Prepositional Phrases Punctuation

Identify the prepositional phrase:

Watch the horse run around the field.

• around

• around the field

• watch the horse

• run around

Identify the prepositional phrase:

Please return the book to the cabinet.

• Please

• return the book

• to the cabinet

• Please return

Identify the prepositional phrase:

Be sure that you know your facts before the quiz.

• you know

• before the quiz

• be sure

• review your facts

Identify the prepositional phrase:

The pencil that fell off the desk was yellow.

• off the desk

• fell off the desk

• was yellow

• pencil that fell

Identify the prepositional phrase:

The clock in my grandma's house was broken last week.

• broken last week

• grandma's house was

• in my grandma's house

• house was broken

Identify the prepositional phrase:

The strange man parked his car by the tall trees.

• parked his car

• strange man parked

• by the tall trees

• the tall trees

Identify the prepositional phrase:

The boy walked the dog down the busy street.

• walked the dog

• the busy street

• down the busy street

• dog down the busy

Identify the prepositional phrase:

My best friend lives on Walnut Road.

• My best friend

• on Walnut Road

• best friend lives

• lives on Walnut Road

What is the OBJECT of the preposition in the following sentence?

I received a letter from the friendly little, old lady.

• from

• lady

• friendly

• old

What is the OBJECT of the preposition in the highlighted phrase?

We played on the giant water slide aboard the massive ship.

• ship

• massive

• aboard

• cruise