Prepositional Phrase Exercises

Ex 1
The following exercises will help you gain greater understanding about how prepositional phrases
work. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. There are lots of birds nesting __under the leaves___.

1. Under the Leaves

2. There

3. Now

2. After school, the children played tag __at the park___.

1. At the park

2. Roughly

3. And baseball

3. Come ___into the store_____ with me.

1. Home

2. Over

3. Into the store

4. __for one hundred years__ the chair sat mouldering in the attic.

1. Sad to say,

2. For one hundred years

3. Incredibly

5. I gave the children pizza _instead of__ pancakes for breakfast today.

1. Instead of
 2. Because of

3. Any more

 
List of Prepositional Phrases
The following is by no means a complete list of prepositional phrases. While there are only about
150 prepositions in the English language, there are thousands of other words that can make their
way into prepositional phrases. Learn to create a colorful prepositional phrase, and your writing
will be wonderfully appealing.
Down the tree
Up the hill
Around the mulberry bush
Into the woods
With chopped nuts
Near a fast-flowing river
Within the book’s pages
Through the tunnel
In spite of
Instead of
Any more
On account of
To the fact that
Because of
 

Prepositional phrases exercise 2  

Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositional phrases.

1. I would rather have coffee …………………… tea.

instead of 
instead from
2. …………………… the rains, we went out.
In spite of
Despite of
In spite 
3. ……………………… fire, break glass to escape.
In case of 
In case 
In case with 
4. I am standing here ……………………… my friends.
in behalf of 
on behalf of

On behalf

5. We solved the problem …………………. a new device

developed by our engineers.
by means of 
by means 
by means to 
6. ………………….., I had a happy childhood.
On the whole 
In the whole
By the whole 
7. Can you help me …………………… .?
in anyway
any way
in any way
8. She didn’t allow cancer to discourage her.
……………………, she began to work twice as hard.
On the contrary 
By the contrary 
In the contrary 
9. …………………, we are impressed with her performance.
In general 
On general 
By general 
10. I am seeing him in May – ………………….. in June.
rather 
or rather 
in rather

Answer key on notes

Exercise 3 Write if it is acting as an adjective , noun or adverb
1.The girl in the middle is the best dancer. Adj

.2.She went to the store.adv

3.Behind the school is a park.noun

4.The grocery store across town has a great produce selection.adj

5.My dad took his boat to the lake. Adv

6.After the movie is the perfect time to get dinner.Noun

7.The park near the lake has an off-leash dog area.adj

8.My sister clapped for her team.adv

9. During the flight is a good time to catch up on work.noun

10. The restaurant behind my house is loud.adj

11. My brother ran to his girlfriend’s house.adv

12. The neighbors to my right have a lot of parties.adj