Prepositions Flashcards
“In” “at” “on” are
A. The Least common prepositions
B. The Most common prepositions
C. Not even prepositions
B. Most common
By coming before other groups of words, Prepositions create “extra informative phrases”. They do this by showing relationships between (?)
A. People
B. Things
C. Action
D. All of the above.
D. All so the Above
True or False
The important thing to remember about prepositions is that they form phrases that are separate from the main clause
True
“I am at the train station”
“It’s in my bag”
“You have a watch on your wrist”
Are all prepositions of (?) phrases
A. Time
B. Movement
C. Place
C. Place
“The movie starts at 6”
“The movie opens in March”
“Let’s watch the movie on Sunday night”
All show when an action is occurring in relation to something else and know as a preposition of (?)
Time
Into, over, through, between - are prepositions of (?)
A. Time
B. Movement
C. Place
Movement.
They show where objects are moving
A phrase starting with a preposition; containing a transitive verb (passes the action of the verb onto the noun) and ending in a noun. Is known as a ?
Prepositional phrase
(Completes the meaning of the transitive verb)
“I went to the shop”
By adding a preposition to a verb we create ?
A verb phrase
“Take up” an instrument
“Take apart” a radio
“Take off” on a holiday
Please name the indefinite articles
A / An
Please name the definite article
The
True or False:
We use the “zero” article (or no article) when the noun is a proper noun or before the plural form or uncountable form of an indefinite noun.
In teaching grammar use the zero “symbol”
True
When using “And, or, but, so, because” to join parts of speech within a sentence (usually a main clause to a supporting clause) they become
A. Articles
B. Prepositions
C. Conjunctions
D. None of the above
C. Conjunctions
Words with no grammatical attachment to a sentence but express immediate feelings or surprise and ending with an exclamation point, are?
Interjections
Boo! Ow! Phew!
