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Prepositional Phrases - Exercise 1
Directions: Locate the prepositional phrases in each
sentence, and then write the phrases in the spaces provided beneath each
sentence. When you have completed the exercise, click
on the "Check My Work" button at the bottom of the page to check your answers.
1. After twenty minutes, the books near the table by
the door fell into a heap onto the floor.
2. Before the sun rose on the horizon, she saw a ray of
light through the opening in the mine shaft.
3. The workers at Minny's hat shop ate in the employee
cafeteria over the main store.
4. What do you think about my recent purchases from
Bloomberg's?
5. Between you and me, no one except Ralph has
been in touch since yesterday.
6. During the month of January, the ice beneath the new
layer of snow was especially treacherous.
7. The instructions must be followed throughout the
semester without exception.
8. I gave the same speech to everyone within a
five-mile radius of the accident.
9. Across the river you will see a small house on the
corner after 51st Street.
10. She sat under the tarp and hoped for an end to the rain.
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