Prepositions

Prepositions

What is a preposition?

● A preposition is a word that shows the relationship

between other words in a sentence.

There are lots of prepositions. Here are some common ones:

above, about, below, for, from, in,

inside, into, of, to, until, with

What is a preposition?

● Some prepositions are used to tell us where things are.

The cat is on the chair.

Our car is stopped by the traffic light.

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition in this sentence?

The military helicopter flew over my house.

• helicopter

• flew

• over

• my

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition in this sentence?

The frightened puppy hid beneath her owner's bed.

• frightened

• hid

• beneath

• her

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition in this sentence?

Karl and Mia will meet me at the movie theater.

• and

• will

• me

• at

What is a preposition?

● Some prepositions are used to tell us when something is.

The meeting is at six o’clock.

My dad’s birthday is in December.

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition in this sentence?

My little brother was born in 2015.

• my

• little

• was

• in

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition in this sentence?

Don't forget play auditions are on Tuesday.

• forget

• are

• on

• Tuesday

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition in this sentence?

Can we study before our test?

• can

• before

• our

• test

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a prepositional phrase?

• I am tired

• Thursday afternoon

• over the rainbow

Multiple Choice

Which sentence contains a prepositional phrase?

• The cat meowed loudly.

• The cat sat on the mat.

• The cat plays ball.

What is a prepositional phrase?

●

The noun or pronoun at the end of the prepositional phrase is
called the object of the preposition.

Example:

The boy sat under the tree.

Multiple Choice

Which choice identifies the object of a preposition in the following sentence?

The entire class spent its free time working in the school’s garden.

• The entire class

• its free time

• the school's garden

Multiple Choice

Which choice identifies the object of a preposition in the following sentence?

The ferris wheel is the scariest ride at the county fair.

• the ferris wheel

• the county fair

• the scariest ride

Multiple Choice

There are only two stores in the shopping mall that sell football jerseys.

• two stores

• the shopping mall

• football jerseys