Prepositions SPaG

What is a preposition?

• A word used to show an action or state of being.

• A punctuation mark used to separate items in a list.

• A word that tells you how things are related.

• A word used to join two clauses together.

Which of the following are not prepositions?

• around

  onto

  off

• to

  up

  under

• for

  and

  nor

• inside

  over

  towards

Which of the following are not prepositions?

• because

  while

  if

• through

  at

  beyond

• on

  underneath

  behind

• into

  outside

  round

Find the preposition in the sentence below.

Laura put her phone in my bag.

• Laura

• put

• in

• bag

Find the preposition in the sentence below.

I left my keys on the table.

• left

• my

• keys

• on

Which sentence does not use a preposition?

• The dog went into his crate.

• James jumped over the wall.

• The ball landed in the old man's garden

• The young child stroked the hamster.

Complete the sentence using the correct preposition.

When the class lined up, James stood ________ his best friend.

• above

• beside

• on

• in

Which is the odd one out? Think of your reason why.

• by

• which

• across

• under

True or false? I have underlined all of the prepositions.

Jack ran through the humid rainforest. His heart was pounding in his chest because he thought something was hiding behind the trees.

• True

• False

Which sentence contains a preposition?

• She worked very hard all morning.

• Sarah really enjoyed writing her letter.

  
  

• Sarah's teacher said it was excellent.

• Sarah wrote a letter on Wednesday morning.