Phrases and Their Functions

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?

The magician with his rabbit entertained the crowd.

• entertained the crowd

• The magician with

• with his rabbit

• his rabbit entertained

What word does the underlined prepositional phrase describe in the following sentence?

The magician with his rabbit entertained the crowd.

• magician

• entertained

• crowd

• rabbit

Since the underlined prepositional phrase refers to the subject, magician, what question does the phrase answer?

The magician with his rabbit entertained the crowd.

• how?

• which one?

• where?

• when?

Since the underlined prepositional phrase refers to the subject, magician, how does the phrase function in the sentence?

The magician with his rabbit entertained the crowd.

• adverb

• adjective

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?

We ate dinner at five o'clock.

• at five o'clock

• We ate dinner

• dinner at five

What word does the underlined prepositional phrase describe in the following sentence?

We ate dinner at five o'clock.

• dinner

• We

• ate

Since the underlined prepositional phrase refers to the verb, ate, what question does the phrase answer?

We ate dinner at five o'clock.

• how?

• which one?

• where?

• when?

Since the underlined prepositional phrase refers to the verb, ate, how does the phrase function in the sentence?

We ate dinner at five o'clock.

• adverb

• adjective

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?

The benches in our backyard are brand new.

• brand new

• in our backyard

• backyard are brand

• The benches in

What word does the underlined prepositional phrase describe in the following sentence?

The benches in our backyard are brand new.

• brand

• are

• new

• benches