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Prepositional Phrases - Exercise 2

Directions:  Locate the prepositional phrases in each sentence, and then write the phrases in the spaces provided beneath each sentence.  When you have completed the exercise, click on the "Check My Work" button at the bottom of the page to check your answers.

1.  Around seven o'clock in the evening, Hal put the cheese mixture into the saucepan on the stove and added a touch of garlic to the pan.



2.  When the sauce came to a boil, he lifted the pot off the stove and poured the cheese mixture over the macaroni.



3.  Macaroni and cheese can be prepared without much trouble after a long day at the office.



4.  For a change, use saga cheese from the specialty cheese department as an especially good sauce with macaroni.



5.  Besides macaroni and cheese, another meal of convenience is the classic TV dinner from the frozen food department of any supermarket.



6.  People with children often fix quick dinners for their families.



7.  By the fourth year of her tenure on the board of directors, Marianne ate nothing but TV dinners during the week.



8. Because of busy schedules, some people don't even cook, but eat raw foods instead at dinnertime.



9.  Cottage cheese over lettuce. tomatoes cut into quarters, and fruits with cheese are often eaten throughout the busy week.



10.  All kinds of nuts provide protein and fiber for good nutrition but often also contain a great deal of fat.



           

 

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