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Sunday, October 11, 2009

TEST PRACTICE Thursday 15th Oct

Review of PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES. Enjoy the video link on the American Revolution


These are the ‘types of question’ that you will have in the test.

The sentences below all contain prepositional phrases. A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends (usually) with a noun or a pronoun.

The noun or pronoun that ends the phrase is called the object of the preposition; the object of the preposition answers the question what? (or whom?) after the preposition and shows the end of the phrase.

A) Find the prep. phrases in these sentences

1. During hot summer weather, I like swimming at the beach near my house.

2. The beach is surrounded by many trees with leafy branches giving plenty of shade.

3. The lake is very deep in the centre, but it is quite shallow near shore.

4. In the middle of the lake, there are several small islands; some people swim out to them, but going by boat is safer.

5. On the bushes along the shore, I can hang my wet towel.

B) CAN YOU FIND ALL THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES IN THIS TEXT?

Although my room in residence is small, it is very cozy. On the single bed under the window is a spread quilted by my grandmother in winter. It is my most treasured possession. Beside the bed is a small bookcase filled with my books and papers. The bookcase is painted white, and the top and sides have a pattern of vines running over them, stencilled in green. Next to the bookcase is a small antique armchair from my grandmother's house. The chair is upholstered in a rich cream brocade material, sprinkled with tiny pink roses.
C) Writing Component

YOU WILL ALSO BE EXPECTED TO DESCRIBE ‘A BUILDING YOU KNOW WELL’ USING PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

(hint hint! nudge nudge! Bob’s your uncle!)

D) Make sure you tackled the multiple choice questions on prep. phrases posted on the blog last week.

e.g.http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=6&Unit=7&Topic=Prepositional+Phrases&x=25&y=9

E)_Divide the words in this box into the three categories
Prepositions       Not Prepositions      Prepositional Phrases

below
or
under
above the flower pot
a green animal
will she come?
in Madrid
in
around the house
with Mary
back
making a mistake



19 comments:

  1. I know this is really off topic, but why does it say ' whenever you put an appostrophe? What are you reffering to when you say hint hint nudge nudge Bob's your uncle, the paragraph?

    -Forrester

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  2. Okay, I know I put and sign, number sign,thirty nine, and semicolon. Now when you put that it shows up as an appostrophe.

    -Forrester

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  3. He's probably trying to tell us that whatever he's talking about is going to be on the test.

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  4. is this an open book test for the prep. phrases
    abigail

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  5. thanks Hayden
    abigail

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  6. on last weeks homework sheet it said that the vocab test was this Friday and now my mom says it is now Next Friday so did you change it or was that a typo on the sheet.
    Abigail

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  7. hi it is beecy... we only have to do a paragraph for homework... right?

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  8. spend 30-45mins on your writing... measure it that way MC

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  9. OK thanks. you can call me beecy if you want and is this a good sentence? The cold breesy wind wistled through my hair.

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  10. you tell me... is it a good sentence? and why?

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  11. I noticed that you put centre instead of center in section A #3

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  12. and you spelled stenciled stencilled (Word helped me with this one, but not the other)

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  13. 'centre' is the British spelling

    that's why i boo boo from time to time...
    e.g.
    color is spelt colour in England as well as many hundreds of other differences !

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  14. when it says that we have to describe a building could that be our house.

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  15. don't think so. ex. Wachovia Building

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  16. wut is thu bilding thing??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........



    RyAn S.

    P.S. whu is mary martha??????!!!!!.....

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