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Prepositions Test
With Cave People...

Reading Level 1

Part One | Identifying Prepositions

Directions: Read each sentence. Determine which of your answer choices is being used as a preposition. Circle your response.

1. 	Grock was making a new club from a bone.	

a)	bone	b)	from	
c)	was	d)	new	

2. 	Oog dragged the cooked food into his cave.	

a)	his	b)	the	
c)	cave	d)	into	

3. 	Unk saw a saber-toothed tiger across the plain.	

a)	plain	b)	across	
c)	a	d)	watched	

4. 	Borg dropped rocks on the bear that was entering Borg's cave.	

a)	on	b)	that	
c)	was	d)	the	

5. 	Uma wrapped her hair around a bear's thigh-bone.	

a)	her	b)	a	
c)	around	d)	thigh	

6. 	Oog was hunting with Grock when wolves attacked the camp.	

a)	was	b)	camp	
c)	the	d)	with	

7. 	Unk hid behind the bush and awaited the herd.	

a)	and	b)	the	
c)	hid	d)	behind	

8. 	Borg would not face the saber-toothed cat without his club.	

a)	would	b)	not	
c)	without	d)	his	

9. 	Uma wrapped her baby in a fur.	

a)	a	b)	in	
c)	her	d)	fur	

10. 	Oog used simple tools to make his wheels.	

a)	to	b)	used	
c)	his	d)	wheels	

11. 	Grock can make a fire by rubbing two sticks.	

a)	two	b)	can	
c)	a	d)	by	

Part Two | Prepositional Phrases

Directions: Read each sentence. Identify the complete prepositional phrase. Circle your response.

12. 	Uma heard the wolves howling at the moon.	

a)	the moon	b)	at the moon	
c)	howling at the moon	d)	wolves howling at the moon	

13. 	Unk was not afraid of wolves but he didn't like them.	

a)	of wolves	b)	like them	
c)	didn't like them	d)	of wolves but he didn't like them	

14. 	Oog was building a shelter with tree branches.	

a)	with tree branches	b)	shelter with tree branches	
c)	a shelter with tree branches	d)	building a shelter with tree branches	

15. 	Grock couldn't start a fire with the wet wood.	

a)	With the wet wood	b)	fire with the wet wood	
c)	a fire with the wet wood	d)	start a fire with the wet wood	

16. 	Unk was tired from carrying large rocks.	

a)	carrying large rocks	b)	from carrying large rocks	
c)	tired from carrying large rocks	d)	was tired from carrying large rocks	

17. 	Borg and Uma rested inside the cave until the storm stopped.	

a)	until the storm	b)	until the storm stopped	
c)	inside the cave	d)	inside the cave until	

18. 	Grock was the fastest man in his tribe.	

a)	his tribe	b)	in his tribe	
c)	the fastest man in his tribe	d)	was the fastest man in his tribe	

19. 	Borg hunted the white wolf under the moonlight.	

a)	the moonlight	b)	white wolf under the moonlight	
c)	the white wolf under the moonlight	d)	under the moonlight	

20. 	Uma carried her baby across the marsh.	

a)	her baby across	b)	across the marsh	
c)	baby across the marsh	d)	her baby across the marsh	

21. 	Oog threw a rock at the bird but he missed.	

a)	at the bird	b)	he missed	
c)	but he missed	d)	at the bird but he missed	

22. 	Unk used a seashell for a spearhead.	

a)	for a spearhead	b)	seashell for a spearhead	
c)	used a seashell	d)	used a seashell for a spearhead	

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1. 	B	
2. 	D	
3. 	B	
4. 	A	
5. 	C	
6. 	D	
7. 	D	
8. 	C	
9. 	B	
10. 	A	
11. 	D	
12. 	B	
13. 	A	
14. 	A	
15. 	A	
16. 	B	
17. 	C	
18. 	B	
19. 	D	
20. 	B	
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