Understanding Prepositions

What is the primary role of prepositions in a sentence?

• To indicate the tense of a verb

• To show relationships of time, place, and position

• To modify adjectives

• To connect clauses

Which of the following is NOT a preposition?

• above

• between

• quickly

• under

Which of the following prepositions indicates a relationship of time?

• across

• through

• beside

• during

Prepositions are used to link which of the following in a sentence?

• Verbs to adjectives

• Sentences to paragraphs

• Nouns to nouns, verbs, and pronouns

• Adjectives to adverbs

What do prepositional phrases typically consist of?

• A preposition and its object

• A verb and an adverb

• An adjective and a noun

• A noun and a conjunction