📖 Quick Study Guide: Prepositional Phrases
- 🧐 A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun (called the object of the preposition).
- 🗺️ The phrase includes the preposition, its object, and any modifiers of the object.
- 📍 Common prepositions include: in, on, at, by, for, from, with, about, above, across, after, against, among, around, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, during, except, inside, into, like, near, off, onto, out, outside, over, past, since, through, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, without.
- 🎯 Prepositional phrases function as either adjectives (modifying nouns or pronouns) or adverbs (modifying verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs).
- ✍️ When a prepositional phrase modifies a noun or pronoun, it answers questions like which one? or what kind?
- 🚀 When a prepositional phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb, it answers questions like where?, when?, how?, or to what extent?
- 🚫 A prepositional phrase will never contain the subject of a sentence.
🧠 Practice Quiz: Prepositional Phrases for 8th Grade
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in each sentence or choose the correct option.
- Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase acting as an adverb?
A. The book on the table is mine.
B. She ran with great speed.
C. The girl in the blue dress smiled.
D. A house with a red door stood empty. - In the sentence, "We walked along the river bank until sunset," how many prepositional phrases are there?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. None - Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "The cat slept soundly under the warm blanket."
A. The cat
B. slept soundly
C. under the warm blanket
D. warm blanket - Which word is the object of the preposition in the phrase "across the busy street"?
A. across
B. the
C. busy
D. street - Choose the sentence where the prepositional phrase modifies a noun.
A. He painted with care.
B. The bird sang in the tree.
C. She arrived after dinner.
D. The boy with the red hat waved. - Which option correctly identifies the prepositional phrase and its function in the sentence: "The squirrel scurried up the oak tree."?
A. up the oak tree (adjective)
B. up the oak tree (adverb)
C. the oak tree (noun)
D. scurried up (verb) - Complete the sentence with the most appropriate prepositional phrase: "The gift was ______."?
A. very thoughtful
B. a big surprise
C. for my best friend
D. quite expensive
Click to see Answers
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. C
