Noun, adjective, verb, adverb, and preposition phrases

Choose the correct definition of a noun phrase: 

• A word  that names a person, place, thing, or idea
• A noun phrase is a group of words that serves the same purpose as a noun.
• a word that describes or gives more information about a verb
• a word that describes a noun or pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Read the sentence.

When soccer practice was over, I saw Monica riding a skateboard in the park, so I stopped, and we talked for awhile.

Which part of this sentence is a phrase?

• "when soccer practice was over"

• "riding a skateboard"

• "so I stopped"

• "we talked"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Some students and their teacher in the classroom

• a sentence

• a clause

• a phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

The ornaments are for the Christmas tree.

• The ornaments are

• for the Christmas tree

• ornaments are for the

• are for the Christmas

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the prepositional phrase?

I like that lovely old pub by the bridge over the river.

• that lovely old pub

• over the river

• by the bridge

• by the bridge AND over the rive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is a phrase?

• a complete sentence

• a group of words that has no subject or a verb, it makes no sense

• it is a clause

• it is a word

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What does a prepositional phrase provide?

• More information about the subject

• More information about the listener or reader

• More information about the object

• More information about the predicate

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

He delivers the message late in the afternoon. The underlined phrase is an example of;

• Noun phrase

• Verb Phrase

• Prepositional Phrase

• Adjectival Phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: 
Above the trees flew a beautiful bald eagle. 

• flew a beautiful
• bald eagle
• above the trees
• above the trees flew a beautiful

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Where is the noun phrase in this sentence?

One of my friends dislike beef dishes.

• beef dishes

• one of my friends

• dislike beef dishes

• friends dislike

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B