Preposition Basics
A preposition usually shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and another word in the sentence, often indicating time, direction, or this.
A helping verb helps the main verb show time or possibility. It always sits right where in relation to the main verb?
What is right before the main verb?
A prepositional phrase always begins with ______ and ends with a ______.
What is a preposition and a noun or pronoun?
A helping verb working together with its main verb is called a what?
In the sentence "The bird is flying," is the word is acting as a helping verb or a preposition?
What is a helping verb?
Identify the preposition in this sentence: The cat slept lazily under the warm blanket.
What is under?
Identify the helping verb in this sentence: Marcus is studying for his science quiz.
What is is?
Identify the entire prepositional phrase in this sentence: The keys are on the kitchen table.
What is on the kitchen table?
Identify the complete verb phrase (helping verb + main verb) in this sentence: The dog was barking at the mail carrier.
What is was barking?
In the sentence "She hid behind the door," is the word behind acting as a preposition or a helping verb?
What is a preposition?
Find the two prepositions in this sentence: During the assembly, the students walked into the gymnasium.
What are during and into?
Find the helping verb in this sentence: We have completed our science project.
What is have?
Find the prepositional phrase in this sentence: A puppy with brown spots chased the ball.
What is with brown spots?
Find the complete verb phrase in this sentence: You should wear a jacket outside today.
What is should wear?
Identify both the preposition and the helping verb in this sentence: "The plane will land on the runway."
What are will (helping verb) and on (preposition)?
Identify the preposition in this sentence: The airplane flew high above the clouds.
Identify the helping verb in this sentence: By next week, the snow will melt.
What is will?
Identify the object of the preposition in this sentence: She walked through the dark hallway.
What is hallway?
True or False: Sometimes an interrupting word (like the adverb not) can split a helping verb and a main verb apart (e.g., is not running).
What is true?
In the sentence "They are running through the park," identify the helping verb and the prepositional phrase.
are; Prepositional phrase: through the park (Preposition: through).
Identify the preposition in this sentence: Except for Maya, everyone finished their homework on time.
What is except or for?
Name the three most common helping verbs (often called the "to be," "to have," and "to do" families).
What are be (am, is, are, was, were), have (has, have, had), and do (do, does, did)?
This sentence contains two prepositional phrases. Name both: Birds flew over the trees during the morning storm.
What is over the trees and during the morning storm.
Identify the complete verb phrase in this sentence: The students have been practicing their lines all week.
What is have been practicing?
Find all prepositions and all helping verbs in this sentence: "Dad has been working in the garage since morning."
Helping verbs: has, been
Prepositions: in, since