Prepositions Review B

Nobody likes prepositions; they are possibly the most annoying part of speech.

That being said, what are they for?

• They give you a chance to connect two sentences together.

• They describe nouns to give more detail.

• They're not a real part of speech: they were made up by English teachers.

• They relate nouns or pronouns to another word in the sentence.

Which preposition works best here?

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These dresses were __ sale last week.

• in

• of

• on

• up

Identify the preposition in this sentence.

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We visited their fishing cabin at the lake.

• at

• visited

• we

• fishing

Identify the preposition here.

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My aunt and uncle live above a restaurant.

• above

• live

• my

• restaurant

Which of these is a preposition?

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Sanjay painted a picture of a beach.

• painted

• picture

• beach

• of

A prepositional phrase is a group of words starting with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun. It takes the whole phrase to create the relationship to the original word. Find the prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence:

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The Gothic-style building across the street has arches over its entrances and windows.

• Gothic-style building

• has arches

• street, entrances, windows

• across the street, over its entrances and windows

What's the prepositional phrase here?

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Over the river lies my grandmother's house.

• Over

• Over the river

• river lies

• lies my grandmother's house

Choose the prepositional phrase:

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Attend tonight's game at the field house!

• at the field house

• Attend tonight's game

• game at

• field house

More often than not, a prepositional phrase will have a noun or pronoun in it. We call that the object of the preposition, and it further describes what we're relating the original noun/pronoun to. What's the object of the preposition here?

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Some artists make their sculptures from wood.

• wood

• from

• sculptures

• artists

Identify the object of the preposition:

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The new suit should last for years.

• new

• suit

• should

• years