Prepositional Phrases

Identify the prepositional phrase:

The dog hid underneath the couch.

• The dog hid

• underneath the couch

• There are no prepositional phrases.

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

The bird flew into the window but was okay.

• the bird flew

• into the window but was okay

• flew into the window

• into the window

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which word in the sentence below is a preposition?

Ms. Lujan dreamed about a penguin baking cupcakes.

• about

• dreamed

• Ms. Lujan

• penguin

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

One dog can jump ten feet ​ (a)   the ground.

• off

• on

• in

• around

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Our Dogs Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 3 and 4 by using a preposition?

• We gave the dogs a bath and the bathtub.

• We gave the dogs a bath we put them in our bathtub.

• We gave the dogs a bath in our bathtub.

• Make no change.

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Our Dogs

(1) My dogs are my best friends. (2) They like to play near a tree in

the backyard. (3) We gave the dogs a bath. (4) We put them in our bathtub.

(5) During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner. (6) We run with

the dogs on the beach. (7) I keep a photograph of my dogs on a shelf in my

room.

Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 5 and 6 by using a preposition?

• During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner on the beach.

• During the summer we exercise the dogs after dinner we run with

  them.

• During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner run on the

  beach.

• Make no change.

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

The castaway built a hut ​ (a)   encountering wild dogs.

• after

• because

• during

• between

• around

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What are prepositions?

• They are the nouns in a sentence.

• They are the action words in a sentence.

• They are the connecting words that connects the noun with the rest of the sentence.

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Which word is the preposition or connecting word in the following sentence?

After dinner, she read a book.

• dinner

• after

• read

• she

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Which word is the preposition or connecting word in the following sentence? They traveled to the beach.

• to

• the

• traveled

• beach

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E