Prepositional Phrases

Step 5 - Scrambled Exercises:

Example: (Write on board)

across the ripples / it was morning / and the new sun sparkled gold / of a gentle sea

Richard Bach, Jonathon Livingston Seagull

1. the boy felt good / in his mouth / of ham and biscuit / with the flavor

William H. Armstrong, Sounder

2. and neither knew / for the first fifteen years / Danny and I lived / of our lives / within five blocks of each other / of the other’s existence

Chaim Potok, The Chosen

3. I could see the doctor / with his black bag / over Dean’s shoulder / between his feet / against the wall

Stephen King “Coffey on the Mile”

4. making one big pile and three smaller ones / Ima Dean / delving into it / of yellow and red wrapped candies / on the floor / with a huge bag / was sitting

Bill and Vera Cleaver, Where the Lillies Bloom

5. in one of Colin’s books / with the ivy behind her / of Colin’s books / she was / and with her nice fresh face smiling across the greenery / with the sunlight through the trees / dappling her long blue cloak / like a softly colored illustration

Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden