Finding Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases in Sentences

Identify the preposition in the following sentence: Jennifer walked over to her neighbor's house.

• Jennifer

• walked

• over

• house

Identify the prepositions in the following sentence: My brother lives near a museum in New York.

• My, a

• lives, near

• near, in

• in, brother

Identify the preposition in the following sentence: A street sweeper drove slowly down the street.

• sweeper

• down

• drove

• slowly

Identify the preposition in the following sentence: My bowl on the table contains oatmeal.

• table

• bowl

• contains

• on

Identify the preposition in the following sentence: Ashlee returned the lost iPod to the office.

• lost

• to

• returned

• office

Identify the prepositions in the following sentence: The house near the highway is filled with ghosts.

• near, highway

• near, with

• house, is

• is, filled

Identify the prepositions in the following sentence: My friend sat on the seat next to the door

• on, next to

• friend, sat

• seat, next to

• on, the

Identify the preposition in the following sentence: My mom and dad are from Mexico.

• are

• from

• Mexico

• Mom

Identify the prepositions in the following sentence: Spencer ate his lunch under the tree at the park.

• Spencer, ate

• ate, his

• under, tree

• under, at

Identify the prepositions in the following sentences: This book is an interesting read about women during the Civil War.

• This, book

• about, during

• an, the

• women, Civil War