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

Answer true or false:

Prepositional phrases must contain a preposition and its object.

• True

• False

Tap the correct preposition:

He lives __ front ___ our school.

• for, of

• in, of

• to, beside

• next, to

Tap the correct preposition:

Our coach wrote the work __ the board and it's __ Monday.

• to, for

• in, of

• on, to

• on, for

There is something wrong with the engine____________.

• of the car

• in the car

• with the car

• from the car

A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition, the object of a preposition, and all of the words in between. Choose the part of the following sentence that is the prepositional phrase:

“The injured squirrel scurried toward the bush.”

• toward the bush

• scurried toward the bush

• The injured squirrel

• the bush