Prepositions Practice: Prepositional Phrases

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

During the storm, the tree fell on the house.

• During the storm,

• the tree fell

• on the house.

• the storm, the tree fell

Identify the prepositional phrase.

The girl with the red hat sat on the bench.

• The girl with the red hat

• with the red hat sat on the bench.

• red hat sat on the bench.

• on the bench

A cat can climb twenty feet (a)   the tree.

• up

• down

• in

• around

I would like to work (a)   a farm.

• in
• above

• on
• with

Our Dogs

(1) My dogs are my best friends. (2) They like to play near a tree in

the backyard. (3) We gave the dogs a bath. (4) We put them in our bathtub.

(5) During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner. (6) We run with

the dogs on the beach. (7) I keep a photograph of my dogs on a shelf in my

room.

Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 3 and 4 by using a preposition?

• We gave the dogs a bath and the bathtub.

• We gave the dogs a bath we put them in our bathtub.

• We gave the dogs a bath in our bathtub.

• Make no change.

Our Dogs

(1) My dogs are my best friends. (2) They like to play near a tree in

the backyard. (3) We gave the dogs a bath. (4) We put them in our bathtub.

(5) During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner. (6) We run with

the dogs on the beach. (7) I keep a photograph of my dogs on a shelf in my

room.

Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 5 and 6 by using a preposition?

• During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner on the beach.

• During the summer we exercise the dogs after dinner we run with

  them.

• During the summer, we exercise the dogs after dinner run on the

  beach.

• Make no change.

The castaway made a fire (a)   seeing a ship in the distance.

• after

• because

• around

• between

Rewrite the sentence starting with a prepositional phrase.

The horse jumped over the barrier.

Answer explanation

Over the barrier, the horse jumped

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

She realized her dog's behavior was different before the storm.

• her dog's behavior was different

• She realized her dog's behavior

• was different before the storm

• before the storm

She looked down and noticed the ants (a)   her.

• below

• beside

• around

• within