Luyện ngữ pháp - English Grammar - Lesson 12: Prepositions)


PREPOSITIONS.

Exercise 1.

Instructions: Select the prepositional phrases in the following sentences. Tell what each phrase modifies. Divide each phrase into preposition and object. Find the base word of the object, and tell what part of speech it is.

  1. This monster lives in a den under yonder mountain with a brother of his.
  2. I carried both letters in my apron pocket.
  3. At the age of ten years he fled from the multiplication table and ran away to sea.
  4. In the dusk of spring evenings we sat on the window seat and watched the lights come out on the high bluff and the long bridge.
  5. The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies.
  6. With a fair and strong breeze we soon ran into the little cove to the northward of Fort Moultrie.
  7. On the projecting bluffs, and occasionally on the very mountain tops, stand the ruins of great castles of the olden times.
  8. In the ancient city of London on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty.
  9. Now I was comforted by the thought of a tassel, and an ivory handle, and blue and gold changeable silk.
  10. A polar storm can blow for ten days without a break.
  11. The aerial path of Hushwing, from his nest in the swamp to his watchtower on the clearing's edge, led him past the pool and the crouching panther.
  12. All the little boys and girls, With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls, And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls, Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after The wonderful music, with shouting and laughter.

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Sample Answers (Suggested) / Đáp án gợi ý

1. in a den (modifies lives, prep: in, obj: den); under yonder mountain (modifies lives, prep: under, obj: mountain); with a brother of his (modifies lives, prep: with, obj: brother); of his (modifies brother, prep: of, obj: his — pronoun).

2. in my apron pocket (modifies carried, prep: in, obj: pocket).

3. At the age of ten years (modifies fled, prep: At, obj: age); of ten years (modifies age, prep: of, obj: years); from the multiplication table (modifies fled, prep: from, obj: table); to sea (modifies ran away, prep: to, obj: sea).

4. In the dusk of spring evenings (modifies sat, prep: In, obj: dusk); of spring evenings (modifies dusk, prep: of, obj: evenings); on the window seat (modifies sat, prep: on, obj: seat); on the high bluff (modifies come out, prep: on, obj: bluff); and the long bridge (modifies come out, prep: on understood, obj: bridge).

5. at last (modifies is come, prep: at, obj: last); With wind, and cloud, and changing skies (modifies is come, prep: With, obj: compound — wind, cloud, skies).

6. With a fair and strong breeze (modifies ran, prep: With, obj: breeze); into the little cove (modifies ran, prep: into, obj: cove); to the northward (modifies ran, prep: to, obj: northward); of Fort Moultrie (modifies northward, prep: of, obj: Fort Moultrie).

7. On the projecting bluffs (modifies stand, prep: On, obj: bluffs); on the very mountain tops (modifies stand, prep: on, obj: tops); of great castles (modifies ruins, prep: of, obj: castles); of the olden times (modifies castles, prep: of, obj: times).

8. In the ancient city of London (modifies was born, prep: In, obj: city); of London (modifies city, prep: of, obj: London); on a certain autumn day (modifies was born, prep: on, obj: day); in the second quarter (modifies day, prep: in, obj: quarter); of the sixteenth century (modifies quarter, prep: of, obj: century); to a poor family (modifies was born, prep: to, obj: family); of the name of Canty (modifies family, prep: of, obj: name); of Canty (modifies name, prep: of, obj: Canty).

9. by the thought of a tassel, and an ivory handle, and blue and gold changeable silk (modifies was comforted, prep: by, obj: thought); of a tassel, and an ivory handle, and blue and gold changeable silk (modifies thought, prep: of, obj: compound — tassel, handle, silk).

10. for ten days (modifies can blow, prep: for, obj: days); without a break (modifies can blow, prep: without, obj: break).

11. of Hushwing (modifies path, prep: of, obj: Hushwing); from his nest (modifies led, prep: from, obj: nest); in the swamp (modifies nest, prep: in, obj: swamp); to his watchtower (modifies led, prep: to, obj: watchtower); on the clearing's edge (modifies watchtower, prep: on, obj: edge); past the pool (modifies led, prep: past, obj: pool); and the crouching panther (modifies led, prep: past understood, obj: panther).

12. With rosy cheeks (modifies ran, prep: With, obj: cheeks); and flaxen curls (modifies ran, prep: With understood, obj: curls); and sparkling eyes (modifies ran, prep: With understood, obj: eyes); and teeth like pearls (modifies ran, prep: With understood, obj: teeth); like pearls (modifies teeth, prep: like, obj: pearls); after The wonderful music (modifies ran, prep: after, obj: music); with shouting and laughter (modifies ran, prep: with, obj: shouting and laughter).

Additional note: yonder (sentence 1) is an adjective; apron (sentence 2) is a noun used as an adjective; multiplication (sentence 3) is a noun used as an adjective; spring (sentence 4) is a noun used as an adjective; very (sentence 7) is an adjective; autumn (sentence 8) is a noun used as an adjective; break (sentence 10) is a noun.



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