Prepositions

Question 1

What is a preposition?

Answer 1

Prepositions are words that connect a noun or pronoun to other words in the sentence.

Question 2

What are some examples of prepositions?

Answer 2

About, above, across, after, along, among, around, at, before, beside, between, against, within, without, beneath, through, during, under, in, into, over, of, off to, toward, up, on, near, for, from, except, by, with, behind, below, down

Question 3

Identify the preposition(s) in the following sentence:

Suzie is near the front of the line.

Answer 3

near, of

Question 4

What is an object of a preposition?

Answer 4

The object/item that is being connected to the preposition.

Question 5

Identify the prepositional obj. in the following sentence:

Suzie is near the front of the line.

Answer 5

front, near

Question 6

What is a prepositional phrase?

Answer 6

The preposition and its object (plus any linking words)

Question 7

Identify the prepos. phrase in the following sentence:

Suzie is near the front of the line.

Answer 7

near the front, of the line