Prepositions
This word is the preposition in the sentence "A pebble in my shoe hurts my foot."
What is in?
In the sentence “I enjoy writing stories,” this word is the gerund.
What is writing?
Participles usually end in these letters.
What are –ing or –ed?
This infinitive functions as a noun in the sentence “To read is relaxing.”
What is to read?
A prepositional phrases contains these two elements.
What is a preposition and its object?
Prepositions answer these questions.
When? Where? and How?
In the sentence “They discussed moving to a new city,” this word is the gerund.
What is moving?
In the sentence “The barking dog woke the neighbors,” this word is the participle.
What is barking?
In the sentence “They plan to travel this summer,” this phrase is the infinitive.
What is to travel?
This word begins a prepositional phrase.
What is a preposition?
This word is the preposition in the sentence “We waited for the bus.”
What is for?
In the sentence “He avoided talking during class,” this word is the gerund.
What is talking?
In the sentence “The frightened child hid behind the couch,” this word is the participle.
What is frightened?
In the sentence “I like to read before bed,” this phrase is the infinitive.
What is to read?
A prepositional phrase never contains this part of speech.
What is a subject?
This word is the preposition in the sentence “She walked through the park.”
What is through?
A gerund is NOT used as this part of speech.
What is a verb?
In the sentence “The broken vase lay on the floor,” this noun is modified by the participle.
What is vase?
This type of word is often mistaken for an infinitive.
What is a preposition?
In the sentence “The cat slept on the couch,” this is the prepositional phrase.
What is on the couch?
In the sentence “The keys are between the books,” this word shows position.
What is between?
A gerund is defined as this type of word.
What is a verb ending in –ing that functions as a noun?
In the sentence “The shining stars lit the sky,” this noun is modified by the participle.
What is stars?
In grammar, an infinitive can function as this part of speech.
What is a noun, adjective, or adverb?
This part of speech can be modified by a prepositional phrase.
What is a noun or verb?