Prepositional phrases

Grammar – F1 Name:
Date:


Review the list of prepositions. Make sure you’ve memorized them.


Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun. That noun or pronoun is called the object of the preposition.


Fill in the blanks based on the sentences in the rectangle above.

Prepositional phrases begin with a and end with a

or . That noun or pronoun is called the of the .

Example: after dinner (after is the preposition)

(dinner is the object of the preposition)
(after dinner is the prepositional phrase)


Prepositional phrases will not be the subject or verb of the sentence.


Fill in the blanks based on the sentences in the rectangle above.

Prepositional phrases will not be the or

of the sentence.


SUBJECTS:
Cross out the prepositional phrase. Mark the object of the preposition “OP”. Then find who or what the sentence is about – that will be the subject.

1. 
   The man with his son walked toward me.
   

Who or what is the sentence about?

2. 
   Some of the ducklings waddled past us.
   

Who or what is the sentence about?

3. 
   A book of stamps lay on the table.
   

Who or what is the sentence about?