Prepositions and Objects
Preposition and Object: The door on that old house is elegant.
What are on and house?
The dirt road led over the hill.
What is over the hill?
Sarah walks to class.
What is simple?
The car was old, but it ran smoothly.
What is but?
The first day of school.
What is a fragment?
Preposition and Object:You can pin your ad beside the poster.
What are beside and poster?
All my clothes are too warm for this weather.
What is for this weather?
Since I was late to school, I missed the Christmas party.
What is complex?
People know some sports are dangerous, yet they can’t resist trying them.
What is yet?
The dog ran.
What is a sentence?
Preposition and object: The name of the masked stranger was never revealed.
What are of and stranger?
My dog always pulls on his leash.
What is on his leash?
Audrey and Ellie went to lunch.
What is simple?
Sunshine and blue skies greeted the campers the next morning.
What is and?
What is a run-on?
Preposition and object: The paper underneath the book is my composition.
What are underneath and book?
The train finally pulled in about 7 o’clock.
What is about 7 o'clock?
We wanted Chicken Minis, but it was past 10:30 am.
What is compound?
The bus had better come soon, or we will be late for school.
What is or?
What is a fragment?
Preposition and object: The homework is in the basket.
What are in and basket?
She is going around the river bend.
We can go to EPCOT, unless it’s raining.
What is complex?
I do not want to live at the beach, nor do I want to live in the mountains.
What is nor?
We went to the office, we went to the library.
What is a run-on?