AZARGRAMMARCOM TEACHERCREATED WORKSHEETS BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR 3E CH 1

AZARGRAMMARCOM TEACHERCREATED WORKSHEETS BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR 3E CH 1






A/ An/ The and Prepositions Assessment

AzarGrammar.com Teacher-Created Worksheets Basic English Grammar 3e: Ch. 1



A / An / The and Prepositions Assessment

AZARGRAMMARCOM TEACHERCREATED WORKSHEETS BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR 3E CH 1


  1. Complete the sentences using a, an or the.


Once upon _____ (a/an) time, there was ____(a/the) little girl who liked to eat chocolate all the time. She loved chocolate so much. She asked her mother to buy her ____(a/an) bar of chocolate for her birthday. Her mother bought ____(a/an) enormous bar of chocolate. She expected the candy bar to last at least two weeks.


____ (a/the) little girl ate all of the chocolate in one day. That night she had ____(a/an) terrible stomach ache. She threw up all night long. Her mother took her to see ____(an/the) doctor in the morning. The doctor told her not to eat anymore chocolate.



  1. Complete the sentences with a preposition from the box. (Note: There may be more than one correct preposition for each sentence. There are extra prepositions in the box.)


In on* between next to beside under above


over near In front of in back of across from






AZARGRAMMARCOM TEACHERCREATED WORKSHEETS BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR 3E CH 1

  1. There is an apple _____ the table.

  2. I have three gallons of milk ____ my refrigerator.

  3. Mr. and Mrs. Smith live _________ the street _____ me.

  4. The cat is sleeping_____ the bed.

  5. There is a big tree _____________ my house.

  6. The ceiling is _______ our heads.

  7. A mole builds a house ________ the ground.

  8. Jacky is sitting ____________ Phoebe.

  9. Shelly and Tom are sitting _________ Jim and Freddie.

  10. China is ______ the continent of Asia



*repeats



AZARGRAMMARCOM TEACHERCREATED WORKSHEETS BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR 3E CH 1 Turn Over



  1. Fill in the blanks with the correct word. Use: a, an, over, on, in, under,


Ms. Cohen has _____ very small family. There are only three people _____ her family. She has two sons. They are twins. They all live in a three-story house. Their bedrooms are _____ the third floor. Arizona and Hanan have _____ bunk bed. Arizona sleeps ____ the top bunk, and Hanan sleeps _______ Arizona. They make a lot of noise at night. They sound like ____ animal that’s hurt. Ms. Cohen has to tell her sons to be quiet all the time.


Arizona and Hanan like to play outside. They ride their bikes _____ the street. Ms. Cohen doesn’t have ____ bike. Instead, Ms. Cohen likes to drive her truck. She drives very fast. Arizona and Hanan are afraid she will run them ______with her big truck.


Watch out!!


A /An/The and Prepositions Assessment

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