University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Basic Prepositions Quiz
Grammar quiz asks students to supply the missing prepositions (in, at, on) to form complete sentences.
Lingolex
Lingolex.com: Prepositions of Place: For Beginners
Effective illustrations of some commonly used prepositions that will aid students in learning grammar in both English and Spanish.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Grammar Quizzes
This site from The Internet TESL Journal is developed for students for whom English is a Second Language (ESL). This is packed full of helpful quizzes covering all aspects of English grammar, from articles to sentence structure to word...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Unnecessary Preposition
This page explains that changes in usage over time makes the use of prepostions in certain instances unnecessary. While they are not technically incorrect, they lead to wordiness and should not be used. Examples are provided.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Basic Prepositions
This site explains the various uses for "in," "on," and "at" in phrases referring to transportation, time, and communications (TV, radio, etc.). Also links to a practice exercise.
University of Texas at Austin
Tex's French Grammar: Contractions of a and De
This lesson from Tex's French Grammar is a wonderful site with clear explanation of forming conntractions with the prepositions "a" and "de", with written and audio usage examples and interactive practice exercises.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Ending a Sentence With a Preposition
This page explains when it is acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition and when it is not.
Other
Les Jeux D'orthonet: Interactive French Grammar Exercises
These multilevel French grammar interactive exercises concentrate on agreement of past participles and the like.
TES Global
Tes: Expanded Noun Phrases Grammar Narrative
[Free Registration/Login Required] This activity gives students the opportunity to add a prepositional phrase to a noun. In this activity, students will use the preposition "with" to begin the elaborative phrase for each provided noun.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Grammar: Try It: Other Parts of Speech
This is a non-graded practice activity in which students identify conjunctions, prepositions, and articles in a passage.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Grammar Review for Spanish El Ls
Fantastic site for teaching Spanish-speaking English language learners. This section of the Ingles Mundial website provides review material and exercises on matters of English grammar: subject-verb agreement, use of prepositions, etc....
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Adjectives
A clear, concise explanation of adjectives, including some tricky usages, how to order adjectives in a sentence, and some idiomatic uses of prepositions with -ed participles. The emphasis is on HOW adjectives are used more than on WHY...
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Prepositions Level 3
This site from The Internet TESL Journal provides a ten question (English as a second language) tutorial. This test site presents a complete sentence and asks whether there is a correct or incorrect usage of prepositions. Part of a...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Prepositions Using Football
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using football to explore prepositions. Reviews and practices using prepositions.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The King's English: Prepositions
Part of H.W. Fowler's classic text on the use and misuse of the English language, "The King's English" (1908) section on prepositions focuses on their idiomatic nature. A comprehensive but a bit outdated manual, "The King's English"...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Prepositions
This site offers basic but very thorough information on prepositions and prepositional phrases. Uses visual images and simple explanations, including a more detailed discussion of how some prepositional phrases also serve as...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Prepositional Phrase
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a prepositional phrase in the context of a sentence.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Las Preposiciones
Here one can learn the concept of the personal a in the context of Spanish prepositions. Learn when and when not to use the Spanish "a" as a preposition or in the role of the personal a. Also learn how to use subject pronouns as...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Prepositional Phrases
Prepositions indicate the location of a thing to another thing across time or space. Prepositional phrases contain a preposition and its object. [0:44]
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Prepositional Phrases
This section of an online grammar guide explains how to identify prepositional phrases.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: 4th Grade Grammar
This article focuses on the grammar of 4th grade including the beginning of more adult conversation, a grammar review from previous grades, more irregular verbs, prepositions and prepositional phrases, and improved sentence structure.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: 3rd Grade Grammar
This article focuses on the grammar and punctuation that third graders need to learn including the parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adverbs, and prepositions), punctuation marks (question mark, exclamation points, and periods), and the...
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Grammar Identify Objects
This article focuses on identifying objects in sentences including direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions. Examples of each are provided.
University College London
University College London: Prepositions
This site is from the Internet Grammar of English from the University college of London. It offers a decent explanation of prepostions, elaborating on complex and marginal prepositions. Offers a self-quiz.
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