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Prepositions Worksheet
With Police...

Reading Level 2

Part One | Identifying Prepositions

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

1. 	Officer Ramirez forgot his badge at home.	

a)	his	b)	home	
c)	forgot	d)	at	

2. 	Chief Grady sent Officer Ramirez to the crime scene.	

a)	to	b)	sent	
c)	the	d)	scene	

3. 	It's a good thing that Officer Lex was with Officer Gomez when they found the shooter.	

a)	that	b)	with	
c)	they	d)	a	

4. 	Lex has been a police officer for twenty years.	

a)	a	b)	been	
c)	has	d)	for	

5. 	Lex knew that the criminals were in their hideout.	

a)	the	b)	in	
c)	hideout	d)	that	

6. 	Chief Grady was very tired of Officer Ramirez's poor conduct.	

a)	of	b)	very	
c)	was	d)	poor	

7. 	Lex and Riley were chasing the cat burglar through the alleyway.	

a)	and	b)	were	
c)	alleyway	d)	through	

8. 	Gomez would not stop chasing these vicious criminals until they were all behind bars.	

a)	all	b)	not	
c)	behind	d)	were	

9. 	Officer Lex threw the cat burglar against the wall and read him his rights.	

a)	and	b)	against	
c)	his	d)	threw	

10. 	Chief Grady was neither warm nor sweet so he took his coffee cold and without sugar.	

a)	without	b)	so	
c)	nor	d)	wasn't	

11. 	Gomez found the fugitive hiding under her mother's bed.	

a)	her	b)	bed	
c)	under	d)	hiding	

12. 	Lex couldn't finish his paperwork before lunch.	

a)	lunch	b)	couldn't	
c)	his	d)	before	

13. 	The cat burglar jumped over the barbed wire fence and kept running.	

a)	over	b)	and	
c)	The	d)	kept	

14. 	Officer Lex lost all hope for solving the case once the cat burglar had escaped.	

a)	all	b)	had	
c)	once	d)	for	

15. 	Lex acted bravely during the chase but the suspect eluded him.	

a)	but	b)	during	
c)	chase	d)	the	

16. 	Lex knew that if he wasn't careful, evidence would slip between the cracks.	

a)	if	b)	slip	
c)	between	d)	that	

17. 	Officers Lex and Gomez heard five or six gunshots and ran toward them.	

a)	or	b)	and	
c)	toward	d)	them	

18. 	Lex jumped into the firefight so that he could protect the hostage.	

a)	so	b)	he	
c)	could	d)	into	

19. 	Officers Lex and Gomez got their pistols from the supply room. 	

a)	from	b)	got	
c)	the	d)	their	

20. 	Ramirez seems fearless but he is deathly afraid of bugs.	

a)	but	b)	of	
c)	seems	d)	is	

21. 	Officer Lex looked for clues that might help him solve the crime.	

a)	might	b)	that	
c)	him	d)	for	

22. 	Lex was having trouble sleeping at night ever since the cat burglar escaped him.	

a)	was	b)	him	
c)	at	d)	ever	

23. 	Gomez read the cat burglar his rights and then forcefully threw him into the police car.	

a)	into 	b)	car	
c)	then	d)	his	

24. 	The cat burglar sat before the judge and awaited his sentence.	

a)	sat	b)	and	
c)	before	d)	the	

Part Two | Redundant Prepositions

Directions: Read each sentence. Determine which one of your answer choices is a redundant or unnecessary preposition. Circle your response.

25. 	The robber threw his gun out of the window when Lex got behind him with his lights flashing.	

a)	with	b)	out	
c)	behind	d)	of	

26. 	The cat burglar found where the safe was at, cut a hole in it, and put the gems from the safe into a backpack.	

a)	in	b)	at	
c)	from	d)	into	

27. 	Lex looked for clues inside of the house with a magnifying glass.	

a)	with	b)	inside	
c)	for	d)	of	

28. 	Lex was looking around the station for Chief Grady but he wasn't in his office and Lex had no idea where he went to.	

a)	in	b)	around	
c)	to	d)	for	

29. 	The cat burglar jumped off of the ledge, landed safely in the bushes, and bolted down the street.	

a)	in	b)	down	
c)	of	d)	off	

30. 	The cat burglar did not know where he was at but he kept running with the bag full of stolen gems on his back.	

a)	with	b)	at	
c)	of	d)	on