Part 6
LANGUAGE
6.1 Conventions of Standard English
Name __________________________________
Prepositional Phrases 1
Practice
Print this page and then write your answers.
A. Underline the prepositional phrases in the following sentences.
1. When they finished their first plane, Orv and Katherine went on a camping trip.
2. Will flew the plane over a group of boys.
3. Katherine helped her brothers by managing their shop.
4. In their letters, they told her everything they were doing.
5. Will said that Kitty Hawk was a safe place for practice.
6. The world had never before seen a craft fly in the air.
7. First, they controlled their aircraft from the ground.
8. They came home to Dayton with a new idea.
9. Orv and Will worked from day to night.
B. Write an object pronoun on the line to complete each sentence.
11. Orv and Will thanked their sister and spoke highly about __________ to reporters.
12. The ground seemed very far away when they flew above __________.
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10. They had their friend Charlie build an engine for their new aircraft.
Part 6
LANGUAGE
6.1 Conventions of Standard English
Name __________________________________
Prepositional Phrases 2
Practice
Print this page and then write your answers.
Underline the prepositional phrase in each of the sentences below.
1. Orv and Will took weeks preparing for their first flight.
2. On December 14, 1903, the Flyer rattled down the track.
3. Will flew the aircraft fifteen feet above ground.
4. Orv watched the flight from the ground.
5. One day, human beings would fly around the world.
6. They kept the plans in a safe place.
7. The crowd stood in place.
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8. The plane stayed above the ground.
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