Let’s go through each question one by one. We’re looking for the
preposition in each sentence — that’s a word that shows relationship between things, like where something is or how it’s done (examples: *in, on, under, with, from, across*, etc.).
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1. Grock was making a new club from an animal bone.
Look at the options:
a) an → article
b) from → this tells us what the club was made *out of* → YES, preposition!
c) was → verb
d) new → adjective
✔ Answer:
b) from
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2. Oog dragged the cooked animal carcass into his cave.
Options:
a) his → possessive pronoun
b) the → article
c) cave → noun
d) into → tells us direction/location → YES, preposition!
✔ Answer:
d) into
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3. Unk saw a saber-toothed tiger stalking bison across the plain.
Options:
a) plain → noun
b) across → tells us where the tiger was stalking → YES, preposition!
c) a → article
d) watched → not even in the sentence! (trick option)
✔ Answer:
b) across
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4. Borg dropped large rocks on the bear that was investigating Borg's cave.
Options:
a) on → tells us where the rocks landed → YES, preposition!
b) that → relative pronoun
c) was → verb
d) the → article
✔ Answer:
a) on
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5. Uma wrapped her hair around a mastodon's thighbone.
Options:
a) her → possessive pronoun
b) a → article
c) around → tells us how she wrapped it → YES, preposition!
d) thigh → part of “thighbone” → noun
✔ Answer:
c) around
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6. Oog was hunting with Grock when wolves attacked the villagers.
Options:
a) was → verb
b) village → not even in the sentence! (“villagers” is there, but not “village”)
c) the → article
d) with → tells us who Oog was hunting *with* → YES, preposition!
✔ Answer:
d) with
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7. Unk hid behind the bush and awaited the mastodons.
Options:
a) and → conjunction
b) the → article
c) hid → verb
d) behind → tells us where Unk hid → YES, preposition!
✔ Answer:
d) behind
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Final Answer:
1. b) from
2. d) into
3. b) across
4. a) on
5. c) around
6. d) with
7. d) behind
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of prepositions worksheet middle school.
