Identifying Prepositions

Identifying Prepositions

Preposition Exercise

Sentences come from 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#@ Out of You* by Cary McNeal.

Read each sentence and click on each word that is a preposition. It is possible for a sentence to have no preposition. If that is the case leave all words unchecked. There could also be more than one preposition per page.

When checking your answers, the computer analyzes the sentence from the bottom up. And it can tell you only one mistake at a time.

Telephones carry the most germs in an office.
1. Telephones
2. carry
3. the
4. most
5. germs
6. in
7. an
8. office.
The place where you rest your hands on your desk is home to 10 million bacteria at any given time.
1. The
2. place
3. where
4. you
5. rest
6. your
7. hands
8. on
9. your
10. desk
11. is
12. home
13. to
14. 10 million
15. bacteria
16. at
17. any
18. given
19. time.
Office desks have 400 times more bacteria on them than toilet seats.
1. Office
2. desks
3. have
4. 400
5. times
6. more
7. bacteria
8. on
9. them
10. than
11. toilet
12. seats.
Hourly wages for 80 percent of U.S. workers have risen by just 1 percent after inflation since 1979.
1. Hourly
2. wages
3. for
4. 80
5. percent
6. of
7. U.S.
8. workers
9. have
10. risen
11. by
12. just
13. 1
14. percent
15. after
16. inflation
17. since
18. 1979.
Almost 80 percent of workers admit that they have, or would consider, stealing from their employers.
1. Almost
2. 80
3. percent
4. of
5. workers
6. admit
7. that
8. they
9. have,
10. or
11. would
12. consider,
13. stealing
14. from
15. their
16. employers.
Approximately 740 million people worldwide are plagued with hookworm.
1. Approximately
2. 740 million
3. people
4. worldwide
5. are
6. plagued
7. with
8. hookworm.
Blowing your nose when you have a cold generates enormous pressure and propels mucus into the sinuses.
1. Blowing
2. your
3. nose
4. when
5. you
6. have
7. a
8. cold
9. generates
10. enormous
11. pressure
12. and
13. propels
14. mucus
15. into
16. the
17. sinuses.
If you wear a ring, the number of germs living beneath it could be equal to the entire population of Europe.
1. If
2. you
3. wear
4. a
5. ring,
6. the
7. number
8. of
9. germs
10. living
11. beneath
12. it
13. could
14. be
15. equal
16. to
17. the
18. entire
19. population
20. of
21. Europe.
A sneeze expels germ-filled droplets up to thirty feet.
1. A
2. sneeze
3. expels
4. germ-filled
5. droplets
6. up
7. to
8. thirty
9. feet.
A thirty-two-year-old woman fell from a roller coaster at Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari theme park in Santa Claus, Indiana in 2003 and was killed.
1. A
2. thirty-two-year-old
3. woman
4. fell
5. from
6. a
7. roller
8. coaster
9. at
10. Holidy World and Splash' Safari
11. theme
12. park
13. in
14. Santa Claus,
15. Indiana
16. in
17. 2003
18. and
19. was
20. killed.
Almost 50 percent of men and 24 percent of women do not wash their hands after their trip to the bathroom.
1. Almost
2. 50
3. percent
4. of
5. men
6. and
7. 24
8. percent
9. of
10. women
11. do
12. not
13. wash
14. their
15. hands
16. after
17. their
18. trip
19. to
20. the
21. bathroom.
Flushing the toilet can propel small drops of aerosolized fecal matter through the air for almost twenty feet, potentially landing on every surface in your bathroom.
1. Flushing
2. the
3. toilet
4. can
5. propel
6. small
7. drops
8. of
9. aerosilized
10. fecal
11. matter
12. through
13. the
14. air
15. for
16. almost
17. twenty
18. feet,
19. potentially
20. landing
21. on
22. every
23. surface
24. in
25. your
26. bathroom.
The United States has 2.3 million people behind bars.
1. The
2. United
3. States
4. has
5. 2.3 million
6. people
7. behind
8. bars.
When a body was mummified in Ancient Egypt, the brain was removed through the nostrils.
1. When
2. a
3. body
4. was
5. mummified
6. in
7. Ancient
8. Egypt,
9. the
10. brain
11. was
12. removed
13. through
14. the
15. nostrils.
The moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimeters per year.
1. The
2. moon
3. is
4. moving
5. away
6. from
7. Earth
8. at
9. a
10. rate
11. of
12. 3.8
13. centimeters
14. per
15. year.
The longest case of hiccups on record lasted sixty-nine years.
1. The
2. longest
3. case
4. of
5. hiccups
6. on
7. record
8. lasted
9. sixty-nine
10. years.
Some of the most prestigious libraries in the United States have books bound in human skin.
1. Some
2. of
3. the
4. most
5. prestigious
6. libraries
7. in
8. the
9. United
10. Sates
11. have
12. books
13. bound
14. in
15. human
16. skin.
The Iron Maiden was an upright coffin with interior spikes used in Medieval torture.
1. The
2. Iron
3. Maiden
4. was
5. an
6. upright
7. coffin
8. with
9. interior
10. spikes
11. used
12. in
13. Medieval
14. torture.
Someone inside an Iron Maiden had their lungs and eyes pierced by the spikes.
1. Someone
2. inside
3. an
4. Iron
5. Maiden
6. had
7. their
8. lungs
9. and
10. eyes
11. pierced
12. by
13. the
14. spikes.
Six people died in bullfights in 2004.
1. Six
2. people
3. died
4. in
5. bullfights
6. in
7. 2004.

Identifying Prepositions

Preposition ExerciseSentences come from 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*@ Out of You by Cary McNeal.

Preposition Exercise

Sentences come from 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#@ Out of You* by Cary McNeal.