Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Prepositions

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Multiple Choice

What is a preposition?

• a word that describes a person, place, thing, or idea

• an action word

• a bridge that comes before a noun or pronoun and connects it to the rest of the sentence

• a word that shows strong feeling or excitement

Common Prepositions

about

above

across

after

against

among

around

as

at

Common Prepositions continued

behind

below

beneath

beside

besides

between

beyond

by

despite

down

during

More Common Prepositions

except

for

from

in

inside

into

like

near

next

of

off

on

Even more Common Prepositions

Onto

opposite

out

outside

over

past

to

toward

under

unlike

until

Yep... More Common Prepositions

unto

up

with

within

without

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words is a preposition?

• baby

• run

• pretty

• on

Multiple Select

Check all the words that are NOT prepositions.

• off

• above

• on

• might

• and

Open Ended

Can you write a sentence using one of the following prepositions?

a. below b. across c. of

Multiple Select

Check all the words that are NOT prepositions.

• after

• below

• the

• are

• across

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words is a preposition?

• unto

• should

• is

• doll

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence. Then, identify the preposition in the sentence.

James ran across the road.

• ran

• James

• across

• the

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence. Then, identify the preposition in the sentence.

My teacher asked me to eat lunch with her.

• asked

• teacher

• her

• with

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

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Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

Jasmine put the cup on the counter.

• put

• this

• on

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

Julian eats his lunch at the table.

• Julian

• table

• at

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

Make sure that you don't swim in the dirty water.

• sure

• don't

• in

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

School is out on Friday!

• on

• is

• Friday

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

Alyssa played her soccer game in the morning.

• her

• the

• in

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

At midnight, Jacob had milk and cookies.

• and

• milk

• at

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

Israel needed candy, so he went to the store.

• to

• store

• went

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

Ivan walked toward the ball.

• the

• ball

• toward

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

The dog went through the doggie door.

• doggie

• through

• dog

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

Daniela ran outside the house.

• outside

• the

• ran

Multiple Choice

What is the prepositional phrase?

Daniela ran outside the house.

• Daniela ran

• the house

• outside the house

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

The students rested against the handball court.

• rested

• students

• against

Multiple Choice

What is the prepositional phrase?

The students rested against the handball court.

• the handball court

• against the handball court

• The students rested

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

After the movie, the teens ate dinner.

• dinner

• ate

• after

Multiple Choice

What is the prepositional phrase?

After the movie, the teens ate dinner.

• after the movie

• ate dinner

• the teens ate