Prepositional Phrases

Select the preposition.

After the movie the teenagers went to McDonalds because they were hungry.

• movie

• to

• because

• were

Select the preposition.

Sally began at noon on her science project so she would get a good grade.

• began

• at

• so

• get

Select the preposition.

He ate three boxes of popcorn and now he has a stomach ache.

• ate

• of

• and

• now

Select the preposition.

The police searched throughout the apartment complex but did not find the escaped criminal.

• throughout

• the

• did

• find

Select the preposition.

He likes movies about war; she prefers movies with a romantic theme.

• theme

• a

• likes

• about

What question does the preposition answer?

• when she wrote the letters

• where she wrote the letters

• how she wrote the letters

• why she wrote the letters

What question does the preposition answer?

• why they got a burger

• how they got a burger

• when they got a burger

• where they got a burger

What question does the preposition answer?

• where the blueberries were

• how the blueberries tasted

• what the blueberries had

• who the blueberries were for

What question does the preposition answer?

• why they searched

• where they searched

• how they searched

• when they searched

What question does the preposition answer?

• where he saved the puppy

• when he saved the puppy

• how he saved the puppy

• what he saved the puppy with