Prepositions
Choose a preposition to fill in this sentence:
Felicity was _______ the bed.
Various answers.
What is the object of a preposition?
The noun or pronoun that comes after the preposition.
What give me an example of a plural possessive noun.
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Please capitalize the necessary words.
jennifer
box
florida
state
Jennifer
Florida
List all of the "to be" verbs
Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, and been
Name at least 3 prepositions.
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Identify the OP in this sentence:
Felix put the shoes on the table.
table
Which is the correct form? Explain why.
1) Ms. Neuss' classroom is next to mine.
2) Ms. Neuss's classroom is next to mine.
3) Ms. Neusss classroom is next to mine.
2) Ms. Neuss's
Capitalize the words that should be:
i
she
shelby
starbucks
dog
I
Shelby
Starbucks
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
An adjective describes nouns and pronouns while an adverb describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence:
Mary went into the kitchen and put some milk on the table.
into the kitchen
on the table
Change all of the OP's in this sentence.
Jennifer put the book on the shelf and sat with John on the bench.
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Which is the correct form? Explain why.
1) Sally and Sam's bike is in the garage.
2) Sally and Sams' bike is in the garage.
3) Sally's and Sam's bike is in the garage.
1) Sally and Sam's bike.
Capitalize the necessary words in the following sentence:
the dog went into kroger to buy some oreos for her mom.
The
Kroger
Oreos
Identify the simple subject, predicate, prepositional phrase(s) and their OPs.
The cat slept peacefully on the warm windowsill in the afternoon
Subject: cat
Predicate: slept
PP: on the warm windowsill; in the afternoon
OPs: windowsill; afternoon
Delete the subject and the verb to find the prepositional phrase.
Alex ran into the woods.
Delete: Alex
Delete: ran
PP: into the woods
Under the bed, Juliet read her book quietly with a flashlight.
bed
flashlight
Write the correct form for both:
Multiple dogs share a leash.
It is the ______ leash.
Two brothers share a room.
It is the _______ room.
It is the dogs' leash.
It is the brothers' room.
Capitalize the necessary words in this sentence:
the peace corps was started under kennedy's program called "new frontier."
The Peace Corps was started under Kennedy's program called the "New Frontier."
Fix this run-on sentence AND find the prepositional phrases.
We walked to school this morning and we made it just before the rain.
You can fix the run-on by adding a comma before "and", adding a semi-colon and deleting "and", or replacing "and" with a period.
PPs: to school, this morning, and before the rain.
Identify the subject, verb, prepositional phrases, and OPs.
In the house, Frank and Mary cooked stew over the fire.
Subjects: Frank and Mary
Verb: cooked
PPs: In the house, over the fire
OPs: house, fire
Write me a sentence with at least two OP's. Circle the OP's.
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Write the correct form:
1) More than one woman own a dress
2) More than one horse has a saddle
3) More than one child share clothes
4) James owns an xbox.
1) Woman's dress
2) Horses' saddle
3) Children's clothes
4) James's xbox
Capitalize any necessary words in the following letter:
dear wyatt,
did you go to the dover film festival recently? i heard they showed a film about the war of 1812.
your buddy,
travis
Dear Wyatt,
Did you go to the Dover Film Festival recently? I heard they showed a film about the War of 1812.
Your buddy,
Travis
Name 10 prepositions
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