Prepositions

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

100

The definition of the preposition

What is a word that tells direction of movement, location, or time frame?

200

The definition of the prepositional phrase

What is the preposition, the object of the preposition, and any of the modifiers of the object

300

The preposition in the sentence "Justin Bieber had to go inside a studio to get his song autotuned."

What is inside?

400

The prepositional phrase in the sentence "It's over 9000!"

What is over 9000!

500

The prepositional phrases in the sentence "I sent my Mewtwo into the pouring rain and it easily defeated the puny Pikachu in five seconds."

What is "into the pouring rain" and "in five seconds"

Adverb vs. Preposition

100

The word "above" in the sentence "The plane flew above me"

What is a preposition?

200

The word "class" in the sentence "The class is outside"

What is an adverb?

300

The number of prepositions in the sentence "I want to go to a party outside."

What is one?  It's just 'to a party'.

'to go' is NOT a prepositional phrase! And 'outside' is not a preposition here'.

400

Why is the word "under" in the sentence "Go over the fence, not under", an adverb, not a preposition?

What is it doesn't relate a following noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence?

500

The amount of prepositions in the sentence "After the math class, the students went outside of the classroom outside."

What is two?

Object of the Preposition

100

The object of the preposition in the sentence "Right now, I'm in school

What is school?

200

What is the object of the preposition in the sentence "Inside the house, I ate lunch and finished my project."

What is house?

300

The object of the preposition can be an action verb.

What is false?

400

What are the objects of the prepositions in the sentence "Before the industrial age, people had achieved some measure of progress with their environments."

What are age, progress, environments ?

500

The object of the preposition in the sentence "I was so tired I fell asleep in Spanish and Health today."

What is Spanish and Health?

Adverb and Adjective Prepositional Phrases

100

Is the prepositional phrase in the sentence "The hat with the feather was ugly?" adjective or adverb?

(Think:  What is it describing? A noun or a verb?)

What is adjective phrase? (describes 'hat')

200

Is the prepositional phrase an adverb phrase or adjective phrase:  "Down the river we sailed."

Think: What is it telling more about?  A noun or a verb?

What is "Adverb Phrase"?  (describes where the subject sailed.)

300

Is the prepositional phrase an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase?    The sign on the door was unreadable.

(Think: What is it telling more about?  A noun or a verb?)

What is adjective phrase?  (Describing the sign.)

400

Is the prepositional phrase an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase?  "In Period 8 today, I finished my Math homework."

Think: Is it telling more about a noun or a verb?

What is Adverb Phrase? (describes when the subject finished .)

500

The type of prepositional phrase in the sentence "I am trying to have fun without sneezing".

Adjective Phrase or Adverb Phrase? 

What is an adverb phrase? (Describing HOW the subject is trying.)

Assorted

100

What are Mrs. Zarutskie's dogs' names?

What is Brunson and Samson?

200

What is another grade Mrs. Zarutskie has taught?

What are: 

    1st     4th    6th ?

300

What is the name of our Copy Queen here at Newtown Middle School?

Who is  Mrs. Kaminski ?

400

Name 3 people who work here but don't have a homeroom.

Answers will vary.

500

How many siblings does Mrs. Zarutskie have?

One brother.