PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES Flashcards
What ‘Part of Speech’ represents a word that relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence?
PREPOSITION
What do we call a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun?
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
What do we call the noun or the pronoun that ends the prepositional phrase?
OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
What parts of speech end a prepositional phrase?
A NOUN OR A PRONOUN
What is the ‘preposition’ in the sentence: ‘The boy near the window is French’?
NEAR
What is the ‘prepositional phrase’ in the sentence: ‘The boy near the window is French’?
NEAR THE WINDOW
What is the ‘object of the preposition’ in the sentence: ‘The boy near the window is French’?
WINDOW
What is the ‘preposition’ in the sentence: ‘Hang the painting outside the new auditorium’?
OUTSIDE
What is the ‘prepositional phrase’ in the sentence: ‘Hang the painting outside the new auditorium’?
OUTSIDE THE NEW AUDITORIUM
What is the ‘object of the preposition’ in the sentence: ‘Hang the painting outside the new auditorium’?
AUDITORIUM
What is the ‘preposition’ in the sentence: ‘Between the chair and the table was a window’?
BETWEEN
What is the ‘prepositional phrase’ in the sentence: ‘Between the chair and the table was a window’?
BETWEEN THE CHAIR AND THE TABLE
What is the ‘object of the preposition’ in the sentence: ‘Between the chair and the table was a window’?
CHAIR / TABLE
This is a compound object.
What is the ‘preposition’ in the sentence: ‘The diamonds in the vault are priceless’?
IN
What is the ‘prepositional phrase’ in the sentence: ‘The diamonds in the vault are priceless’?
IN THE VAULT
What is the ‘object of the preposition’ in the sentence: ‘The diamonds in the vault are priceless’?
VAULT
What is the ‘preposition’ in the sentence: ‘The telephone rang four times during dinner’?
DURING
What is the ‘prepositional phrase’ in the sentence: ‘The telephone rang four times during dinner’?
DURING DINNER
What is the ‘object of the preposition’ in the sentence: ‘The telephone rang four times during dinner’?
DINNER
What is the ‘preposition’ in the sentence: ‘Here is a gift for you’?
FOR
What is the ‘prepositional phrase’ in the sentence: ‘Here is a gift for you’?
FOR YOU
What is the ‘object of the preposition’ in the sentence: ‘Here is a gift for you’?
YOU
What is the ‘preposition’ in the sentence: ‘Jackie knows some good stories about ghosts’?
ABOUT
What is the ‘prepositional phrase’ in the sentence: ‘Jackie knows some good stories about ghosts’**’?
ABOUT GHOSTS
What is the ‘object of the preposition’ in the sentence: ‘Jackie knows some good stories about ghosts’?
GHOSTS
What is the ‘preposition’ in the sentence: ‘Fran, I’m right behind you’?
BEHIND
What is the ‘prepositional phrase’ in the sentence: ‘Fran, I’m right behind you’**’?
BEHIND YOU
What is the ‘object of the preposition’ in the sentence: ‘Fran, I’m right behind you’?
YOU
What is the ‘preposition’ in the sentence: ‘At that time, Boston soldiers trained as a militia’?
AT
What is the ‘prepositional phrase’ in the sentence: ‘At that time, Boston soldiers trained as a militia’?
AT THAT TIME
What is the ‘object of the preposition’ in the sentence: ‘At that time, Boston soldiers trained as a militia’?
TIME
