4th Grade Reading Question of the Day

Practice 4th Grade Reading with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

Select the word from the sentence provided that is a preposition:

The balloons floated above the mailbox.

above
mailbox
floated
balloons

Explanation: Prepositions are words that come before a noun or pronoun, and connects it with the rest of the sentence. A Preposition is often referred to as "connecting word". In most cases, prepositions tell time, placement, or movement. Let's look at our sentence and identify the nouns and or pronouns: The balloons floated above the mailbox. We know that the preposition has to come before one of those nouns, and it will most likely be a time, placement, or movement. "Above" is the choice that falls in that category, and is the correct answer. "Above" is telling the placement of the balloons over the mailbox, connecting "mailbox" to the rest of the sentence.

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4th Grade Reading

4th Grade Reading Question of the Day

Practice 4th Grade Reading with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

Select the word from the sentence provided that is a preposition:

The balloons floated above the mailbox.

above
mailbox
floated
balloons

Explanation: Prepositions are words that come before a noun or pronoun, and connects it with the rest of the sentence. A Preposition is often referred to as "connecting word". In most cases, prepositions tell time, placement, or movement. Let's look at our sentence and identify the nouns and or pronouns: The balloons floated above the mailbox. We know that the preposition has to come before one of those nouns, and it will most likely be a time, placement, or movement. "Above" is the choice that falls in that category, and is the correct answer. "Above" is telling the placement of the balloons over the mailbox, connecting "mailbox" to the rest of the sentence.