Fill in the Prepositions

A preposition is a word that connects nouns or pronouns with other words in a sentence. Prepositions can tell how, when, what, how much, or where. Choose the word in the following sentence that is the preposition:

“Anna placed her book inside her locker."

• her

• inside

• placed

• locker

Choose the prepositional phrase that can BEST be added to the following sentence:

“The clouds began to form.”

• beside the dark sky

• with the dark sky

• next to the dark sky

• in the dark sky

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

“Mike ran across the park without stopping to play.”

• behind

• between

• through

• after

Choose the prepositional phrase:

I eat my eggs with ketchup.

• with ketchup

• with

• I eat

• my eggs with ketchup

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

Fill in the blank with the most logical preposition:

I lost the remote control ____________ the sofa.

• outside

• before

• through

• under

Identify the preposition in this sentence: Recess was held inside the classroom because it was raining.

• Recess

• held

• inside

• raining

Fill in the blank with the most logical preposition:

Ms. Pulaski met her husband _________ the movie.

• before

• over

• toward

• under

Fill in the blank with the most logical preposition:

At the White House, the tour guide took the students _______ a bunch of rooms.

• during

• under

• through

• over

A prepositions relates a ______ or _____ to another word in the sentence.

• Verb

• Adverb

• Noun

• Pronoun