Prepositions

What is a preposition?

• Words that describe the position of something, the time when something happens and the way in which something is done.

• Words that show action.

• Words that can be a person, place or thing.

• Words that show an exclamation or sudden expression within a sentence that has no real connection to it.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

Which word is the preposition in the sentence:

The child slid under the table.

• child

• slid

• under

• table

Identify the preposition in the sentence:

Somebody's phone rang during the movie.

• Somebody

• phone

• rang

• during

What is the preposition in the following sentence:

The player ran around the bases.

• player

• ran

• around

• bases

Identify the preposition in the following sentence:

The coconut was high above our heads, so nobody could reach it.

• coconut

• high

• heads

• above

Identify the preposition in the following sentence:

The cat lay across my lap.

• cat

• lay

• across

• lap

Identify the preposition in the following sentence:

After dinner, we ate dessert.

• After

• dinner

• ate

• dessert

Identify the preposition in the following sentence:

The broom was leaning against the fence.

• broom

• leaning

• against

• fence

Identify the preposition in the following sentence:

We parked in the parking lot behind the building.

• parked

• parking

• lot

• behind

Identify the preposition in the sentence:

We sat beneath the tree and enjoyed the shade.

• We

• sat

• beneath

• tree