Skill 4 – Prepositional Phrases – Answer Key
Practice 1
1. It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea.
2. With the flavor of ham and biscuit in his mouth, the boy felt good.
3. For the first fifteen years of our lives, Danny and I lived within five blocks of each other and
neither knew of the other’s existence.
4. At that moment, a skinny arm shot out between the bars of Wharton’s cell and grabbed
Coffey’s slab of a bicep.
5. By the end of the first round, his face felt as if it had been stung by a hundred bees.
6. Over Dean’s shoulder, I could see the Doctor against the wall with his black bag between his
feet.
7. Ima Dean, with a huge bag of yellow and red wrapped candies, was sitting on the floor, delving
into it, making one big pile and three smaller ones.
8. With the ivy behind her, with the sunlight through the trees dappling her long blue cloak, and
with her nice fresh face smiling across the greenery, she was like a softly colored illustration in
one of Colin’s books.
Practice 2
9. The nature trail is a mile from the interstate, near the canal by the old barn, near the historic
museum in the 19th century village, and near the old abandoned post office across from the
church on Front Street.
10. The first day of classes was chaos, in the cafeteria with huge lines, in the guidance department
with countless schedule changes, and in the main office with stressed-out administrators in
high demand but low supply.
Practice 3
11. Under the hood of the truck and within the interior of the cabin, there were wisps of smoke.
12. After the rain and wind of the most fierce hurricane, the crops drooped toward the soil, drying
out from the sun.
13. During the ninth inning, Sherman caught a fly ball in the left field near the fence.
14. On the Internet, vast amounts of data traveled with the speed of invisible light, with clear
resolution of graphics.