Diagramming Sentence Prepositional Phrases

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

• The couple

• would not stop

• stop laughing

• behind us

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

The story takes place during the time when the Nazis overtook Poland.

• The story takes place

• during the time

• the time when the Nazis overtook Poland.

• Nazis overtook Poland.

Which of the following sentences has all prepositional phrases correctly underlined?

• Everyone was frightened during the scary movie.

• All of my friends were terrified throughout the movie.

• After the movie, we were all afraid to go outside the house.

• Until morning, we didn’t want to close our eyes.

Which of the following sentences has all prepositional phrases correctly underlined?

• Couldn’t we use the tomatoes we grew instead of those from a store?

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• Except for me, my class was allowed to sit wherever they wanted during lunch.

• Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go.

What is the object of the underlined prepositional phrase in the sentence below?

Because of the fire, smoke billowed from the windows and doors.

• windows

• from

• door

• windows and doors

What are the objects of the prepositional phrases in the sentence below? Felicia skipped through the open gate in front of her house.

• open gate, her house

• through, in front of

• open gate

• gate, house

What are the objects of the prepositional phrases in the sentence below?

Should we climb aboard the boat beside the dock?

• climb, boat, dock

• should, boat, dock

• aboard, beside

• boat, dock

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: The cat slept under the warm blanket.

• A) The cat slept

• B) under the warm

• C) under the warm blanket

• D) the warm blanket

Which of the following sentences contains a correctly underlined prepositional phrase?

• A) The book __on the table__ is mine.

• B) She ran __across the street__ quickly.

• C) We will meet __at the park__ later.

• D) He sat __beside the window__ and read.

What is the object of the prepositional phrase in the sentence below? The children played in the garden.

• A) children

• B) played

• C) in

• D) garden