Prepositions
Identify the preposition:
The turkey waddled across the yard.
What is across?
Is the verb regular or irregular?
We baked cornbread for the feast.
What is regular?
Identify the tense:
We will roast the turkey tomorrow morning.
What is future tense?
Identify the direct object:
Dad carved the turkey.
What is turkey?
Fix the verb tense error:
Yesterday, we eat all the rolls.
What is- Yesterday, we ate all the rolls.
Find the prepositional phrase:
Before dinner, we played football in the yard.
What is in the yard?
Give the past tense of the irregular verb eat in this Thanksgiving sentence:
The guests ___ too much stuffing.
What is ate?
Change to present tense:
They will bring the mashed potatoes.
What is they bring the mashed potatoes?
Identify the indirect object:
Grandpa told the children a Thanksgiving story.
What is children?
Fix the preposition:
The turkey is sitting into the oven.
What is in/inside the oven?
Identify the object of the preposition:
The pie sat on the counter.
What is counter?
Identify verb type & past tense:
The wind blows leaves across the Thanksgiving parade route.
What is irregular; blew?
Identify the tense:
The family prepares the Thanksgiving meal.
What is present tense?
Find the direct object:
We passed them the gravy.
What is gravy?
Fix the verb form:
They buyed a pumpkin for the pie.
What is they bought?
Select the correct preposition:
The family gathered ___ the table.
(around / above)
What is around?
Identify the verb type:
Grandma cut the cranberry sauce into slices.
Change to past tense:
The crowd cheers during the Thanksgiving parade.
What is the crowd cheered during the Thanksgiving parade?
Identify both objects:
Mom served the guests the pumpkin pie.
What is guests- indirect object and pie- direct object?
Fix the objects:
Grandma handed the recipe me.
What is- Grandma handed me the recipe?
Create a Thanksgiving sentence using the preposition behind.
Any correct answer.
Change the regular verb to past tense:
They gather around the fire.
What is gathered?
Change to future tense:
The chef finishes the pumpkin pie.
What is the chef will finish the pumpkin pie?
Rewrite the sentence to remove the indirect object:
They gave us the last slice of pie.
What is they gave the last slice of pie?
Fix the sentence (verb tense):
By the time guests arrive, we finish cooking.
What is- By the time guests arrive, we will have finished cooking?