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EXERCISE 79 (PREPOSITIONS)
Tell which of the
italicized words are prepositions. Remember that prepositions must have an
object.
1. Come in and sit
down with me.
2. He climbed up on
the ladder and through the window.
3. Mrs. Jones came by
at suppertime but not since.
4. The firefighter crawled
along with the child who was near death.
5. Since no noise
came from the building, he walked away.
Answers
1. with
2. on, through
3. at
4. with, near
5. from
Quiz
Find the prepositional
phrases in these sentences. Remember the object must be a noun or a
pronoun.
1. Joe came out in a real
hurry.
2. The wind arrived before
the storm.
3. The tiger leaped over
the wall and into the bushes.
4. The boy with the
skateboard hurried down the street and into the building.
5. I took a trip to Canada
and Mexico.
6. My wife traveled to the
glaciers of the Grand Tetons.
7. By the light of the
silvery moon, the man on his knees begged for forgiveness.
8. Under the shade of the
apple tree, I read my book in peace.
9. She had lost the name of
the book about airplanes.
10. The sentences in this
lesson are difficult for me to write.
Answers
1. in a real hurry
2. before the storm
3. over the wall, into the
bushes
4. with the skateboard,
down the street, into the building
5. to Canada and Mexico
6. to the glaciers, of the
Grand Tetons
7. by the light, of the
silvery moon, on his knees, for forgiveness
8. under the shade, of the
apple tree, in peace
9. of the book, about
airplanes
10. in this lesson, for me