Preposition Word Search Printable

A preposition puzzle with its answer key, from Under, Between and Across to Throughout and Underneath.

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Preposition Word Search

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TNHMBWLSBPNITOZ

EIOBETWEENNTPNT

UENESMSDYTMMBDY

YOOHIACROSSTDFH

MOTIDHMUNUPUSBV

THFNEIZNDNOTYEI

HSIDSTNDUTHKLFC

RKUIAFTERISLROM

OTOWARDRILSRNRG

UTQOGWTSNWTXAES

GHRUAWJAGSBRRDL

HRTBIUABOVEROET

TOIVNVOAFJLIUSE

ANWMSNHPPCOGNHD

EUSDTEICDAWADOG

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UnderUNDER
BetweenBETWEEN
BesideBESIDE
AboveABOVE
BelowBELOW
BehindBEHIND
BeyondBEYOND
AgainstAGAINST
AcrossACROSS
ThroughTHROUGH
DuringDURING
AfterAFTER
TowardTOWARD
UntilUNTIL
BeforeBEFORE
AroundAROUND

16 of 20 words from the Common Prepositions list.

Write three sentences. Use a preposition you found in each one and underline its object.

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Answer key: Preposition Word Search

TNHMBWLSBPNITOZ

EIOBETWEENNTPNT

UENESMSDYTMMBDY

YOOHIACROSSTDFH

MOTIDHMUNUPUSBV

THFNEIZNDNOTYEI

HSIDSTNDUTHKLFC

RKUIAFTERISLROM

OTOWARDRILSRNRG

UTQOGWTSNWTXAES

GHRUAWJAGSBRRDL

HRTBIUABOVEROET

TOIVNVOAFJLIUSE

ANWMSNHPPCOGNHD

EUSDTEICDAWADOG

UNDER, BETWEEN, BESIDE, ABOVE, BELOW, BEHIND, BEYOND, AGAINST, ACROSS, THROUGH, DURING, AFTER, TOWARD, UNTIL, BEFORE, AROUND

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Prepositions of Place 19

Aboard On a ship, train or plane: Everyone was ___ the ferry by noon.
Above Higher than: The kite flew ___ the trees.
Against Touching or leaning on: Lean the ladder ___ the wall.
Amid Surrounded by; in the middle of: The cabin stood ___ tall pines.
Among In the middle of a group: One red tulip grew ___ the yellow ones.
Astride With one leg on each side of: She sat ___ the pony.
Atop On the top of: A flag flew ___ the tower.
Behind At the back of: The broom is ___ the door.
Below Lower than: The fish swam ___ the boat.
Beneath Lower than and often covered by: The roots spread ___ the soil.
Beside At the side of: Sit ___ me on the bench.
Between In the space that separates two things: The ball rolled ___ the two posts.
Beyond On the far side of: The village lies ___ the hills.
Inside Within the walls or limits of: The keys are ___ the drawer.
Near Close to: We live ___ the park.
Opposite Across from; facing: The bank is ___ the library.
Over Higher than, often covering: A bridge goes ___ the river.
Under In a lower place than, and covered by: The cat slept ___ the bed.
Upon On: The cat jumped ___ the table.

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Prepositions of Direction and Time 21

Across From one side to the other of: We swam ___ the lake.
After Later than: We went home ___ the game.
Along Following the length of: We walked ___ the beach.
Circa About, used before a date: The castle was built ___ 1400.
Down From a higher to a lower part of: The ball rolled ___ the hill.
During All through a period of time: Nobody spoke ___ the test.
Following Later than; as a result of: ___ the storm, the streets were flooded.
From Starting at: The letter came ___ my aunt.
Into To the inside of: She dived ___ the pool.
Off Away and no longer on: The cup fell ___ the shelf.
Onto To a place on top of: The frog hopped ___ the log.
Out From the inside to the outside, through: The bird flew ___ the window.
Past Going by and then farther than: The bus drove ___ the school.
Pending While waiting for: The match is on hold ___ a decision.
Round On every side of, in a circle: We sat ___ the campfire.
Since From a past time up to now: I have been awake ___ six o'clock.
Through In one side and out the other side of: The train went ___ the tunnel.
Till Up to the time of, in four letters: Wait here ___ noon.
Toward In the direction of: The dog ran ___ the gate.
Until Up to the time of: The shop is open ___ nine.
Via By way of: We flew to Miami ___ Atlanta.

More One-Word Prepositions 20

Absent If there is no, in formal writing: ___ a new plan, the work will stop.
Barring Unless there is: ___ rain, the picnic is on Friday.
But Other than: Nobody ___ Ana knew the answer.
Concerning On the subject of: She wrote a letter ___ the lost dog.
Considering Taking into account: He plays well, ___ his age.
Despite Even though there is: We played ___ the rain.
Except Leaving out: Everyone came ___ Sam.
Failing If there is no: ___ a map, ask someone the way.
For Meant to belong to; in order to help: This gift is ___ you.
Like Similar to: The lake shone ___ a mirror.
Minus Made less by: Nine ___ two is seven.
Per For each: The speed limit is thirty miles ___ hour.
Regarding On the subject of: I have a question ___ the trip.
Respecting On the subject of; in relation to: We learned the rules ___ road safety.
Sans Lacking, in a word borrowed from French: He arrived ___ coat and hat.
Save Other than, in old or formal writing: All were home ___ one.
Than In comparison with: My sister is taller ___ our dad.
Times Multiplied by: Five ___ three is fifteen.
Versus Against, in a contest: Tonight it is the red team ___ the blue team.
With In the company of; using: She walked ___ her brother.

Prepositions With a Preposition Inside 15

About On the subject of: This book is ___ whales.
Alongside By the side of: The boat pulled up ___ the dock.
Amidst Surrounded by, a longer form of a four-letter word: We found calm ___ the noise.
Amongst In the company of, a longer form of a five-letter word: She was ___ friends.
Around On all sides of: We built a fence ___ the garden.
Before Earlier than: Wash your hands ___ dinner.
Besides In addition to: Who is coming ___ us?
Excepting Leaving out: Everyone must come, not ___ the captain.
Outside On the outer side of: Wait ___ the office.
Throughout From the start to the end of; in every part of: It rained ___ the night.
Towards In the direction of, spelled with a final s: He walked ___ the sea.
Underneath Directly below and covered by: I found the note ___ a rock.
Unlike Different from: ___ his brother, he loves to cook.
Within Not beyond the limits of: Stay ___ the fence.
Without Not having: Do not leave ___ your coat.

Two-Word and Three-Word Prepositions 30

According to As stated by: ___ the map, the lake is close.
Ahead of In front; earlier than: Two runners were ___ me.
Along with Together and at the same time as: Send the form ___ a photo.
Apart from Other than: ___ one cloud, the sky was clear.
As for On the subject of; turning to: ___ me, I will walk.
As well as And also: She plays the flute ___ the drums.
Aside from Not counting: ___ the cold, it was a fine trip.
Away from At a distance and apart: Keep ___ the edge.
Because of By reason of: The game stopped ___ lightning.
By means of With the use of: The crate was lifted ___ a crane.
Close to Near: The hotel is ___ the station.
Due to Caused by: The delay was ___ snow.
Except for Not counting: The room was empty ___ a chair.
In addition to Over and above: ___ math, she teaches science.
In front of Before and facing: A van parked ___ our house.
In place of As a substitute: Use honey ___ sugar.
In spite of Not stopped by: We set out ___ the fog.
Instead of In place of: I had juice ___ milk.
Next to Right beside: Put your shoes ___ mine.
On account of For the reason that there is: School closed ___ the snow.
On behalf of As the voice or agent of: I speak ___ the whole class.
On top of Resting on the highest part of: The star goes ___ the tree.
Other than Not counting: Nobody ___ Lee saw it.
Out of From the inside of: She took a pen ___ her bag.
Owing to As a result of: ___ the heat, we stayed in.
Prior to Earlier than, in formal writing: Arrive ten minutes ___ the show.
Rather than And not: I will walk ___ ride.
Regardless of Not stopped by; no matter: The race is on ___ the weather.
Such as For example: Citrus fruits, ___ lemons, taste sour.
Up to As far as; as many as: The water came ___ my knees.

Words About Prepositions 29

Adjective A word that describes a noun.
Adverb A word that modifies a verb or an adjective, often telling how, when or where.
Clause A group of words with its own subject and verb.
Comparison A statement of how things are alike or different: than and like help make one.
Complement A word or words used to complete a part of a sentence.
Compound Made of two or more parts, as a preposition of two or more words is.
Conjunction A word that joins words or clauses, such as and or because.
Direction The line along which something moves or points.
Exception A case that does not follow the general statement: but and save can mark one.
Grammar The rules for how the words of a language are put together.
Idiom An expression whose meaning cannot be worked out from its separate words.
Location The place where something is.
Manner The way in which something is done.
Modifier A word or group of words that describes or limits another.
Movement A change of position: into and toward show it.
Noun A word that names a person, place, thing or idea.
Object The noun or pronoun that follows a preposition and completes its meaning.
Particle A short word such as up in look up that is tied to a verb.
Phrase A group of words that have meaning together and form part of a sentence.
Place Where something is: one of the things a preposition can show.
Possession The fact of owning something: the short word of often shows it.
Postposition A word placed after its object, such as ago in two days ago.
Preposition A word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to another word.
Relationship The way in which two things are connected.
Sentence A group of words that states a complete thought, with a subject and a verb.
Speech Noun, verb and preposition are each a part of this.
Stranding Leaving a preposition at the end, away from its object, as in Who is it for?
Time When something happens: one of the things a preposition can show.
Usage The way words are in fact used by the speakers of a language.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word list and every clue were written for this page. Every one-word preposition on the list is labeled a preposition in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, https://www.ahdictionary.com/, read on 2026-10-11, where the grammar terms were also checked. The two-word and three-word prepositions, and the one-word ones again, were checked on 2026-10-11 against the List of English prepositions in English Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/. Licence: own work

How it works

This preposition word search printable opens on 16 common prepositions: Under, Between, Across, Beside, Through, Above and During among them. Each clue is a meaning and a sentence with a blank. Six more lists hold all 134 words.

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Lists by what a preposition shows

Under Start from a list, Prepositions of Place has Beneath, Opposite, Atop and Astride. Prepositions of Direction and Time has Onto, Along, Via, Since and Until. More One-Word Prepositions has Despite, Except, Per, Versus and Concerning.

Phrases, grammar terms and a hidden extra

Two-Word and Three-Word Prepositions has According to, Instead of and On behalf of. Words About Prepositions has Object, Phrase, Particle and Stranding. In Prepositions With a Preposition Inside, pupils find Without, then with and out in it.

Two-letter prepositions such as at, by, in, of, on, to and up are left off: every listed word has three letters or more.
According to, In front of and the other 28 phrases are hidden with no gap: INFRONTOF.
With Show clues, not words ticked under More options, each preposition prints as a fill-in sentence: "Higher than: The kite flew ___ the trees."

Questions and answers

What is the object of a preposition?

The noun or pronoun that the preposition governs and that usually follows it. In "The cat slept under the bed", the bed is the object of under, and under shows how the bed relates to slept.

What is a prepositional phrase?

A phrase made of a preposition and its object that does the work of an adjective or an adverb. In "the cat under the bed", under the bed describes the cat; in "The cat slept under the bed", it tells where.

Can you end a sentence with a preposition?

Yes. The American Heritage Dictionary's usage note says English not only allows a preposition at the end of a sentence but sometimes requires it, as in "We have much to be thankful for."

What is the difference between beside and besides?

Beside means at the side of: the seat beside me. Besides means in addition to or except for: no one besides the owner. Besides can never mean at the side of, though beside is often printed where besides is meant.

All 134 words

Prepositions of Place 19

Prepositions of Direction and Time 21

More One-Word Prepositions 20

Prepositions With a Preposition Inside 15

Two-Word and Three-Word Prepositions 30

Words About Prepositions 29

How it works

Lists by what a preposition shows

Phrases, grammar terms and a hidden extra

Questions and answers

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