Prepositions

Identify the preposition in the sentence below.

Zaher Hennawi tried to see what I was hiding behind my back.

• tried

• back

• behind

• see

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Amanda Manriquez thinks the house across the lake is haunted.

• Amanda Manriquez

• thinks

• house

• haunted

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Last night, Dalip Singh Saund's friends weren't at the movies.

• Last night,

• Dalip Singh Saund's friends

• weren't

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At the concert, Princess Fiona lost her favorite jacket.

• At the concert,

• Princess Fiona

• lost

• favorite jacket

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Pancho Segura did laundry and vacuumed under his bed.

• Panch Segura

• did laundry

• and

• vacuumed

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Shonda Rhimes was sure she saw a unicorn in the forest.

• was

• sure

• saw

• in

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Ho Feng-Shan left the mascot's costume in his locker.

• Ho Feng-Shan

• left

• in

• locker

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Mo Albasery whispered quietly in the library.

• Mo Albasery

• whispered

• quietly

• in the library

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Harvey Milk's family is out of town right now.

• Harvey Milk's family

• is

• right now

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Behind the door, Jason Reynolds hid his skis.

• Jason Reynolds

• hid

• his

• skis