Lab Activities
Lab Activity 29: Using Prepositional Phrases
 
 
Objective: To use prepositional phrases

Step 2: Select the appropriate preposition to insert in each blank.


      _A_ "The Tortoise and the Hare," a fable _B_ Aesop, the hare must learn an important lesson _C_ extreme confidence and taking things for granted.

1. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "A"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      2. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "B"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      3. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "C"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      The fable focuses _A_ a race _B_ the slow and humble tortoise and the fast and arrogant hare.

4. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "A"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      5. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "B"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      6. As the race begins, the hare speeds away _A_ the starting line while the tortoise barely moves. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "A"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      The hare is so sure he'll win that he stops _A_ the way to have a snack _B_ a tree _C_ a garden.

7. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "A"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      8. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "B"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      9. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "C"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      10. Meanwhile, the tortoise sticks _A_ the trail and keeps moving.

Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "A"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      The hare spends so much time __A__ the garden, that the hare actually falls way __B__ the tortoise.

11. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "A"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      12. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "B"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      13. The tortoise wins the race __A__ time to spare.

Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "A"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      The moral __A__ the story is that you should never take anything __B__ granted.

14. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "A"? 

 
 
 
 
 


      15. Which of the following prepositions should go in the blank marked "B"? 

 
 
 
 
 







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