Grade 8 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Grade 8 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Prepositions

Objects of Prepositions

Identifying Prepositions

4 Questions

Multiple Choice

Identify the preposition in this sentence:

This morning, we flew above the clouds.

• This

• morning

• flew

• above

Multiple Choice

Identify the preposition in this sentence:

The area beyond the white line is foul territory.

• area

• beyond

• white

• is

Multiple Choice

Identify the preposition in this sentence:

The house across the street has been sold.

• house

• across

• street

• sold

Multiple Choice

Identify the preposition in this sentence:

Sally met me after lunch.

• Sally

• met

• after

• lunch

Prepositional Phrases

8 Questions

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the first word of a prepositional phrase?

• interjection

• conjunction

• preposition

• adverb

Multiple Select

Which parts of speech can be the object of a preposition?

• adjective

• noun

• preposition

• pronoun

Multiple Choice

How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?

There was a guard with a dart gun hiding behind a door.

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

Multiple Choice

How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?

We tried sneaking by him, but I tripped over a mop.

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

Multiple Choice

Identify the complete prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

The red lights above us were flashing brightly.

• red lights

• were flashing

• above us

• us were flashing

Multiple Choice

Identify the complete prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

The guard grabbed my friend by the arm, but I karate chopped him.

• by the arm

• by the

• my friend by

• guard grabbed

Multiple Choice

Identify the complete prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

We were looking for the documents that were hidden.

• were looking

• for the documents

• for the

• that were hidden

Multiple Choice

Sometimes a sentence will have more than one preposition or prepositional phrase.

• True

• False

Identify the Object of the Preposition

5 Questions

Multiple Choice

Identify the object of the preposition in the sentence below:

Success in war requires a capable leader.

• Success

• war

• capable

• leader

Multiple Choice

Identify the object of the preposition in the sentence below:

The American military has had several leaders of this type.

• American

• several

• leaders

• type

Multiple Choice

Identify the object of the preposition in the sentence below:

Especially in the twentieth century, this leadership has been evident.

• century

• leadership

• has

• been

Multiple Choice

Identify the object of the preposition in the sentence below:

Two world wars brought outstanding men to the front.

• world

• men

• to

• front

Multiple Choice

Identify the object of the preposition in the sentence below:

Read some of their stories below.

• Read

• some

• stories

• below