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Prepositions Worksheet
With Police...

Reading Level 3

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 absentmindedly forgot his badge at home.	

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

2. 	Chief Grady sent Officer Ramirez to the interrogation room.	

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

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

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

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

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

5. 	Lex suspected that the criminals would be in their hideout.	

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

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

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

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

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

8. 	Gomez swore that he would not stop pursuing the perpetrators of this heinous act 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 Miranda rights.	

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

10. 	Chief Grady was neither warm nor sweet so, accordingly, 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 acquaintance's bed.	

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

12. 	Officer Lex couldn't finish his paperwork before lunchtime.	

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

13. 	The cat burglar dexterously 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 dastardly cat burglar had escaped.	

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

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

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

16. 	Lex knew that if he didn't examine the crime scene carefully, 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 to investigate.	

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. 	Officer Lex searched fastidiously 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 eluded him.	

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

23. 	Officer Gomez read the cat burglar his Miranda 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 punishment.	

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 weapon out of the window when Officer Lex got behind him with his lights flashing.	

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

26. 	The cat burglar located 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. 	Officer Lex searched for clues inside of the house with a magnifying glass.	

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

28. 	Officer Lex was looking around the police 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 balcony, landed safely in the bushes, and bolted down the walkway.	

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

30. 	The cat burglar did not recognize 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