Prepositions Practice: Prepositional Phrases

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

During the storm, the tree fell on the house.

• During the storm,

• the tree fell

• on the house.

• the storm, the tree fell

Identify the prepositional phrase.

The girl with the red hat sat on the bench.

• The girl with the red hat

• with the red hat sat on the bench.

• red hat sat on the bench.

• on the bench

A cat can climb twenty feet (a)   the tree.

• up

• down

• in

• around

I would like to work (a)   a farm.

• in
• above

• on
• with

Our Dogs

(1) My dogs are my best friends. (2) They like to play near a tree in

the backyard. (3) We gave the dogs a bath. (4) We put them in our bathtub.

(5) During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner. (6) We run with

the dogs on the beach. (7) I keep a photograph of my dogs on a shelf in my

room.

Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 3 and 4 by using a preposition?

• We gave the dogs a bath and the bathtub.

• We gave the dogs a bath we put them in our bathtub.

• We gave the dogs a bath in our bathtub.

• Make no change.

Our Dogs

(1) My dogs are my best friends. (2) They like to play near a tree in

the backyard. (3) We gave the dogs a bath. (4) We put them in our bathtub.

(5) During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner. (6) We run with

the dogs on the beach. (7) I keep a photograph of my dogs on a shelf in my

room.

Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 5 and 6 by using a preposition?

• During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner on the beach.

• During the summer we exercise the dogs after dinner we run with

  them.

• During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner run on the

  beach.

• Make no change.

The castaway made a fire (a)   seeing a ship in the distance.

• after

• because

• around

• between

Rewrite the sentence starting with a prepositional phrase.

The horse jumped over the barrier.

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Over the barrier, the horse jumped

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

She realized her dog's behavior was different before the storm.

• her dog's behavior was different

• She realized her dog's behavior

• was different before the storm

• before the storm

She looked down and noticed the ants (a)   her.

• below

• beside

• around

• within