Noun Phrases, Verb Phrases, Prepositional Phrases

What is the preposition?
Singing is fun during the holidays.

• is

• fun

• during

• on

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
My cat jumped on my bed and woke me up.

• on my bed

• my cat jumped

• on my bed and woke me up

• woke me

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1E

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
The pencil fell under the desk.

• the pencil

• fell under the desk

• under the desk

• the desk

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1E

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1E

The children could not wait to go to the play.

• prepositional phrase

• participial phrase

• gerund phrase

• appositive phrase

• infinitive phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

True or false: As an adverb, a prepositional phrase will answer questions such as How? When? or Where?

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Martha and Quentin were members of the same club for three years.

• prepositional phrase

• participial phrase

• gerund phrase

• appositive phrase

• infinitive phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

I wasn't sure how to get to the restaurant.

• prepositional phrase

• participial phrase

• gerund phrase

• appositive phrase

• infinitive phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the prepositional phrase: Watch the horse run around the field.

• around

• around the field

•  watch the horse

• run around

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1E

Can a sentence have more than one prepositional phrase contained within it? 

• Yes 

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1E