Prepositions Test

Identify the preposition in the sentence.
**Rosie walked the dog across the street.

• walked
• dog
• street
• across

Identify the OBJECT of the preposition
**Rosie walked the dog across the street.

• Rosie
• street
• dog
• walked

Identify the prepositional phrase.
**Rosie walked the dog across the street.

• walked her dog
• Rosie walked
• across the street
• dog across the street.

Identify the preposition in the sentence.
**Can you jump across the gully?

• jump
• across
• gully
• can

Identify the OBJECT of the preposition.
**The gravity on the moon is very weak.

• moon
• very
• weak
• gravity

Identify the prepositional phrase from the sentence.
**The gravity on the moon is very weak.

• very weak
• is very weak
• gravity on the moon
• on the moon

Identify the TWO prepositional phrases from the sentence.
*The Race to the moon ended in triumph.

• *the race
  *in triumph
• *the moon
  *race to the moon
• *to the moon 
  *in triumph

Identify the TWO PREPOSITIONS from the sentence.
*For centuries scientists have gazed at the stars.

• for
  at
• centuries
  gazed
• have
  at
• for
  gazed

Which preposition BEST completes the sentence?
*This season, he was having a lot of trouble ______ them.

• off
• with
• on
• since

Which preposition best completes the sentence?
*Dr. Anderson asked Scott to sit ________ the chair _______ the table. 

• on 
  by
• over
  by
• under
  by