Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

Our teachers skipped toward the yellow-brick road.

• toward the yellow-brick road

• skipped toward

• yellow-brick road

• toward

Which preposition is used to indicate a location?

• from

• at

• in

• on

Which preposition is used to indicate movement towards a place?

• into

• from

• over

• to

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

Mrs. Thomas and Silas walked through the park.

• the park

• walked through the park

• through the park

• through the

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

Mr. Thomas and Gertie play ball at night.

• at night

• at

• Mr. Thomas and Gertie

• play ball

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: 'Mrs. Card lives in a small town.'

• in a small town

• Mrs. Card lives

• a small town

• lives in

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

She is jumping behind the net.

• behind the net

• is jumping behind

• the net

• She is jumping

Find the preposition:
Nora held the leash around her wrist.

• held
• leash
• around
• wrist

Find the preposition:
Miss Knowles can't be defeated on the field.

• can't

• defeated

• the field

• on

Find the preposition:

Mrs. Orr enjoys drinking coffee in her classroom.

• in

• drinking

• coffee

• enjoys