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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Authored by Sara Walters

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do prepositions do?

Show relationships between two different things in the sentence.

Tells where the house is.

Show an action.

They are people, places, things or ideas.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two rules of a prepositional phrase?

They start with a preposition and end with the nearest noun or pronoun.

They start with a preposition and end with the next preopsition.

They start with a noun and end with a preopsition.

They must be three words long.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an infinitive?

A verb phrase that starts with the word "to" and is followed by a verb.

Something that goes on for ever and ever.

A made up thing.

A sentence that tells someone what to do, like "Clean your room."

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the infinitive in this sentence?

My friend and I decided to go to HolidayFest.

to go

to HolidayFest

My friend and I

decided to go

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the infinitive in this sentence?

After it started snowing, I had to shovel our driveway.

to shovel

After it started snowing

to shovel our driveway

I had to

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the infinitive in this sentence?

We were going to eat at the restaurant, but it was too crowded, so we left.

to eat

at the restaurant

too crowded

so we left

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

Later that evening, Santa came down the chimney.

down the chimney

Later that evening

Santa came

the chimney

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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