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A / An / The and Prepositions Assessment

A. 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.

B. 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

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

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C. 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.

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