Prepositions

Which is the preposition in the following:

Mr. Patterson once tried to teach

grammar to a parrot but the bird still couldn't master prepositions.

• teach

• to

• still

• master

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TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

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2. Which word in the following sentence is a preposition. He often confuses his students by randomly breaking into Shakespearean soliloquies during class.

• into

• often

• confuses

• Shakespearean

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

1. Which word in the following is the preposition?

3. Mr. Patterson claims that reading a thesaurus is his idea of a thrilling adventure.

• reading

• is

• of

• adventure

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

2. Which word in the following is the preposition?

4. He insists on calling his classroom the "Verbal Playground" and

5. encourages students to swing from metaphors and slide down similes.

• calling

• encourages

• and

• down

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

1. Which word in the following is the preposition?

3. To him, a comma splice is just a reason to drive to the river and swim with the apostrophes.

• is

• just

• drive

• to

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

1. Which word in the following is the preposition?

3. Mr. Patterson's idea of a field trip involves taking students to the local library and

4. challenging them to a game of hide-and-seek among the bookshelves.

• field

• taking

• and

• among

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

1. Which word in the following sentence is the preposition?

3. He once gave an assignment to write a letter to semicolon while standing over a bridge.

• once

• write

• while

• over

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

1. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence?

3. In his office, you'll find a pet dictionary named "Webster" that he

4. insists it can pronounce serendipity with ease.

• In

• named

• serendipity

• ease

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

1. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence?

3. Mr. Patterson's favorite saying is, "When in doubt, use more adjectives!"

   causing his essays to resemble novels.

• in

• use

• more

• novels

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

Which word in the following sentence is the preposition? Just wait until you look under Mr. Patterson's couch and find his hedgehog named Fiction.

• wait

• look

• under

• find

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.K.3C