Identifying Prepositional Phrases
Identifying Subjects
Identifying Verbs
Exceptions to the Squirrel Sentence
Identifying Prepositions
100

What sentence do we use to check for prepositional phrases?

The squirrel ran __ the tree.

100

Identify the subject in the following sentence: 

The dog barks loudly.

dog

100

Identify the verb:

She writes a letter.

writes

100

What is the first exception to the squirrel sentence?


of

100

What is the PREPOSITION(S) in the following sentence?

The boy ran in the house.

in

200

Identify the prepositional phrase:

The cat sat on the mat.

on the mat

200

What is the subject of this sentence?

The students finished their homework.

students

200

What is the verb in:

They are playing soccer.

playing
200

What is the second exception to the squirrel sentence?

during

200

Which is the PREPOSITION(S) in the following sentence?

Mrs. Morgan went to the teacher's lounge.

to

300

Find the prepositional phrase:

She walked through the park.

through the park

300

Identify the subject:

My brother loves pizza.

brother

300

Identify the verb:

They swim every Saturday.

swim

300

What is the 3rd exception to the squirrel sentence?

since

300

Identify the PREPOSITION(S) in the following sentence

The book is on the table under the magazines.

on, under

400

Identify the prepositional phrase:

The cat sat on the mat.

on the mat

400

Identify the subject:

The car stopped suddenly.

car

400

Identify the verb:

The baby cried.

cried

400

Name the 4th exception to the squirrel sentence.


until

400

Identify the PREPOSITION(S) in the following sentence:

We went around the line, since we didn't have time to wait.

around, since

500

What is a prepositional phrase?

A phrase that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or noun phrase.

500

Identify the subject:

The flowers are in the garden.

flowers

500

Identify the verb:

She was tired today.

was

500

Name the 5th exception to the squirrel sentence.

except

500

Identify the PREPOSITION(S) in the following sentence:

She can't try out for basketball because she injured her ankle.

out, for

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