Understanding Prepositions
Combine each of the following sentences into one sentence that includes one or two prepositional
phrases. You may have to add, delete, or rearrange words. Some items have more than one sentence.
Please underline your prepositional phrases.
1. It had been hot and sunny. It was perfect day for the beach. Then it began to rain.
2. It was halftime. The girls wanted hot chocolate. The girls ran to the concessions stand.
3. There are moles living in the yard. They make tunnels. There is grass in the yard.
4.
The votes have not been counted. We don't know who won the election.
5. The flag flying on the courthouse is new. It looks beautiful.
6. The oven in the cafeteria is broken. There is no hot food. It will have to be repaired.
7. Annie was sledding down the hill. She stopped against the woodpile.
8. Degas and Monet are Impressionists. The Impressionists are a group of artists.
9. The empty cartons were in the basement. Beth gathered them. She stacked them in the
driveway for recycling.