Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Answer Key - Grade 3 Grammar Worksheet - Challenge Me

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1. 1.

   Which prepositional phrase tells when? “After breakfast, Leo walked to the park.”

   • Leo walked
   • to the park
   • After breakfast
   • walked to
2. 2.

   Which phrase tells which book? “The book on the shelf is mine.”

   • The book
   • on the shelf
   • is mine
   • the shelf
3. 3.

   Which word best completes the sentence? “We walked ___ the dark tunnel.”

   • across
   • between
   • onto
   • through
4. 4.

   Which prepositional phrase tells where? “During the storm, the cat hid under the bed.”

   • under the bed
   • During the storm
   • hid under
   • the cat hid
5. 5.

   In “The girl with the red hat is my sister,” which phrase tells which girl?

   • The girl
   • is my sister
   • with the red hat
   • the red hat
6. 6.

   Which word best completes the sentence? “The ferry carried us ___ the lake to the other shore.”

   • among
   • across
   • under
   • into
7. 7.

   How many prepositional phrases are in “In the morning, we walked along the beach”?

   • one
   • four
   • two
   • three
8. 8.

   In “We hiked up the hill before sunset,” what does “before sunset” tell?

   • where we hiked
   • why we hiked
   • how we hiked
   • when we hiked
9. 9.

   Which word best completes the sentence? “The cat jumped ___ the table to reach the toy on top.”

   • onto
   • inside
   • under
   • through
10. 10.

    Add one phrase that tells when and one that tells where. Draft: The class ate lunch.

    Example: At noon, the class ate lunch under a big tree.