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4th Grade Identifying Prepositions Worksheets

A preposition starts a prepositional phrase: through the tunnel, before the storm, against the wall. Fourth graders identify the preposition and the phrase it begins, per the grade-4 standard, and use those phrases to add detail to their own writing.

Free printable PDF, aligned to Common Core L.4.1.e. One skill per page, answer key on page two.

Every sheet is one of a kind and prints with a version code, so you can reprint the exact same one later. New version every click.

A sample 4th grade sheet. Yours will have different sentences. Click it to print your own.

The kind of sentences you'll get

Underline every preposition in each sentence.

  1. The melody felt familiar from the first note.

    Answer: from

  2. Her baby sister giggled loudly at the silly puppet.
  3. Jade reads mystery novels beneath her blanket with a flashlight.

Every print draws a fresh mix of sentences at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different sheet.

What's on each sheet

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

At this level the phrase is the point. Ask students to find the preposition, mark the phrase, and then say what question it answers: where, when, or how. Sentences with two phrases ("After the game, we walked along the river") are worth extra practice, and they preview how prepositional phrases will show up in writing instruction.

Watch for: Many prepositions are tiny words (in, on, at, of), so students read past them. Small doesn't mean unimportant. A preposition always has a partner noun after it: under the porch, with my friend. If there's no partner, it's working as a different part of speech.

Common questions about identifying prepositions

What does the 4th grade standard ask about prepositions?
Common Core L.4.1.e asks students to form and use prepositional phrases, not just spot single words. That's why our 4th grade sheets use longer sentences with fuller phrases: the goal is recognizing "through the crowded hallway" as one unit of meaning.
Can a sentence have more than one prepositional phrase?
Constantly. "Before school, Marcus waited by the gate with his cousin" has three. Fourth graders should find them all, which is exactly the kind of full-sentence sweep these generated worksheets are built for.

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Aligned to Common Core L.4.1.e. Reviewed by the One More Sheet curriculum team. Content version 68, updated July 2026.