Preposition
Vern and Garry left the mall through the side door.
What is the preposition?
through
During their fight, Vern and Garry left the mall.
What is the object of the preposition?
fight
After dinner, Vern and Garry played basketball.
What is the prepositional phrase?
after dinner
The ball bounced over the puddle.
What is the preposition?
over
At home, I ate a hot dog in the kitchen.
What are the 2 objects of the prepositions?
home, kitchen
The boys jumped across the creek.
What is the preposition?
across
The cows jumped over the picket fence.
What is the object of the preposition?
fence
The dogs at my house jumped through the puddles.
What are the 2 prepositional phrases?
at my house, through the puddles
I ran across the street and into the store.
What are the 2 objects of the prepositions?
street, store
Under the warm fuzzy blanket, I held my cuddly brown teddy bear.
What is the preposition?
under
The girl fell into a hole.
What is the preposition?
into
The girl on the swing fell off of it.
What are the 2 objects of the prepositions?
swing, it
The dog in the front yard barked at the mailman in his truck.
How many prepositional phrases are there?
3
in the front yard, at the mailman, in his truck
The cat with black spots played under the chair.
What are the 2 prepositional phrases?
with black spots, under the chair
Along the busy, six-lane highway car flew by.
What are the prepositional phrases?
Along the busy, six-lane highway
The furry dog jumped over the fence at the side of the house.
What are the 3 prepositions?
over, at, of
The furry dog jumped over the fence at the side of the house.
What are the 3 objects of the prepositions?
fence, side, house
Without my knowledge, the furry dog with a broken tail kept jumping over the fence into the neighbor's yard.
How many prepositional phrases are there?
4
without my knowledge, with the broken tail, over the fence, into the neighbor's yard
Because of the light, I woke up during the night to my brother watching tv in the living room.
How many objects of the prepositions are there?
4
light, night, brother, living room
The red book on the tiled bathroom floor is ruined by shower steam.
What are the 2 prepositional phrases?
on the bathroom floor, by shower steam
Because of the siren, the family ran through the storm and into the shelter.
What are the prepositions?
because of, through, into
Because of the siren, the family ran through the storm, past the building, and into the shelter.
What are the objects of the prepositions?
siren, storm, building, shelter
Without thought, the large family on vacation drove around the debris on the road and into the parking lot.
What are the prepositional phrases?
without thought, on vacation, around the debris, on the road, into the parking lot
While we were watching, my sister ran around the yard.
What is the prepositional phrase?
around the yard
In the garden next to our house, the golden sweet potatoes which my mother planted are almost ready.
What are the prepositional phrases?
in the vegetable garden, next to our house