Practice Prepositions

Identify the preposition: The cat slept peacefully on the couch.

• cat

• slept

• peacefully

• on

• the

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the preposition: We found the missing keys under the bed.

• found

• the

• under

• bed

• keys

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the preposition: After the storm, the rainbow appeared.

• after

• the

• storm

• rainbow

• appeared

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the preposition: He wanted to read quietly in the library.

• wanted

• to

• read

• in

• the

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the preposition: During the game, the crowd cheered loudly.

• during

• game

• the

• crowd

• loudly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the preposition: The bird flew over the mountains.

• flew

• over

• the

• mountains

• bird

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the preposition: In the morning, I like to drink coffee.

• in

• the

• morning

• to

• like

Answer explanation

There are lots of tricky things about this sentence.

to is being use as part of the verb. to drink is a verb.

like in this sentence is being used as a verb (action), not as a preposition.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the preposition: The children played by the river.

• river

• children

• by

• the

• played

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the preposition: At the museum, the painting caught our attention.

• at

• the

• caught

• our

• attention

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the preposition: The letter arrived from my cousin yesterday.

• from

• arrived

• my

• cousin

• yesterday

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E