Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Choose the prepositional phrase:

I eat my eggs with ketchup.

• with ketchup

• with

• I eat

• my eggs with ketchup

Fill in the missing preposition:

The policeman told the journalist that the corrupt politicians were _____ investigation.

• behind

• under

• with

• through

Fill in the missing preposition:

Yesterday, I had to explain English grammar ______ the class.

• under

• above

• to

• from

Fill in the missing preposition:

My friend has been sick _____ Monday.

• since

• about

• over

• into

All of the following are prepositions EXCEPT:

• here

• under

• before

• along

Please put the soda _______ the counter.

• on

• inside

• into

• within

Choose the part of the following sentence that is the prepositional phrase:

“I always eat popcorn at the movies.”

• I always

• eat popcorn

• at

• at the movies

Choose the part of the following sentence that is the prepositional phrase:

“My friend plays with his dog everyday.”

• My friend

• plays

• with his dog

• everyday

Choose the part of the following sentence that is the prepositional phrase: “John can jump rope for 50 minutes."

• John

• can jump rope

• for 50 minutes

• rope for

Choose the preposition that can replace “inside” without changing the meaning of the following sentence:

“Because it was raining, we moved the party inside the house.'

• into

• through

• beside

• units