Study guide · Weekly Quiz 10
Grade 1 grammar · quiz is on Lesson 55 ·
this went home after Lesson 54
For the parent. Your child has been learning about prepositions. There is a short quiz tomorrow. It is low stakes and not graded — it is so the teacher can see who needs a little more help.
For you. Tomorrow's quiz is about prepositions. Here is what is on it.
Preposition
What your child has been taught to say:
A preposition is a word that tells where something is, or when.
The question they ask themselves:
“Can I say it in front of “the box”?”
The cat sat under the chair. → preposition
Ask “Can I say it in front of “the box”?” — it works, so it is preposition.
behind → preposition
Ask “Can I say it in front of “the box”?” — it works, so it is preposition.
Watch for this: Names the preposition but not the noun it brought — “Under WHAT? Say the whole thing.” Never accept the preposition alone.
Try these together
These are new sentences — your child has not seen them. Five minutes is plenty.
past
toward
Answers — for the grown-up helping
| 1 | the preposition |
| 2 | the preposition |
If it is hard: Pick up any book and read one sentence together. Ask the question in the blue box about one word in it. Five minutes is plenty — and if it is still hard tomorrow, please tell the teacher; there is a practice sheet for exactly this.