Quick Preposition Race

This worksheet helps students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 build grammar accuracy by practicing the often-confused prepositions beside and besides within a connected reading passage. Students must rely on reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, context clues, sentence meaning, and editing skills to choose whether each blank requires physical proximity or an additional idea.

Learning Goals

• Preposition Usage (Grades 3-5): Distinguish correctly between beside and besides based on grammatical function and meaning.
• Reading in Context: Use surrounding details and sentence structure to determine the correct word choice.
• Vocabulary Precision: Strengthen understanding of subtle word differences that affect clarity and meaning.
• Editing Skills: Practice revising sentences to maintain logical flow and grammatical correctness.

Teaching Advantages

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators with classroom-tested grammar practice in mind.
• Quick, Engaging Format: Ideal for warm-ups, review sessions, centers, or timed practice activities.
• Context-Based Practice: Uses a full passage rather than isolated sentences for deeper comprehension.
• Flexible Use: Works well for whole-class instruction, small groups, independent work, or homework.

This printable grammar worksheet supports students as they develop stronger editing habits, clearer sentence construction, and more confident preposition usage. By combining reading comprehension, vocabulary distinctions, grammar rules, and revision skills, it helps learners apply language concepts in meaningful context. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this no-prep activity builds speed, accuracy, and confidence in everyday writing.

This worksheet is part of our Beside vs. Besides Worksheets collection.