Finding Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
State the preposition(s) in this sentence: The cow ran away from the startled viewer.
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What do adjective phrases modify?
Nouns or pronouns
What is a verbal?
A verbal is a form of a verb that is used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
What is a gerund?
A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun.
"Brett Favre"
"Tom Brady"
State the preposition(s) in this sentence: In this house, the cat usually hides under the couch.
"in" and "under"
What do adverb phrases modify?
Verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
Find the participle(s) in the following sentence and tell whether it/they should be categorized as present or past: The jogging man was surprised by the barking dog.
"jogging"-present
"barking"-present
Find the infinitive(s) in the following sentence: Jasmine and Isabelle wanted to go to the store to buy some new books.
"to go"
"to buy"
Find the appositive phrase in the following sentence: Georgia, the state famous for growing peaches, is located in the southeast corner of the United States.
"the state famous for growing peaches"
State the prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence: Billy and Bobby ran to the store so that they could buy a new video game for Tommy.
"to the store" and "for Tommy"
Find the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence and categorize it/them as an adverb or adjective phrase: A pasture of snow on a mountain is where this remarkable sight appears.
"of snow"-adjective
"on a mountain"-adjective
Find the participle(s) in the following sentence and tell whether it/they should be categorized as present or past: The kids swimming towards the abandoned ship were unaware of the danger they were in.
"swimming"-present
"abandoned"-past
Find the gerund(s) in the following sentence: The screaming kids were running down the street because they were excited about the approaching ice cream truck.
"screaming"
"approaching"
Find the appositive phrase in the following sentence: Bobby and Sally were excited to see Billy, one of their oldest friends.
"one of their oldest friends"
State the prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence: Hiding in the free space underneath the patio, Lisa and Sally avoided doing their chores for several hours.
"in the free space", "underneath the patio", and "for several hours"
Find the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence and categorize it/them as an adverb or adjective phrase: At the Kennedy Inauguration, Robert Frost read a book of his most famous works to the American people.
"At the Kennedy Inauguration"-adverb
"of his most famous works"-adjective
"to the American people"-adverb
Give an example of a sentence that includes two infinitives.
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Give an example of a sentence that uses two gerund phrases.
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Find the appositive phrase in the following sentence: Billy was excited to see his old friends, Bobby and Sally.
Bobby and Sally
Find the prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence: Before going to school, Jennifer packed all of her things into her backpack so that she wouldn't forget them at home.
"Before going", "to school", "of her things", "into her backpack", and "at home"
Give an example (not used in this game) of a sentence using a prepositional phrase as an adjective and a sentence using a prepositional phrase as an adverb.
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Find the verbal phrase(s) in the following sentence and categorize each phrase as either a verbal, gerund, or infinitive phrase: Running is a great activity for energized individuals to take up.
"running"-gerund
"energized individuals"-participial phrase
"to take up"-infinitive phrase
Find the verbal phrase(s) in the following sentence and categorize each phrase as either a verbal, gerund, or infinitive phrase: Seeing a car approaching, Jackson was relieved to see that his dad had gotten the distressing voicemail that he had left on his phone.
"Seeing a car approaching"-participial phrase
"to see"-infinitive phrase
"distressing"-participial phrase
Create a sentence (not used in this game) that includes either an appositive or an appositive phrase.