BENCHMARK (1st Nine Weeks) STUDY GUIDE

1. Which of the following list of words are common prepositions?

• beside, between, among, into
• look, touch, feel, see
• running, shout, kick, speaking

2. A prepositional phrase is made when a preposition is followed by a...

• Adjective or Agreement
• Noun or Pronoun
• None of the above

3. Which of the following statements is true about prepositional phrases?

• It always contains extra information for the sentence
• It is always necessary to have one in every sentence
• It is also a infinitive

4. True or False: The preposition acts like an additional piece of information that describes or modifies, a noun, adjective, or adverb.

• True
• False

5. What is an infinitive?

• To + Verb
• To + Noun/Pronoun
• To + Adjective

6. Of the following, which is NOT true about infinitive phrases?

• The infinitive is a type of verbal.
• The infinitive phrase can never have an indirect object
• The infinitive phrase can be modified by an adverb

7. True or False: an infinitive can be modified by an adverb or adjective (prepositional phrase).

• True
• False

8. Of the following, which is NOT true about infinitive phrases?

• Infinitives, like prepositions, are not necessary and only add extra detail to the sentence
• Infinitives, not like prepositions, are always necessary in the sentences they are in
• Infinitive phrases can never be verb, only a verbal adding information to the sentence

9. Which of the following can an Infinitive NOT be in a sentence?

• Adjective
• Adverb
• Verb

Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence: She decided to study at the library for her exam.

• She decided

• to study at the library

• for her exam