Below are ten sentences that include at least one
prepositional phrase. Underline each prepositional
phrase and then complete the chart to the right.
You can tell how many prepositional phrases are in
each sentence by the frequency of the sentence
number in the chart.
Sentence
Number
1
2
1. Ralph and Piggy walked slowly beside the water.
2
2. Many children in our county go to bed without
food.
2
3. “Sharpen a stick on both ends.”
4. Jack had the pig’s head placed on a stick.
3
3
5. People without hope sometimes lose civility.
4
6. Simon silently walked away from the others.
5
7. Moral behavior is tempered through
community interaction.
6
8. The crowd cheered wildly after the gamewinning field goal.
9. The boys killed a pig that was nursing in the
creepers.
10. Some of you will eat your lunch in the
commons area before fifth period.
7
8
9
10
10
Preposition
Object of the
Preposition