Prepositions | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

What is the purpose of a determiner?
- to introduce verbs in a clause
- to introduce a noun in a clause ✓
- to introduce adjectives in a clause
Which of the following lists shows articles we can use as determiners?
- but, or, and
- a, an, the ✓
- my, your, their
Which of the following lists shows possessive pronouns we can use as determiners?
- my, our, its, their ✓
- she, he, it, they
- a, an, the
Which word in this sentence is a possessive pronoun? 'We went to our local shops.'
- we
- our ✓
- local
- to
Which is the correct article to use in this sentence? '__________ unknown animal has been stealing our food.'
- a
- an ✓
- the
In this sentence, what kind of determiner is used? 'We walked into the cinema and bought a ticket each.'
- possessive pronouns
- articles ✓
- nouns

If a group of words contains a verb, what do we call it?
- a phrase
- a clause ✓
- a preposition phrase
Select all the phrases below.
- a small, wooden box ✓
- we opened it carefully
- into the dark forest ✓
- they cautiously stepped in
In this sentence, which word is the preposition? 'Sam walked into the empty classroom.'
- walked
- into ✓
- the
In this sentence, which words are the preposition phrase? 'Sam walked into the empty classroom.'
- Sam walked
- walked into
- empty classroom
- into the empty classroom ✓
Which preposition best completes this sentence? 'When the maths lesson was over, we ran out __________ the sun.'
- of
- into ✓
- through
- for
What is the preposition phrase in this sentence? 'The moon, which was high in the night sky, was a perfect circle.'
- the moon was a perfect circle
- was a perfect circle
- which was high
- in the night sky ✓

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Prepositions tell the reader where or when something is in relation to something else.
Prepositions can indicate time, place or cause.
Prepositions can be single words or groups of words.
A phrase is a group of words with no verb.

Pupils may think that words stay as prepositions irrespective of what follows them.

Some words are prepositions when followed by a noun phrase, but they can be conjunctions or adverbs in other circumstances.

Preposition - word or words that can tell the reader where, when or why something is happening
Phrase - a group of words with no verb
Clause - a group of words that contains a verb
Indicate - show or signal