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Prepositional Phrases:
Adding Interest, Meaning, and Variety
A prepositional phrase adds interest, meaning, and variety to sentences. Below is a paragraph that
has no prepositional phrases. Rewrite the paragraph, adding at least ten prepositional phrases to it.
Use the phrases in different locations, such as the beginning or end of a sentence. Underline the
prepositional phrases that you add. You may add other words and phrases.
Della's Day
The school day was finished. Della walked home. She passed the mall. She wanted to go there
because her friends would be there soon. When she got home, she asked her mother if she could go.
Her mother said she could. She could stay two hours. Outside Della started to run, but fell. Her
knee was scraped. She limped inside. Her mother cleaned and bandaged it. Her mother drove her
instead.
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