Reviewing Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Contributed by:
Ivan
Here, students will revise whatever they have learned regarding prepositions and preposition phrases from Grade 3.
1.
2. A word that shows a relationship
between a noun or pronoun and
some other word in the sentence.
The baseball player in the
white shirt
hit a homerun.
3. A word that shows a relationship between
a noun or pronoun and some other word
in the sentence.
on her boat before noon
in a house during
near the goat about a
4. OBJECT OF THE
The noun or pronoun that ends a
prepositional phrase.
The baseball player in the
white shirt
hit a homerun.
5. OBJECT OF THE
The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional
on her boat before noon
in a house during
near the goat about a
6. Always begins with a
preposition and ends with a
noun or pronoun.
Write sentences for these prepositional phrases:
7. Modifies a noun or pronoun
It answers the same questions an
adjective would:
Which one? What kind? How many?
The puppy in the shop
window jumped up.
8. Modifies a verb, adjective, or
It answers the same questions an adverb
Where? When? How?
The puppy jumped to the
food.
9. You MUST memorize
the prepositions!
If there is no object of the
preposition (if the preposition
is not part of a phrase), then it
is not a preposition—it is an
adverb.
10. The gecko climbed up
the wall.
The gecko climbed
The gecko climbed up on
the wall.
11. Identify the prepositional phrases and the
objects of the preposition:
1.The paper with the blue
border is floating through the
air.
2. Jordan’s eyes sparkle like a
sunny day.
3. With great ease, Michael
jumped up on the table.
12. 1.The paper with the blue v
border is floating through the
air.
2. Jordan’s eyes sparkle like a
sunny day.
3. With great ease, Michael
jumped up on the table.
13. 1.The tadpoles are below the
surface of the pond.
2. I jumped up and Amy
jumped down.
down
3. Is Taylor near?
near
4. Erin looked across the bus
to the purple-haired boy.