Grammar and composition exercises focusing on identifying prepositions and adverbs in sentences.

Exercise in Grammar 65
1. Come down. - Adverb
2. We sailed down the river. - Preposition
3. The man walked round the house. - Preposition
4. He sat on a stool. - Preposition
5. The carriage moved on. - Adverb
6. The soldiers passed by. - Adverb
7. The man turned round. - Adverb
8. We all went in. - Adverb
9. He is in the room. - Preposition
10. He hid behind the door. - Preposition
11. I left him behind. - Adverb
12. She sat by the cottage door. - Preposition
13. The path leads through the woods. - Preposition
14. I have read the book through. - Adverb
15. The storm is raging throughout. - Adverb
16. We cannot live without water. - Preposition

Exercise in Composition 66
Behind
(1) as Preposition: The dog was running behind.
(2) as Adverb: There is a garden behind the house.

Up
(1) as Preposition: I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
(2) as Adverb: The dog went up the tree.

By
(1) as Preposition: I'll stop by.
(2) as Adverb: The postoffice is by the bus station.

Along
(1) as Preposition: Why don't you come along.
(2) as Adverb: All the students walked along the road in a line.