Spiral Grammar Review 2: Prepositions, Commas, & Proper Nouns

What is a prepositional phrase?

• A phrase containing a preposition: words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

• A phrase containing a proper noun: words that are names for people, places, products, or classes.

• A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What kind of questions do prepositions help answer?

• Where

• When

• Why

• How

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

When a prepositional phrase comes between a subject and a verb, it does not matter if the subject and verb agree in number.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Identify the preposition in the following sentence:

Noor's Art class was across the hall from her English class.

• class

• her

• English

• across

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

Sarah left her hot tea on the kitchen counter.

• left her hot tea

• her hot tea

• on the kitchen counter

• Sarah left

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What question might the prepositional phrase of the following sentence answer?

Sarah left her hot tea on the kitchen counter.

• When did Sarah leave her tea?

• Where was Sarah going?

• Where did Sarah leave her tea?

• How did Sarah make her tea?

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Proper nouns, such as specific people, places, products, or classes, should be capitalized.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What change needs to be made to the following sentence?

Next year, my little brother will attend frankford middle school with me.

• Remove the comma after year

• Capitalize little brother

• Capitalize frankford middle school

• Change attend to attended

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Why should the acronym NASA always be capitalized in a sentence like the one below?

"According to NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), space exploration pushes us to "expand technology, create new industries, and help to foster a peaceful connection with other nations.""

• It comes at the beginning of the sentence

• It is the name of a group, company, or organization

• It is the name of a person

• It is the name of a place

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

A comma separates an interjection (Yes, No, Why, etc.)
or an introductory prepositional phrase (On the surface, Under the circumstances, etc.)
from the rest of a sentence.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A