Prepositions

Prepositions

Pretest - In your notes, highlight the prepositions.

Without people to fuel them, power plants stop providing electricity--within hours. We use electricity to make toast and to power TVs and computers, but the absence of electric energy has huge effects on Earth void of human population. Without electricity, gas tanks are not kept cold; gases such as chlorine and natural gas heat up and escape the tanks into the air.

Pretest - Check your answers

Without people to fuel them, power plants stop providing electricity--within hours. We use electricity to make toast and to power TVs and computers, but the absence of electric energy has huge effects on Earth void of human population. Without electricity, gas tanks are not kept cold; gases such as chlorine and natural gas heat up and escape the tanks into the air.

A preposition:

• A word used with a noun or pronoun to show direction, location, or time, or to introduce an object

• EX: We raced around the kitchen until we slipped on the water, spilled earlier by our little brother.

Time to practice!

Multiple Select

Click on the prepositions in the sentence:

She was lonesome without him.

• She

• was

• lonesome

• without

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Click on the prepositions in the sentence:

They were jogging throughout the neighborhood

• They

• jogging

• throughout

• neighborhood

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Click on the prepositions in the sentence:

Beyond the river is a beautiful park.

• Beyond

• river

• beautiful

• park.

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Click on the prepositions in the sentence:

All of the sailors climbed aboard the ship.

• All of

• sailors

• climbed

• aboard

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Click on the prepositions in the sentence:

In the meantime, please watch my backpack.

• In

• the meantime,

• please watch

• my

• backpack

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Click on the prepositions in the sentence:

Therese had never seen such a sight in her backyard.

• Therese

• had

• seen

• in

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Click on the prepositions in the sentence:

There was very little talk during the movie.

• There

• very

• during

• little

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Click on the prepositions in the sentence:

All of the women except Denise will be at the meeting.

• All of

• except

• will be

• at

If you feel good about your practice, take your quiz over prepositions. If you need more practice, try the practice section again.

Good luck!