Grade 4 students practice spotting multiple prepositional phrases inside one sentence in this English worksheet. Activities count phrases, name objects of prepositions, and combine choppy sentences with stacked phrases. Matching connects phrases to the questions they answer about when, where, how, and who. By the end, Grade 4 writers add layered details to sentences and quickly identify objects of prepositions across longer texts confidently.
Style:
Prepositions and Phrases
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. In 'The boy with the red hat walked into the store,' how many prepositional phrases are there? 2
2. The object of the preposition during in 'During recess, we played outside' is recess.
3. Combine: The pencil rolled. It rolled under the desk. It rolled near the wall. The pencil rolled under the desk near the wall.
4. In 'She read a book about dragons before bedtime,' the object of about is dragons.
5. How many prepositional phrases are in 'The dog ran through the park to the lake'? 2
6. The object of the preposition between in 'The puppy slept between the pillows' is pillows.
7. Combine: We hiked the trail. The trail goes around the lake. We hiked the trail around the lake.
8. Pronouns can be objects of prepositions. In 'with us,' the object of with is us.
9. In 'After school, we walked to the park with our friends,' name one object: school.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
before the bell
→ tells when an action happens
tells when an action happens
near the river
→ tells where something is located
tells where something is located
without permission
→ tells how an action is done
tells how an action is done
by the teacher
→ tells who did the action
tells who did the action
Prepositions and Phrases
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) In 'The boy with the red hat walked into the store,' how many prepositional phrases are there? 2
2) The object of the preposition during in 'During recess, we played outside' is recess.
3) Combine: The pencil rolled. It rolled under the desk. It rolled near the wall. The pencil rolled under the desk near the wall.
4) In 'She read a book about dragons before bedtime,' the object of about is dragons.
5) How many prepositional phrases are in 'The dog ran through the park to the lake'? 2
6) The object of the preposition between in 'The puppy slept between the pillows' is pillows.
7) Combine: We hiked the trail. The trail goes around the lake. We hiked the trail around the lake.
8) Pronouns can be objects of prepositions. In 'with us,' the object of with is us.
9) In 'After school, we walked to the park with our friends,' name one object: school.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
before the bell
→ tells when an action happens
tells when an action happens
near the river
→ tells where something is located
tells where something is located
without permission
→ tells how an action is done
tells how an action is done
by the teacher
→ tells who did the action
tells who did the action
Ready to Practice?
Complete each section carefully.
10 Questions
10-15 minutes
Auto-graded
Retry anytime
🏆
Questions Correct
0
Correct
0
Incorrect
0
Skipped
0:00
Time
0%
Score
Review Your Answers
See what you got right, missed, or skipped.