Name: ___________________________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Period: _____________ Prepositional Phrase Practice: Imitating Unscramble both lists of sentence parts to make two sentences that imitate the first model. Then, imitate the same model by writing your own sentence. Finally, write imitations of the other models, making all of your sentence parts like those in the model. Model: The aftermath of the shooting was a three-ring circus, the governor in one ring, the with with prison in another, and poor brain-blasted Percy Wetmore in the third. with --The Stephen King Green Mile, Scrambled imitations: 1a. the canal by the old barn near b. is a mile from the interstate c. the nature trail d. and the old abandoned post office across from the church on Front Street near e. the historic museum in the 19th-century village near 2a. an the main office with the stressed-out administrators in high demand but low supply in b. the guidance department with countless schedule changes in c. was chaos d. the cafeteria with huge lines in e. the first day of classes Other models: the stark land, the pine woods, the brightening glow the dawn, the boy followed Across into into of the dog, whose anxious pace slowed age as they went. from --Sounder, William H. Armstrong One man had died, but now the remaining sixteen, their eyes clear their heads and their with in faces pressed the thick glass ports, watched Mars swing them. to under --The Ray Bradbury Martian Chronicles,
Name: ___________________________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Period: _____________ Prepositional Phrase Practice: Imitating Unscramble both lists of sentence parts to make two sentences that imitate the first model. Then, imitate the same model by writing your own sentence. Finally, write imitations of the other models, making all of your sentence parts like those in the model. 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. --The Green Mile, Stephen King Scrambled imitations: 1a. 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 2a. an in the main office with the stressed-out administrators in high demand but low 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 Other models: Across the stark land, into the pine woods, into the brightening glow of the dawn, the boy followed the dog, whose anxious pace slowed from age as they went. --Sounder, William H. Armstrong One man had died, but now the remaining sixteen, with their eyes clear in their heads and their faces pressed to the thick glass ports, watched Mars swing under them. --The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury