Prepositions and Conjunctions — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. In 'After lunch, the team ran across the field,' the phrase 'After lunch' tells what?
A) Time
B) Place
C) Manner
D) Reason
After lunch answers when the running happens, marking it as a time phrase.
2. Which sentence uses a place prepositional phrase?
A) We ate before noon.
B) The cat napped on the couch.
C) He works with care.
D) She read for an hour.
On the couch tells where the cat napped, so it acts as a place phrase.
3. Which conjunction best shows surprising contrast in 'I studied hard, ___ I missed two questions'?
A) so
B) and
C) yet
D) for
Yet expresses contrast between hard study and the surprising missed answers.
4. In 'She whispered with care during class,' which phrase shows manner?
A) She whispered
B) with care
C) during class
D) during
Wait — with care shows manner; here the option list differs, so check carefully.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Combine: 'It rained. We played inside.' Use a comma plus so.
So joins the cause of rain and the resulting action of staying inside.
2. Sentence type with one independent clause only: simple sentence.
A simple sentence has one independent clause and no other clauses attached.
3. Two independent clauses joined by a FANBOYS form a compound sentence.
Compound sentences join independent clauses using a comma and FANBOYS conjunction.
4. An independent clause plus a dependent clause forms a complex sentence.
Complex sentences mix one independent and at least one dependent clause.
5. In 'We hiked through the forest,' the phrase shows place.
Through the forest names where the hiking happened, so it shows place.