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WorksheetsPrepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 35mins
A preposition is a word that shows the 1) ___ of a noun or 2) ___ to some other word in a sentence.
1) relationship
2) verb
1) job
2) adjective
1) relationship
2) pronoun
1) job
2) adverb
Alexa walked through the door.
Before dinner, Landen went to the store.
Under a shady tree, Joseph rested.
Grace held the leash around her wrist.
Juan stayed focused during his reading.
The dog sat near Alaina.
Carmela wandered into the park.
Riley walked across the street.
Daisy enjoys working in the kitchen.
The host talked among his guests.
We rode our bikes along the road.
The dog sat by the warm fireplace.
He put the quarters into his piggy bank.
A prepositional phrase is made up of the 1) ___, 2) ___, and 3) ___.
1) preposition
2) its object
3) any adjectives that describe it
1) verb
2) adverb
3) subject
1) preposition
2) verb
3) adverb
1) pronoun
2) word it describes
3) its preposition
What part of speech is the first word of a prepositional phrase?
interjection
conjunction
preposition
adverb
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence. "We pulled the oars through the muddy water."
We pulled
the oars
through the muddy water
oars through
He put the quarters into his piggy bank.
Daisy enjoys working in the kitchen.
The dog sat by the warm fireplace.
The host talked among his guests.
We rode our bikes along the road.
Which parts of speech can be the object of a preposition?
adjective
noun
preposition
pronoun
What is the object of the preposition?
That car drove around the block a hundred times!
that
car
block
Find the object of the preposition:
Isaiah sat on his new bike.
sat
bike
Isiah
Find the object of the preposition:
Carmela wandered into the park.
wandered
the
park
The object of the preposition is a ___.
pronoun or adjective
verb or adverb
verb or noun
noun or pronoun
What is the object of the preposition in the following sentence? Shirley stayed inside the car.
stayed
inside
the
car
What is the object of the preposition in the sentence? Jack wants to sit by Joyce.
wants
Joyce
Jack
sit
Identify the preposition that tells the DIRECTION in the underlined phrase below.
He jumped over the wall.
over
the
wall
Identify the preposition that tells DIRECTION in the sentence below.
The football rolled down the hill.
rolled
down
the
hill
Identify the preposition that tells the TIME in the underlined phrase below.
She woke up before dawn.
before
dawn
Identify the preposition that tells TIME in the sentence below.
She had dance lessons at five o'clock.
dance
lessons
at
five o'clock
Identify the preposition that tells the LOCATION in the underlined phrase below.
The sock fell behind the dresser.
behind
the
dresser
Identify the preposition that tells DETAIL in the underlined phrase below.
She knows she is the hit of the party.
of
the
party
