Prepostions

Prepostions

A preposition is a word that connects other words in a sentence

Some common prepositions are about, across, along, at, behind, by, during, from, inside, of, on, over, through, until, and with.

Some prepositions tell where and some tell when.

Find the preposition in each sentence.

• Janice walked past the candy store on her way home. where?

• Sam played soccer for one hour until he got tired. when?

• Sally hiked around the lake. where?

Multiple Choice

The waves crashed on the sandy beach.(where?)

• waves

• crashed

• on

• beach

Multiple Choice

The crabs scrambled around the piles of seaweed. (where?)

• scrambled

• around

• piles

• seaweed

Multiple Choice

Gwen waited until the sun rose. (when?)

• waited

• sun

• until

• rose

Multiple Choice

Tyree dove into the water. (where)

• dove

• into

• water

Multiple Choice

Pablo walked along the boardwalk. (where)

• walked

• boardwalk

• Pablo

• along

Open Ended

Write a sentence that includes a preposition that answers WHERE?