NEW WORLD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ACADEMIC SESSION 2019–2020
ENGLISH -SECOND TERM
PRACTICE WORKSHEET- PREPOSITIONS
GRADE-V
Name:___________________________________ Grade/Sec___________ Date:______________
I. Circle the preposition in each sentence from the bracket.
1. I went (aboard/ across) the cruise ship just in time.
2. My mom looked (beyond/after) me when I was young.
3. I sat (over/between) my two best friends at the assembly.
4. Someone tapped my shoulder, so I looked (past/behind) me.
5. My father had to crawl (about/under) the house to look for the raccoon.
6. I leaned (against/ down) the wall because my legs were hurting.
7. I ran (round/towards) the light because I was scared.
8. Since I am tall, I can see (under/over) many people in the audience.
9. I went (to/above) school early in the morning.
10.You are (except/among) some of my best friends.
II. Complete the passage using the proper preposition from the box given below.
near till with through around behind for
from at of in by to outside
I’m Peter and I live _________ Germany. _________ summer, I like to travel
_________ Italy, because __________ the weather and the people there. Last summer I
took a plane __________ Munich to Rome. __________ the airport we went to our hotel
________ bus. We stopped __________ a small restaurant for a quick meal. The driver
parked the bus ____________ the restaurant. Nobody could find the bus and the
driver, so we waited ___________ the restaurant ___________ one hour. The driver was
walking __________ the small park ___________ the restaurant which we did not know.
So, we were very angry __________ him. But my holidays were great. We sat
___________ campfires and went dancing _________ the early mornings.
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NEW WORLD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ACADEMIC SESSION 2019–2020
ENGLISH -SECOND TERM
ANSWER KEY- PREPOSITIONS
GRADE-V
I. Circle the preposition in each sentence from the bracket.
1. I went (aboard/ across) the cruise ship just in time.
2. My mom looked (beyond/after) me when I was young.
3. I sat (over/between) my two best friends at the assembly.
4. Someone tapped my shoulder, so I looked (past/behind) me.
5. My father had to crawl (around/under) the house to look for the raccoon.
6. I leaned (against/ down) the wall because my legs were hurting.
7. I ran (round/towards) the light because I was scared.
8. Since I am tall, I can see (under/over) many people in the audience.
9. I went (to/above) school early in the morning.
10.You are (except/among) some of my best friends.
II. Complete the passage using the proper preposition from the box given below.
Near till with through around behind for
from at of in by to outside
I’m Peter and I live ____in_____ Germany. ___In___ summer, I like to travel ____to_____
Italy, because ____of______ the weather and the people there. Last summer I took a plane
____from______ Munich to Rome. ___From___ the airport we went to our hotel __by__ bus. We
stopped ___at___ a small restaurant for a quick meal. The driver parked the bus _behind_ the
restaurant. Nobody could find the bus and the driver, so we waited ___outside___ the restaurant
__for__ one hour. The driver was walking __through__ the small park __near__ the restaurant
which we did not know. So, we were very angry __with__ him. But my holidays were great. We
sat __round__ campfires and went dancing __till__ the early mornings.
