Prepositions

Name the preposition.
Charles Schulz wrote about everyday problems.

• wrote
• about
• everyday
• problems

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Name the object of the preposition.
Newspapers throughout the world published his comics.

• newspapers
• throughout
• world
• comics

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Name the preposition: 
Charles Schulz wrote 17,897 "Peanuts" comic strips in his lifetime.

• in his lifetime
• in
• lifetime
• his

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Name the object of the preposition.
Fans of the cartoonist read his comic strips eagerly.

• fans
• cartoonist
• of
• comic strips

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which prepositional phrase has a compound object of the preposition?

• to his website
• in 1950
• without a coat or a scarf
• according to his mother

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the prepositional phrase:
We had to leave quickly because a storm was upon us.

• to leave
• because a storm
• upon us
• was upon us

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

How many prepositions are in the sentence:
Aside from writing essays, we have to learn grammar,  to edit paragraphs, and to work in groups.

• 2
• 3
• 1
• 4

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Which word can never be a preposition?

• before
• throughout
• toward
• not

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the prepositional phrase:
It is time to write correctly, to speak correctly, and to think outside the box.

• to write
• outside the box
• to think
• to speak

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the preposition.

• henceforth
• therefore
• this
• of 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E