Name the Preposition the following sentences, and tell the word which each governs:
1. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner.
Answer:in governs corner
2. Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard.
Answer: to-cupboard
3. The lion and the unicorn fought for the crown.
Answer:for-crown
4. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Answer:on-wall
5. Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town.
Answer: through-town
6. She sat by the fire, and told me a tale.
Answer:by-five
7. Rain, rain, go to Spain, and never come back again.
Answer:to-Spain
8. A fair little girl sat under a tree.
Answer: under-tree
9. Such a number of rocks came over her head.
Answer:of-rocks, over-head
10. John Gilpin was a citizen of credit and renown.
Answer:0f-credit renown
11. “Will you walk into parlour?” said the spider to the fly.
Answer: into-parlour, to-fly
12. Into the street the Piper step.
Answer:into-street
13. I can never return with my poor dog Tray.
Answer:with-dog
14. He worked and sang from moon till night.
Answer:from-moon, till night
15. They all ran after the farmer’s wife, who cut off their tails with a carving knife.
Answer:after-wife, with knife
16. One day the boy his breakfast took, and ate it by a purling brook which through his mother’s orchard ran.
Answer:by-brook, through-orchard
17. Old John with white hair does laugh away care, sitting under the oak, among the old folk.
Answer: with-hair, under-oak, among-folk
18. They rise with the morning lark, and labour till almost dark.
Answer:with-lark, till-dark
19. By the Nine Gods he swore.
Answer:by-gods
20. Under a spreading chestnut-tree the village smithy stands.
Answer: under-chestnut tree
21. He goes on Sunday to church, and sits among his boys.
Answer:on-Sunday, to-church, among-boys
22. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, from the seas and the streams.
Answer:for-flowers, from-seas, steams
23. Her arms across her breast she laid.
Answer:across-breast
24. Mine be a cot beside the hill.
Answer:beside-hill
25. Around my ivied porch shall spring each fragrant flower that drinks the dew.
Answer:around-porch
26. One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
Answer:of-life, without-name
27. I tried to reason him out of his fears.
Answer: out of-fears
Distinguish the Prepositions from Adverbs in the following sentences:
1. Come down.
Answer:down-adverb
2. We sailed down the river.
Answer:down-preposition
3. The man walked round the house.
Answer: round-preposition
4. He sat on a stool.
Answer:on-preposition
5. The carriage moved on.
Answer:on-adverb
6. The soldiers passed by.
Answer:by-adverb
7. The man turned round.
Answer:round-adverb
8. We all went in.
Answer:in-adverb
9. He is in the room.
Answer:in-preposition
10. He hid behind the door.
Answer: behind-preposition
