Expanding Sentences with Prepositional Phrases

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 in the following sentence: The pencil fell under the desk.

• the pencil

• fell under the desk

• under the desk

• the desk

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: Mrs. Immordino put new white ghost lights on the tree.

• put new white ghost lights

• on the tree

• Mrs. Immordino

• white ghost lights

What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?

He put the quarters into his piggy bank.

• put the quarters

• he put the

• into his piggy bank

• his piggy bank

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

Elizabeth Blackwell stepped onto the train.

• Elizabeth Blackwell stepped

• the train

• onto the train

• stepped onto

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

She wrote a letter on her own stationery.

• wrote a letter

• She wrote

• on her own stationery

• own stationery

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

Her medical bag was near the bed.

• Her medical bag

• near the bed

• was near the bed

• the bed

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

She received a rejection letter from New York.

• from New York

• received a rejection

• letter from New York

• She received

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

The man stood by the crib and cried.

• man stood by

• the crib and cried

• The man stood

• by the crib

What is the prepositional phrase?

• Beside the bed

• sat Dr. Brown

• the bed sat