Class 6 Prepositions Worksheet (Free PDF With Answers)
Welcome to CBSEClassWorksheets, where every class 6 prepositions worksheet is written the way a classroom teacher would set it: simple language, everyday examples and plenty of practice. Prepositions are small words, but they decide whether a sentence is clear or confusing. “The book is on the table” and “The book is under the table” use the same words except one, yet the meaning changes completely.
This guide explains the basics that every Class 6 student should know before attempting the worksheets. Keep it beside you while you practise.
- All our worksheets are aligned with the CBSE Class 6 English grammar syllabus.
- Every worksheet is available as a PDF for easy download and printing.
- Each worksheet comes with answers, so parents and teachers can check the work quickly.
- Four ready-to-use sets cover simple, compound and phrase prepositions, place, time, direction and relations.
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Class 6 Prepositions Worksheet: What Are Prepositions?
A preposition is a word (or a group of words) placed before a noun or a pronoun to show its relation to some other word in the sentence. The word itself gives the clue: “pre” means before, and a preposition is “positioned before” the noun or pronoun it governs.
Examples
Sentence | Preposition | What it shows |
The book is on the table. | on | Relation between the book and the table (place) |
We reached school before the bell. | before | Relation between reached and the bell (time) |
Mother gave the gift to him. | to | Relation between gave and him (direction/receiver) |
The teacher sat between the two monitors. | between | Relation between the teacher and the monitors (position) |
She cut the cake with a knife. | with | Relation between cut and knife (instrument) |
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The word that follows a preposition
The noun or pronoun that comes after a preposition is called its object. A preposition together with its object (and any describing words) forms a prepositional phrase, for example: “in the garden”, “after the match”, “with my friends”.
Five rules to remember
- A preposition usually comes before its object: The cat jumped over the wall.
- A pronoun after a preposition takes the objective form (me, him, her, us, them): This gift is for me, not for I.
- A preposition can be followed by an -ing word: She is good at singing.
- The same word can be a preposition or an adverb. In “The cat is inside the box”, inside is a preposition; in “Come inside”, it is an adverb because it has no object.
- Prepositions never change their form. There is no plural or past tense of in, on or at.
Kinds of Prepositions
Prepositions are grouped by their form. A student who can recognise the kind of a preposition finds it much easier to complete a prepositions worksheet for class 6 with confidence.
Kind | Meaning | Examples | Sentence |
Simple prepositions | Single, short words that are not made from other words. | at, by, for, from, in, of, off, on, out, over, till, to, up, with | The bird is in the cage. |
Compound prepositions | Formed by joining a prefix (a-, be-) to a noun, adjective or adverb, or by combining two words. | about, above, across, along, among, around, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, inside, outside, underneath, within, without | The cat hid behind the curtain. |
Double prepositions | Two simple prepositions joined together. | into, onto, upon, out of, from within | The frog jumped into the pond. |
Phrase (group) prepositions | A group of words that works like a single preposition and usually ends in a simple preposition. | because of, in front of, in spite of, instead of, according to, on behalf of, along with, due to, next to | We stayed indoors because of the rain. |
Participial prepositions | Formed from -ing or -ed forms of verbs. | during, regarding, concerning, considering, including | It rained during the night. |
Kinds of Relations Expressed by Prepositions
A preposition also tells us what kind of relation exists between two parts of a sentence. Learning these relations helps students solve the “circle the preposition and underline the relation” questions found in every good class 6 preposition worksheet with answers.
Relation | Shows | Common prepositions | Example |
Time | When something happens or for how long | at, on, in, before, after, since, for, during, till, until, within, by | School begins at eight o’clock. |
Place / Position | Where something is | in, on, at, under, over, above, below, beside, between, among, behind, near | The keys are under the cushion. |
Direction / Motion | Where something is going | to, towards, into, onto, from, across, through, along, up, down | The children ran towards the gate. |
Agency | The doer of an action (mostly in passive sentences) | by | The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan. |
Instrument | The tool used to do something | with, by means of | He wrote the letter with a pencil. |
Manner | How something is done | with, in, by | She answered with confidence. |
Cause / Reason | Why something happened | because of, on account of, due to, from, for | He was tired from the long walk. |
Purpose | The aim of an action | for, to | We went to the market for vegetables. |
Possession | Who owns or has something | of, with | The cover of the book is torn. |
Source / Origin | Where something comes from | from, of | Milk comes from cows. |
Material | What something is made of | of, from, out of | The bench is made of wood. |
Accompaniment | Being together with someone | with, along with | Rita went with her friends. |
Contrast | Something unexpected | in spite of, despite | We played in spite of the rain. |
How to find the relation: a 3-step method
- Step 1: Find the noun or pronoun, then look just before it. That word is the preposition.
- Step 2: Ask what the phrase tells you: When? Where? By whom? With what? How? Why?
- Step 3: Match the answer with the relation: When → Time, Where → Place, By whom → Agency, With what → Instrument, How → Manner, Why → Cause.
Example: The exhibition begins from fourteenth of November. → Question: When? → Relation of Time.
Commonly confused prepositions
Pair | Difference | Example |
in / into | in shows position; into shows movement from outside to inside. | She is in the room. She ran into the room. |
on / upon | on is common in speech; upon is more formal and used in fixed phrases. | Once upon a time … The book is on the shelf. |
at / on / in (time) | at for exact time, on for days and dates, in for months, years and parts of the day. | at 5 p.m., on Monday, in July |
for / since | for shows how long; since shows the starting point. | for two hours, since morning |
till / until | Both mean up to a certain time and can be used in place of each other. | Wait till (until) noon. |
during / for | during tells when in a period; for tells how long. | during the holidays, for ten days |
above / over | above means higher than; over can also mean covering or moving across. | a plane above the clouds; a bridge over a river |
below / under | below means lower than; under means directly beneath. | below zero; under the table |
by / with | by names the doer; with names the tool. | written by Tagore; cut with a knife |
after / afterwards | after needs an object; afterwards stands alone (it works as an adverb). | after lunch; We ate lunch and afterwards went out. |