Unit 5: Language (Grade 6)

       What is the preposition in this sentence below?

Henry jumped onto the couch.

• jumped

• onto

• the

• couch

       What is the preposition in this sentence below?

After the show, do you want to get ice cream?

• after

• do

• to

• an

Which of the following is the best definition of a preposition?

 

• a person, place, or thing

• a word that expresses strong emotions

• a word that relates a noun or pronoun that follows it to another word in the sentence

• a word that describes an adjective or verb

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

The ship’s scattered wreckage was located more than 12,000 feet beneath the surface.

• ship's scattered wreckage

• was located

• 12,00 feet

• beneath the surfact

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

Jack and Jill went up the hill.

• Jack and Jill

• Jack and Jill went

• the hill

• up the hill

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

• The team was excited that they had made such an important discovery.

• Special cameras helped the researchers positively identify the wreck.

• They also realized that they had located a ship where many people had died.

• The researchers found many diamonds and other items of great value.

Which group of words form the sentence is a prepositional phrase?

Tom and I planted tulip bulbs in the garden and watered them every week.

• Tom and I planted

• tulip bulbs

• in the garden

• every week

What is the object of the preposition in the sentence?

The researchers found pieces of a ship that had sunk many years previously.

• pieces

• ship

• sunk

• years

Which two words in the sentence are prepositions?

Jennifer took the shortcut through the park and across the bridge.

• park, bridge

• through, across

• through, park

• across, bridge

Which preposition best completes the following sentence?

WHen you gt a cold, put your hat ________ your head.

• in

• by

• on

• through