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Finding Prepositional Phrases
Practice Exercise # 1
Directions: Place parentheses ( ) around every prepositional
phrase.
| The text is: |
| A Sunday school teacher
asked her little children, as they were on their way to church service,
"And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?" One bright little girl
replied, "Because people are sleeping." |
| Work your way through the text one sentence
at a time. |
Sentence #1
| Identify all the prepositional phrases. |
| A Sunday school teacher
asked her little children, as they were (on their
way) (to church service,) "And why is it necessary to be quiet
(in
church)?" |
| Note that "be" is a form of a verb. Thus "to be" is not a prepositional
phrase. ["To" plus a verb is an infinitive, but you are not expected to
remember that.] We are finished with the first sentence. |
Sentence #2
| Identify all the prepositional phrases
in the next sentence:. In this sentence, there are none. |
| One bright little girl
replied, "Because people are sleeping." |
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