.

• We must finish

• our project

• before the holidays

• must finish our project

• the holidays

After the storm everyone got busy cleaning the debris

• got busy

• cleaning the debris

• everyone

• after the storm

• everyone got

The doctor is working very hard in the emergency clinic.

• the doctor

• very hard

• in the emergency clinic

• is working

• the emergency clinic

The presents were wrapped with care and placed on the table.

• presents

• and placed

• with care

• on the table

• wrapped with

Watch the horse run around the field.

• around

• around the field

• watch the horse

• run around

• the horse run

Choose the prepositional phrase that can BEST be added to the following sentence:

“The clouds began to form.”

• beside the dark sky

• with the dark sky

• next to the dark sky

• in the dark sky

Choose the preposition that can replace “across” without changing the meaning of the following sentence:

“Mike ran across the park without stopping to play.”

• behind

• between

• through

• after

Choose the prepositional phrase:

I eat my eggs with ketchup.

• with ketchup

• with

• I eat

• my eggs with ketchup