Prepositional Phrases

Identify the prepositional phrase:

The dog hid underneath the couch.

• The dog hid

• underneath the couch

• There are no prepositional phrases.

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

The bird flew into the window but was okay.

• the bird flew

• into the window but was okay

• flew into the window

• into the window

Which word in the sentence below is a preposition?

Ms. Lujan dreamed about a penguin baking cupcakes.

• about

• dreamed

• Ms. Lujan

• penguin

One dog can jump ten feet ​ (a)   the ground.

• off

• on

• in

• around

Our Dogs Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 3 and 4 by using a preposition?

• We gave the dogs a bath and the bathtub.

• We gave the dogs a bath we put them in our bathtub.

• We gave the dogs a bath in our bathtub.

• Make no change.

Our Dogs

(1) My dogs are my best friends. (2) They like to play near a tree in

the backyard. (3) We gave the dogs a bath. (4) We put them in our bathtub.

(5) During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner. (6) We run with

the dogs on the beach. (7) I keep a photograph of my dogs on a shelf in my

room.

Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 5 and 6 by using a preposition?

• During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner on the beach.

• During the summer we exercise the dogs after dinner we run with

  them.

• During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner run on the

  beach.

• Make no change.

The castaway built a hut ​ (a)   encountering wild dogs.

• after

• because

• during

• between

• around

What are prepositions?

• They are the nouns in a sentence.

• They are the action words in a sentence.

• They are the connecting words that connects the noun with the rest of the sentence.

Which word is the preposition or connecting word in the following sentence?

After dinner, she read a book.

• dinner

• after

• read

• she

Which word is the preposition or connecting word in the following sentence? They traveled to the beach.

• to

• the

• traveled

• beach