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 Finding Prepositional Phrases
Practice Exercise # 4

Directions: Place parentheses ( ) around every prepositional phrase.
 

The text is:
      A little boy was overheard praying: "Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am." 
Work your way through the text one sentence at a time. 

Sentence #1

Identify all the prepositional phrases.
      A little boy was overheard praying: "Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry (about it).

Sentence #2

Identify all the prepositional phrases.
      I'm having a real good time like I am." 
       There are none.  ("Like" can function as a preposition, but if we ask "like whom or what?" here, we get the answer "I am." Since "I am" is a sentence, this is not a prepositional phrase.)

 
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