Prepositional Phrases of Place

What do the prepositions in, on, under and next to convey?

• cause
• detail
• time
• location

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

• cause
• detail
• time
• direction

What is the preposition in the following sentence:

Basketball was first played in 1891.

• was

• first

• played

• in

A _____________ tells you where, when or how something happened.

• Preposition

• Prepositional Phrase

A ______________ is a group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.

• Preposition

• Prepositional phrase

Identify the prepositional phrase: Please return the book to the cabinet.

• Please
• return the book
• to the cabinet
• Please return

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

• around
• around the field
•  watch the horse
• run around

When I was a child even basic food products were _______ such short supply that we had to queue for hours to buy anything.

• in

• on

• for

• by

There is a red tulip _________ the yellow tulips.

• between

• among

• by

• in front of

The man is stuck _________ two rocks.

• between

• betwean

• bitween

• betwien