Practice with Subjects, Verbs, and Prepositional Phrases
I. Eliminate prepositional phrases. Then, identify the subject and verb in each sentence.
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Ex. Bella studied in the kitchen after school.
1. Daniel played ball with his little brother.
2. Juan finished his homework at 8:00.
3. The wind scattered the leaves across the yard.
4. Before the movie, everybody ate dinner.
5. Fred’s mother works in Sherman Oaks.
6. The accountant charged him a lot of money for the work.
7. Catalina put her backpack on the table.
8. They talked about Carol.
9. The astronauts traveled beyond the stars.
10. Miguel went to the park with Ned.
11. During the class, George fell asleep.
12. Simon put his jacket by the window.
13. He waited with the others.
14. Veronica visited her grandmother across the street.
15. They looked for shade under the willow tree.
16. John worked from morning until evening.
17. The Gomez family vacationed beside the lake.
18. Julia found the photograph under the pile of trash.
19. Unlike her brother, Sandra likes reading.
20. The senator pounded his fist on the podium.
21. Amid the noisy crowd in the mall, Francine found her little sister underneath a pile of clothes.
22. Tom’s neighbor left his lawn mower at Tom’s house.
23. At the end of the summer, Maria’s grandparents take her with them to New York.
II. Complete the sentences below by inserting the appropriate preposition. Then, eliminate the prepositional
phrase. Finally, identify the subject and verb in the sentence
1. Al Capone was sued __________tax evasion.
2. The poor girl burst__________tears.
3. He was ____ London____business.
4. Help! My hair is______fire.
(2 sentences)
5. I saw something_______it _____television.
6. To get____the bookstore, you have to walk________that hall, and go_____the stairs.
7. I couldn’t get ______the door, so I had to climb________a window.
(compound sentence)