Dear students, here's a quiz on prepositions to test your understanding of this important part of the English language. Try to answer the following questions to the best of your knowledge. Good luck!
- What is a preposition?
- Can you name five common prepositions?
- How do prepositions relate to nouns and pronouns in a sentence?
- In the sentence "I went to the store ___ bread," what preposition would complete the sentence?
- Which preposition would you use to describe a location above something else?
- In the sentence "The dog jumped ___ the fence," what preposition would complete the sentence?
- Which preposition would you use to describe a location inside something else?
- In the sentence "We went to the park ___ the rain stopped," what preposition would complete the sentence?
- Which preposition would you use to describe a location beside or next to something else?
- In the sentence "I'm not interested ___ football," what preposition would complete the sentence?
Answers:
- A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.
- Examples of common prepositions include: in, on, at, with, to.
- Prepositions usually come before the noun or pronoun and help to show its relationship to other parts of the sentence.
- "for".
- "above".
- "over".
- "inside".
- "before".
- "beside" or "next to".
- "in".