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Finding Prepositional Phrases
Practice Exercise # 12
Directions: Place parentheses ( ) around every prepositional
phrase.
| The text is: |
| I had been teaching my
three-year old daughter, Caitlin, the Lord's Prayer. For several evenings
at bedtime, she would repeat after me the lines of the prayer. Finally,
she decided to go solo. I listened with pride as she carefully enunciated
each word, right up to the end of the prayer: "Lead us not into temptation,"
she prayed, "but deliver us some E-mail. Amen." |
| Work your way through the text one sentence
at a time. |
Sentence #1
| Identify all the prepositional phrases. |
| I had been teaching
my three-year old daughter, Caitlin, the Lord's Prayer. |
| There are none. |
Sentence #2
| Identify all the prepositional phrases. |
| (For several evenings) (at bedtime),
she would repeat (after me) the lines
(of the prayer). |
Sentence #3
| Identify all the prepositional phrases. |
| Finally, she decided to go solo. |
| Note that "go" is a verb, so "to go" is not
a prepositional phrase. |
Sentence #4
| Identify all the prepositional phrases. |
| I listened (with pride)
as she carefully enunciated each word, right (up
to the end) (of the prayer): "Lead us not (into
temptation)," she prayed, "but deliver us some E-mail. Amen." |
Although "as" can function as a preposition,
if we ask "as what?" here, the answer is a sentence -- "she carefully enunciated
each word . . ." Thus "as" does not function as a preposition here.
Some people may decide
not to include "up" in the prepositional phrase. I'll accept either answer.
[Note that the "up" is meaningless and can be left out without changing
the meaning of the sentence.] |
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