Object of Prepositions

Identify the prepositional phrase: How many pieces of cake would you like?

• of cake

• how many

• would like

• pieces of cake

What is the object of the preposition in the sentence? The cat jumped over the fence.

• jumped

• cat

• fence

• over

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? 
The monster jumped out of the closet. 

• out of the closet

• the closet

• jumped out of

• of the closet

The object of the preposition is a ___.

• pronoun or adjective

• verb or adverb

• verb or noun

• noun or pronoun

A prepositional phrase is made up of the 1) ___, 2) ___, and 3) ___.

• 1) preposition

  2) its object

  3) any adjectives that describe it

• 1) verb

  2) adverb

  3) subject

• 1) preposition

  2) verb

  3) adverb

• 1) pronoun

  2) word it describes

  3) its preposition

Let's keep this information between us.

• this information

• the verb

• us

• the prepositional phrase

• between

• the object of the preposition (OP)

• keep

• the noun having the relationship

• between us

• the preposition

Answer explanation

this information = the noun having the relationship

keep = the main verb the subject is doing

between = the preposition of place (where the information is being kept)

us = the object of the preposition/OP (what the information is being kept between)

between us = the prepositional phrase that starts with the preposition and ends with the object of the preposition/OP

What is the object of a preposition?

• The action word in a sentence containing a preposition.

• The noun or pronoun that always comes before the preposition in a sentence.

• The subject of a sentence containing a preposition.

• The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition in a sentence.

What is the object of the preposition in this sentence?"The child gave a flower to his mother."

• child

• flower

• to

• mother

What is the object of the preposition in this sentence?"The kids are playing inside the playhouse."

• kids

• playing

• inside

• playhouse

What is the object of the preposition in the sentence? The book is on the table.

• book

• on

• table

• is