Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Practice

Prepositions and prepositional phrases

Preposition

A preposition relates a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence. They are used to show locations, time, and directions, or to provide additional details.

Ex: He visited the house near the river.
My glass of water spilled across the desk.

The object of the Preposition

The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition is the object of the preposition.

Ex: The book on the shelf can be returned to the library.

Prepositional Phrase

A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with the object of the preposition.

Ex: We need to review adverbs before the weekend.

The new student in our class is the son of a famous singer.

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What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence: Yao always took the same path to school.

• Yao

• always took

• the same path

• to school

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What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence: Darren enjoyed visiting the animal shelter near our school.

• Darren enjoyed

• near our school

• visiting the

• animal shelter

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What are the prepositional phrases in the sentence: Hannah loves playing with her puppy in the early morning.

• Hannah

• loves playing with her puppy

• in the early morning.

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What are the prepositional phrases in the sentence: After the game, Nitesh raced home to watch the news.

• After the game

• Nitesh raced home

• to watch the news

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What are the prepositional phrases in the sentence: Before his exercise routine, Gary always makes sure to drink plenty of water

• Before his exercise routine

• Gary always makes

• sure to drink plenty

• of water.

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What are the prepositional phrases in the sentence: During the storm, we stayed in the basement.

• During the storm

• we stayed

• in the basement.

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What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence: At work, Juan is always very courteous.

• At work

• Juan is

• always very courteous

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What are the prepositional phrases in the sentence: Gene walked across the street to his friend's house.

• Gene walked

• across the street

• to his friend's house

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What are the prepositional phrases in the sentence: The colony in the New World grew slowly during its earliest years.

• The colony

• in the New World

• grew slowly

• during its earliest years

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What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence: My father works for a large company downtown.

• My father works

• for a large company

• downtown