Prepositional

What do the prepositions down, over, toward and around convey?

• cause

• detail

• time

• direction

What do the prepositional phrases at 7 PM, on Friday and in two weeks convey?

• cause

• detail

• time

• direction

Which of the following is NOT a preposition? 

• both 

• behind

•  beneath

• beyond 

What is the object of the underlined prepositional phrase in the sentence below?

Because of the fire, smoke billowed from the windows and doors.

• windows

• from

• door

• windows and doors

Which is a list of common prepositions?

• Against,Beside,In,Over,Up

• Desk,Chair,Table,Seat

• Honda,Toyota,Nissan, Lexus

• Chicken,Cat,Dog,Elephant

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

The chairs were placed upon the desks. 

• upon the desks

• were placed

• the chairs were placed upon

• the chairs

The ticket holders waited patiently outside the theater.

• the ticket holders

• waited patiently

• outside the theater

• No prepositional phrases

What is the preposition in the following sentence?
The bee flies in the bottle. 

• flies

• in

• the

• bottle

What is the preposition in the following sentence?
My brother was leaning against the wall. 

• wall

• against

• was

• leaning

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? 
The monster jumped out of the closet. 

• out of the closet

• the closet

• jumped out of

• of the closet