The sea is high again today, a thrilling flush wind. --Justine, Lawrence Durrell with of Then they came, the street and the house. --When Hal Borland up around the Legends Die, Name: ___________________________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Period: _____________ Prepositional Practice: Unscrambling Each scrambled sentence has one or more prepositional phrases. Identify them by placing parentheses around each phrase. Then unscramble the sentence parts and write out the sentence, punctuating it correctly. 1a. across the ripples c. and the new sun sparkled gold b. it was morning d. of a gentle sea --Jonathan Richard Bach Livingston Seagull, 2a. the boy felt good c. of ham and biscuit b. in his mouth d. with the flavor --Sounder, William H. Armstrong 3a. and neither knew d. of our lives b. for the first fifteen years e. within five blocks of each other c. Danny and I lived f. of the other’s existence --The Chaim Potok Chosen, 4a. and d. a skinny arm shot out grabbed Coffey’s slab b. at that moment e. of a bicep c. between the bars f. of Wharton’s cell --“Night Journey,” Stephen King 5a. by a hundred bees d. as if it had been stung b. his face felt e. of the first round c. by the end --The Robert Lipsyte Contender,
The sea is high again today, with a thrilling flush of wind. --Justine, Lawrence Durrell Then they came, up the street and around the house. --When the Legends Die, Hal Borland Name: ___________________________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Period: _____________ Prepositional Practice: Unscrambling Each scrambled sentence has one or more prepositional phrases. Identify them by placing parentheses around each phrase. Then unscramble the sentence parts and write out the sentence, punctuating it correctly. 1a. across the ripples b. it was morning c. and the new sun sparkled gold d. of a gentle sea --Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach 2a. the boy felt good b. in his mouth c. of ham and biscuit d. with the flavor --Sounder, William H. Armstrong 3a. 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 --The Chosen, Chaim Potok 4a. and grabbed Coffey’s slab b. at that moment c. between the bars d. a skinny arm shot out e. of a bicep f. of Wharton’s cell --“Night Journey,” Stephen King 5a. by a hundred bees b. his face felt c. by the end d. as if it had been stung e. of the first round --The Contender, Robert Lipsyte