Prepositional Phrases
The prepositional phrase in this sentence, "The shoppers went into the store."
What is "into the store"?
The subject of this sentence, "The shoppers went into the store."
What is "shoppers"?
The verb in this sentence, "During the storm, we held onto the side of the boat."
What is "held"?
What is "are wearing"?
The direct object in this sentence, "We ate bananas for breakfast."
The prepositional phrase in this sentence, "Up a tree scurried a squirrel and a chipmunk."
What is "Up a tree"?
The subject in this sentence, "We take our vacation in July and August."
What is "We"?
The verb in this sentence, "Within ten minutes of the call, my dad arrived in our driveway."
What is "arrived"?
The verb phrase in this sentence, "Those plants should be watered daily."
What is "should be watered"?
The direct object in this sentence, "Set the groceries by the microwave oven."
What is "groceries"?
What are "across the hall" and "to a larger apartment"?
The subject in this sentence, "Hurry down the hall for your next meeting."
What is "The understood 'you'"?
The verb(s) in this sentence, "The model strolled in and looked around the room."
What are "strolled" and "looked"?
The verb phrase in this sentence, "I'm searching for the word in the dictionary."
What is "am searching"?
The direct object(s) in this sentence, "Some of the students took their books and notebooks with them."
What are "books" and "notebooks"?
The prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence, "The cheerleader ran to catch the bus for the game."
What is "for the game"?
The subject(s) in this sentence, "Gloria and Robert married underneath the elm in our backyard."
What are "Gloria" and "Robert"?
The verb(s) in this sentence, "During the football game, many spectators sat behind the goal posts and went frequently to the snack bar."
What are "sat" and "went"?
The verb phrase in this sentence, "Mark's friend cannot come until the end of the winter."
What is "can, come"?
The direct object(s) in this sentence, "The artist drew birds, flowers, and butterflies in the evening."
What are "birds," "flowers," and "butterflies"?
The prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence, "Before recess, groups of student were not allowed to go out into the hallway without the teacher."
What are "Before recess," "of students," "into the hallway," and "without the teacher"?
The subject(s) in this sentence, "For breakfast, cereal, pancakes, and toast were served."
What are "cereal," "pancakes," and "toast"?
The verb(s) in this sentence, "She approached the table, looked underneath, and found a giggling toddler."
What are "approached," "looked," and "found"?
The verb phrase in this sentence, "Doesn't your dad cook breakfast every Saturday morning?"
What is "Does, cook"?
The direct object(s) in this sentence, "Someone hid my keys under the table and scribbled the walls with purple and green crayons."
What are "keys" and "walls"?