Name ____________________________ Date ________________

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Using Prepositions

Fill in the blank spaces with the preposition to make the complete sentence.

A cat got stuck a tree and its owner didnt know he got home from work. He called the fire service and asked them to come quickly. Fireman Jake walked the road and the cat, which was sat the branches of the tree. climbing his ladder, Fireman Jake was able to reach and rescue the cat.

Henry hid the corner so that his friends wouldnt find him. They were playing hide and seek so they were all running and the playground. Henry thought he was winning but just the bell rang, Jimmy came running him and found him.

Norris was a very old man who liked to walk the local forest, where he would watch the birds flying high the trees and the squirrels jumping the branches. Norris especially liked watching the rabbits burrowing the soil. However, the forest was sometimes very cold so he would always pack a warm jumper he left his house.

Now write your own short story with at least 5 prepositions.

List all of the prepositions you have used in these exercises.

Name ____________________________ Date ________________

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Using Prepositions: Answers

Fill in the blank spaces with the preposition to make the complete sentence.

A cat got stuck up a tree and its owner didnt know until he got home from work. He called the fire service and asked them to come quickly. Fireman Jake walked across the road and towards the cat, which was sat in the branches of the tree. After climbing his ladder, Fireman Jake was able to reach and rescue the cat.

Henry hid around the corner so that his friends wouldnt find him. They were playing hide and seek so they were all running up and down the playground. Henry thought he was winning but just before the bell rang, Jimmy came running towards him and found him.

Norris was a very old man who liked to walk through the local forest, where he would watch the birds flying high above the trees and the squirrels jumping across/through the branches. Norris especially liked watching the rabbits burrowing underneath the soil. However, the forest was sometimes very cold so he would always pack a warm jumper before he left his house.

Now write your own short story with at least 5 prepositions.

List all of the prepositions you have used in these exercises.

through

across

above

underneath

before

after

up

down

towards