I really need help with these prepositions and I don't know if I did it right or not, can you please check?
Directions: cross out any prepositional phrases. Underline the subject once and the verb/ verb phrase twice. I don't know exactly how to find the verb phrases, that is what confuses me, I don't know if it's just supposed to be a verb or a verb phrase.
1.) The taxi driver left without his change or a tip from the passenger.
Verb: left
Subject: driver
Phrase: without his change, from the passenger
2.) During a trip to the zoo, the child stared at the lions and the tigers.
Verb: stared
Subject: child
Phrase: during a trip to the zoo, at the lions and tigers
3.) All friends but Susan and Bill came to the party.
Phrase: but Susan and Bill , to the party
Verb: came
Subject: friends
4.) Before lunch and dinner the parent reads to the children.
Phrase: to the children , before lunch and dinner
Verb: reads
Subject: parent
Good job. All are correct.
Verb/ verb phrase means to underline either the verb or the verb phrase,
All the verbs are correct. There are no verb phrases in these sentences.
1. Prep phrase: without his change or a tip
2. Three prep phrases
To find the prepositional phrases in a sentence, you can look for words that typically introduce prepositional phrases such as "in," "on," "under," "between," "with," "to," etc.
Let's go through each sentence to identify the prepositional phrases, verbs, and subjects:
1.) The taxi driver left without his change or a tip from the passenger.
- Prepositional phrases: without his change, from the passenger
- Verb: left
- Subject: taxi driver
2.) During a trip to the zoo, the child stared at the lions and the tigers.
- Prepositional phrases: during a trip to the zoo, at the lions and tigers
- Verb: stared
- Subject: child
3.) All friends but Susan and Bill came to the party.
- Prepositional phrases: but Susan and Bill, to the party
- Verb: came
- Subject: friends
4.) Before lunch and dinner, the parent reads to the children.
- Prepositional phrases: before lunch and dinner, to the children
- Verb: reads
- Subject: parent
Now that you have identified the prepositional phrases, verbs, and subjects in each sentence, you can cross out the prepositional phrases, underline the subject once, and underline the verb/verb phrase twice.
Here's an example of how you can mark the sentences:
1.) The taxi driver left without his change or a tip from the passenger.
- Cross out: without his change, from the passenger
- Underline once: driver (subject)
- Underline twice: left (verb)
Repeat this process for each sentence, and you should be able to accurately identify the prepositional phrases, verbs, and subjects.