Mastering Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Which of the following is a preposition?

• After

• Running

• Beautifully

• Quickly

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "The cat jumped over the fence."

• The cat jumped

• Jumped over

• Over the fence

• The fence

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase?

• She sings beautifully.

• They ran quickly to the store.

• He laughed loudly.

• The book was on the table.

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the sentence that correctly uses a preposition.

• He looked under the bed.

• She runs fast.

• They laughed at the joke.

• Both A and C

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CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which word in the following sentence is a preposition? "She walked around the park."

• She

• Walked

• Around

• Park

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence: "He read a book during the flight."

• He read

• A book

• During the flight

• The flight

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which of the following is NOT a preposition?

• Before

• Underneath

• Because

• Within

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Find the prepositional phrase in the sentence: "The flowers in the garden are blooming."

• The flowers

• In the garden

• Are blooming

• The garden

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase to show location?

• She looked under the bed.

• He ran through the park.

• They danced until midnight.

• Both A and B

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CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "After the movie, we went to a restaurant."

• After the movie

• We went

• To a restaurant

• A restaurant

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B