Prepositions and Preposition Phrases Quiz

What is a preposition?

• A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.

• A type of verb

• A form of punctuation

• A type of adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence: The book is ___ the table.

• beside

• under

• inside

• on

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CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which of the following is a preposition phrase: at the store, quickly ran, under the bed, jump high

• under the bed

• jump high

• at the store

• quickly ran

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the preposition in the following sentence: She walked through the door.

• under

• beside

• through

• over

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Which of the following is a preposition: with, happy, jump, quickly

• with

• happy

• jump

• quickly

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: The cat is ___ the tree.

• under

• beside

• above

• in

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CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

Identify the preposition in the following sentence: He jumped over the fence.

• over

• jumped

• the

• fence

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Which of the following is a preposition: run, beside, quickly, happy

• run

• beside

• quickly

• happy

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

True or False:

Some prepositions show time and place and others add detail.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the prepositional phrase:

The pencil that fell off the desk was yellow.

• off the desk

• fell off the desk

• was yellow

• pencil that fell

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B