Preposition 1

Finding Prepositions

By Sarah Rhea

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What is the definition of a preposition?

• shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• an action or state of being

• a word that takes the place of a noun or other pronoun

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Kaleb studied trumpet for many years.

• studied

• trumpet

• for

• years

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The airliner flew over the clouds.

• the

• flew

• over

• clouds

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The gray house on the corner is ours.

• gray

• on

• corner

• ours

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The dog hid behind the couch.

• the

• hid

• behind

• couch

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The invading army attacked without warning.

• invading

• attacked

• without

• warning

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Uncle Jo is not worried about them.

• is

• not

• worried

• about

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Tommy threw the ball over the fence.

• Tommy

• threw

• ball

• over

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The students walked into the room.

• The

• walked

• into

• room

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The lights are above the stage.

• The

• are

• above

• stage

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Many animals live in the sea.

• Many

• live

• in

• sea

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The horse is resting under the tree.

• is

• under

• the

• horse

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The crocodile swims in the water.

• in

• the

• swims

• water

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It is funny to see the giraffe trying to hide itself behind the tree!

• is

• the

• behind

• tree

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The cat is hiding itself in the basket.

• in

• the

• is

• basket

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The hippopotamus spent most of the day resting.

• of

• the

• spent

• day

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The elephant walked and stopped in front of my grandmother's house.

• and

• the

• my

• in front of

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The cheetah is standing behind its cubs.

• the

• is

• behind

• its

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Trevor was excited to ride his new bike around the block.

• was

• to

• new

• around

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The monkey is picking its nose under the pink blanket.

• the

• under

• pink

• is