Prepositions Practice Questions PDF

**Prepositions** **Some of the most common prepositions are:** aboard about above across after against -------- ------------ ------------ ------------- --------- --------- along amid among around as at before behind below...

**Prepositions** **Some of the most common prepositions are:** aboard about above across after against -------- ------------ ------------ ------------- --------- --------- along amid among around as at before behind below beneath beside between beyond by concerning down during except for from in in front of inside into like near next to of off on onto out out of outside over past since through throughout till to towards inder underneath unlike until up up to upon via with within without 1. **Complete each sentence with two possible prepositions.** a. The spider ran \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ / \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the window ledge. b. The vampire crept slowly \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ / \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the crypt. c. She walked \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ / \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the classroom. d. In 1969m humans flew into space and headed \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ / \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the moon. e. Ming decided to drive her car \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ / \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the Great Ocean Road. 2. **In 2008, Suzanne Collins wrote *The Hunger Games.* In this extract, the protagonist (main character), Katniss Everdeen, describes entering the arena. Underline the prepositions in this extract.** We're on a flat, open stretch of ground. A plain of hard-packed dirt. Behind the tributes across from me, I can see nothing, indicating either a steep downward slope or even cliff. To my right lies a lake. To my left and back, spars piney woods. This is where Haymitch would want me to go. Immediately. I hear his instructions in my head. "Just clear out, put as much distance as you can between yourselves and the others, and find a source of water." But it's tempting, so tempting, when I see the bounty waiting there before me. And I know that if I don't get it, someone else will. That the Career Tributes who survive the bloodbath will divide up most of these life-sustaining spoils. Something catches my eye. There, resting on a mound of blanket rolls, is a silver sheath of arrows and a bow, already strung, just waiting to be engaged. That's mine, I think. It's meant for me. 3. **Underline the prepositions in each of the following sentences.** f. I wake up at 7'oclock. g. The cat hid under the chair. h. The boys crawled into the cupboard. i. The cow jumped over the moon. j. The soup is in the pot. k. The elephant sat on my foot. l. The sun set behind the mountains. m. The dog with the long tail is mine.