Preposition Recognition

Choose the preposition in the sentence and justify why it is classified as such: "She looked at the painting."

• looked

• at

• the

• painting

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Analyze the role of the preposition in this sentence: "He leaned against the wall."

• He

• leaned

• against

• wall

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Which word is the preposition and why is it important in the sentence: "Without water, the plant will die."

• Without

• water

• will

• die

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Identify the preposition and discuss its impact on the sentence structure: "He works from nine to five."

• works

• from

• to

• five

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

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

A preposition is a word that shows the 1) ___ of a noun or 2) ___ to some other word in a sentence.

• 1) relationship

  2) verb

• 1) job

  2) adjective

• 1) relationship

  2) pronoun

• 1) job

  2) adverb

Answer explanation

A preposition is a word that shows the RELATIONSHIP of a noun or PRONOUN to some other word in a sentence.

The object of the preposition is a ___.

• pronoun or adjective

• verb or adverb

• verb or noun

• noun or pronoun

The function of a prepositional phrase is either to describe the 1) ___ or the

2) ___ in the sentence.

• 1) what

  2) why

• 1) adjective

  2) adverb

• 1) noun

  2) verb

• 1) object

  2) preposition

Match the following in this sentence:

He hit the baseball over the fence.

• the main verb

• the preposition

• the prepositional phrase

• the object of the preposition (OP)

• the noun having the relationship

Answer explanation

the baseball = the noun having the relationship

hit = the main verb the subject (person) did

over = the preposition of direction (where the ball was hit)

the fence = the object of the preposition/OP (what the ball was hit over)

over the fence = the prepositional phrase that starts with the preposition and ends with the object/OP

Let's keep this information between us.

• this information

• the preposition

• keep

• the noun having the relationship

• between us

• the prepositional phrase

• between

• the verb

• us

• the object of the preposition (OP)

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