Identifying Prepositions

Identifying Prepositions

Preposition Exercise

Read each sentence and click on each word that is a preposition. It is possible for a sentence to have no preposition. If that is the case leave all words unchecked. There could also be more than one preposition per sentence.

When checking your answers, the computer analyzes the sentence from the bottom up. And it can tell you only one mistake at a time.

Jack went into the hut and stole Piggy’s glasses.
1. Jack
2. went
3. into
4. the
5. hut
6. and
7. stole
8. Piggy's
9. glasses.
We drove past the house twice, but we didn’t know it.
1. We
2. drove
3. past
4. the
5. house
6. twice,
7. but
8. we
9. didn't
10. know
11. it.
Zoe drove to New Orleans in her parent’s new car.
1. Zoe
2. drove
3. to
4. New Orleans
5. in
6. her
7. parent's
8. new
9. car.
Simon gave Piggy a piece of his food.
1. Simon
2. gave
3. Piggy
4. a
5. piece
6. of
7. his
8. food.
The ball rolled across the street into the neighbor’s driveway.
1. The
2. ball
3. rolled
4. across
5. the
6. street
7. into
8. the
9. neighbor's
10. driveway.
I just came back from the bank, but I am out of money now.
1. I
2. just
3. came
4. back
5. from
6. the
7. bank,
8. but
9. I
10. am
11. out
12. of
13. money
14. now.
Between you and me, I don’t really like doing grammar.
1. Between
2. you
3. and
4. me,
5. I
6. don't
7. really
8. like
9. doing
10. grammar.
By now, you might be sick of grammar exercises.
1. By
2. now,
3. you
4. might
5. be
6. sick
7. of
8. grammar
9. exercises.
Chloe fell down the stairs.
1. Chloe
2. fell
3. down
4. the
5. stairs.
This window is so dirty I can’t see through it.
1. This
2. window
3. is
4. so
5. dirty
6. I
7. can't
8. see
9. through
10. it.
After this class, I have lunch.
1. After
2. this
3. class,
4. I
5. have
6. lunch.
The meatball fell off the table and landed on the floor.
1. The
2. meatball
3. fell
4. off
5. the
6. table
7. and
8. landed
9. on
10. the
11. floor.
The light above your head is broken.
1. The
2. light
3. above
4. your
5. head
6. is
7. broken.
My mother started yelling at me immediately.
1. My
2. mother
3. started
4. yelling
5. at
6. me
7. immediately.
Grandmother is waiting for you around the corner.
1. Grandmother
2. is
3. waiting
4. for
5. you
6. around
7. the
8. corner.