PREPOSITION PRACTICE WHAT IS A PREPOSITION A preposition

PREPOSITION PRACTICE

WHAT IS A PREPOSITION? • A preposition is one of the eight parts of speech. • Some common prepositions include • Except, before, after, of, to, from, for, during, beside, between, among, into, above, below, include, like, as, at, in, since, within, near, through, toward, within, etc. • A preposition cannot be the subject, verb, or object of the sentence.

A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE Adds Information Functions as an Adjective or Adverb A prepositional phrase always contains extra information; therefore, it cannot function as an essential part of the sentence.

A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE IS NOT AN INFINITIVE To + Noun or Pronoun = Prepositional Phrase To + Verb = Infinitive

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE • Prepositional Phrase = Preposition + Object (a noun or pronoun) • There may be adjectives and/or adverbs modifying the object of the preposition; they are located between the preposition and its object. • Because it provides additional information, the prepositional phrase can describe, or modify, a noun, adjective, or adverb. Preposition Object Hatter dashes through the looking glass to save Alyss from Redd.

USES OF THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE Modifies the verb • Adverb: Hatter dashes through the looking glass save Alyss from Redd. to Modifies the infinitive Modifies the noun • Adjective: The kitten in the market appears to be sweet and harmless.

BREAK IT DOWN Identify the part of speech for each word. Article Noun Preposition Noun Verb Infinitive The kitten in the market appears to be Article Conjunction sweet and harmless. Adjective

MARK IT UP Underline the prepositional phrase. Put [brackets] around the preposition. Circle its object. Identify its function within the sentence. Adverb Hatter dashes [through] the looking glass to save Alyss [from] Redd. Adverb

PUNCTUATION • In Wondertropolis on Alyss’s birthday, they have a celebration in her honor. Notice that the only time a comma is needed with a prepositional phrase is when there are two or more prepositional phrases or one long prepositional phrase at the beginning of the sentence.

PRACTICE Sentence 1

UNSCRAMBLE THE SENTENCE no doubt one of the bloodiest the longest but hadn’t been in all it was of recorded history the civil war

BREAK IT DOWN • Identify the part of speech for each word in the previous sentence. The civil war hadn’t been the longest in all of recorded history, but no doubt, it was one of the bloodiest.

MARK IT UP • Underline the prepositional phrase. • Put [brackets] around the preposition. • Circle the preposition’s object. The civil war hadn’t been the longest in all of recorded history, but no doubt, it was one of the bloodiest wars.

IMITATE THE SENTENCE • Using the previous sentence as a guide, create your own sentence. The civil war hadn’t been the longest [in] all [of] recorded history, but no doubt, it was one [of] the bloodiest wars.

PRACTICE Sentence 2

UNSCRAMBLE THE SENTENCE to wrest control each watched and waited keeping a none-too-friendly eye on the other families for an opportunity to make a move first from her in case they happened

BREAK IT DOWN • Identify the part of speech for each word in the previous sentence. Each watched and waited for an opportunity to wrest control from her, keeping a none-too-friendly eye on the other families in case they happened to make a move first.

MARK IT UP • Underline the prepositional phrase. • Put [brackets] around the preposition. • Circle the preposition’s object. Each watched and waited for an opportunity to wrest control from her, keeping a none-toofriendly eye on the other families in case they happened to make a move first.

IMITATE IT • Using the previous sentence as a guide, create your own sentence. Each watched and waited [for] an opportunity to wrest control [from] her, keeping a none-too -friendly eye [on] the other families in case they happened to make a move first.

PRACTICE Sentence 3

UNSCRAMBLE THE SENTENCE from the Everlasting Forest was bored to the Valley of Mushrooms of their future queen to celebrate the seventh birthday Wonderlanders had come who, as it happened, out of her wits

BREAK IT DOWN • Identify the part of speech for each word in the previous sentence. From the Everlasting Forest to the Valley of Mushrooms, Wonderlanders had come to celebrate the seventh birthday of their future queen, who, as it happened, was bored out of her wits.

MARK IT UP • Underline the prepositional phrase. • Put [brackets] around the preposition. • Circle the preposition’s object. From the Everlasting Forest to the Valley of Mushrooms, Wonderlanders had come to celebrate the seventh birthday of their future queen, who, as it happened, was bored out of her wits.

IMITATE IT • Using the previous sentence as a guide, create your own sentence. [From] the Everlasting Forest [to] the Valley [of] Mushrooms, Wonderlanders had come to celebrate the seventh birthday [of] their future queen, who, as it happened, was bored [out of] her wits.

PRACTICE Sentence 4

UNSCRAMBLE THE SENTENCE gathered to watch on the cobbled lane below she searched for him the Inventors’ Parade among the Wonderlanders

BREAK IT DOWN • Identify the part of speech for each word in the previous sentence. She searched for him among the Wonderlanders gathered to watch the Inventors’ Parade on the cobbled lane below.

MARK IT UP • Underline the prepositional phrase. • Put [brackets] around the preposition. • Circle the preposition’s object. She searched for him among the Wonderlanders gathered to watch the Inventors’ Parade on the cobbled lane below.

IMITATE IT • Using the previous sentence as a guide, create your own sentence. She searched [for] him [among] the Wonderlanders gathered to watch the Inventors’ Parade [on] the cobbled lane below.