Transcript Prepositional Phrases - White River High School

Prepositional Phrases
word
Characteristics of the
Prepositional Phrase
 Describe
 Begins
 Can
people, things, OR actions
with a preposition
be openers, SV split, or closer
PREPOSITIONS
over
under
around
on
in
above
beside
near
between
beneath
through
below
inside
outside
out
across
away
behind
beyond
off
in front
before
from
down
at
within
by
like
with
to
of
up
after
into
approach
against
without
except
toward
for
upon
Examples of Prepositional Phrases
 Single

Prep Phrase
In that place, the wind prevailed.
(Swarthout Bless the Beasts and Children)

At the bottom, he, in a pile of rubble, looked
glumly down the tunnel.
(King “Night Journey”--adapted)
 Consecutive

Prep Phrase
In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.
(Tolkien The Hobbit)

Across the street from their house, in an empty
lot between two houses, stood the rock pile.
(Baldwin “Going to Meet the Man”)
Unscrambling—Place the phrases
in the best order
1.
a. across the ripples
b. it was morning
c. and the new sun sparkled gold
d. of a gentle sea
(Bach Jonathan Livingston Seagull)
2. a. the boy felt good
b. in his mouth
c. of ham and biscuit
d. with the flavor
(Armstrong Sounder)
Unscrambling—Place the phrases in
the best order
3.
a. and neither knew
b. for the first fifteen years
c. Danny and I lived
d. of our lives
e. within five blocks of each other
f. of the other’s existence
(Potok The Chosen)
4. a. I could see the doctor
b. with his black bag
c. over Dean’s shoulder
d. between his feet
e. against the wall
(King “Coffey on the Mile”)
Imitation—Unscramble the sentence to
make it match the model’s structure

1.
Model: The aftermath of the shooting was a three-ring
circus, with the governor in one ring, with the prison in
another, and with poor brain-blasted Percy Wetmore in
the third. (King, The Green Mile)
a) near the canal by the old barn
b) is a mile from the interstate
c) the nature trail
d) and near the old abandoned post office across from
the church on Front Street
e) near the historic museum in the 19th century village.
Imitation—Unscramble the sentence to
make it match the model’s structure

1.
Model: The aftermath of the shooting was a three-ring
circus, with the governor in one ring, with the prison in
another, and with poor brain-blasted Percy Wetmore in
the third. (King, The Green Mile)
a) and in the main office with stressed-out administrators
in high demand but lowly supply.
b) in the guidance department with countless schedule
changes
c) was chaos
d) in the cafeteria with huge lines
e) the first day of classes
Combining—Combine the following
sentences to match the model given

On the boards of both the porch and the steps
beyond the mutilated screen door, there were
spatters of blood. (King, “Two Dead Girls”)
a)
Something happened under the hood of the
truck.
b)
Something also happened and within the
interior of the cabin.
c)
What happened was that there were wisps.
d)
The wisps were of smoke.
Combining—Combine the following
sentences to match the model given

With the silence and immobility of a great reddishtinted rock, Thor stood for many minutes, looking out
over his domain. (Curwood, The Grizzly King)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Something happened from the rain.
It also happened from the wind of the most
fierce hurricane.
What happened was that the crops
drooped.
They drooped toward the soil.
They were drying out from the sun.
Combining—Combine the following
sentences to match the model given

Around quitting time, Tod Hackett heard a
great din in the road outside his office. (West,
The Day of the Locust)
a)
b)
c)
d)
It happened during the ninth inning.
What happened was that Sherman
caught a fly ball.
He caught it in the left field.
He caught it near the fence.
Combining—Combine the following
sentences to match the model given

Into the darkening sky, unearthly humps of land
curved like the backs of browsing pigs, like the
rumps of elephants. (Bagnold, National Velvet)
a)
b)
c)
d)
It happened on the Internet.
What happened was that vast amounts of
data traveled.
The data traveled with the speed of invisible
light.
The data traveled with clear resolution of
graphics.
Expanding—At the slash mark add a prepositional
phrase, the first word is there and the number of
words in the phrase are in [brackets]
1.
On / [2], gulls woke.
2.
Dad was a tall man with / [9].
3.
The crowd chased us under / [3], around /
[2], up / [1], around / [1], down / [1], into /
[3].
4.
Then he talked of / [2], of / [1], of / [6], of /
[6].