Richbaub's Introduction to Middle School Grammar Book 1

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The Basic Structure of a Prepositional Phrase A. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. B. In between the preposition and the noun or pronoun, there may be one or more descriptive words (adjectives and/or adverbs). C. Examples: RICHBAUB’S INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAMMAR, BOOK 1 9
Exercise 1 Write your own prepositional phrases. Use prepositions that begin with the given letters: a b i 1. ________________________________ 2. ________________________________ 3. ________________________________ f w t 4. ________________________________ 5. ________________________________ 6. ________________________________ Scholar Zone Can you imagine a world without writing? For most of human history there was no writing at all! No books, no magazines, no notes, no letters. Nada, zilch, zero. If only you’d lived 10,000 years ago… Wow, those were the days—NO ESSAY WRITING!! Bummer for you. English is actually one of the newest written languages. The first “modern” humans were on earth at least 30,000 years ago. The first time human beings began writing anything down was about 6000 years ago, but the English language was born only about 1500 years ago. Do you know how to make a timeline? If so, try finishing the one below! On the extreme left, mark the approximate beginning of human history. On the extreme right, mark the current year. In between, mark the beginning of writing and the beginning of the English language. Also mark any other historical events you know. TIMELINE OF WRITING 14000 BC 6000 BC 2000 BC 1 AD 10 RICHBAUB’S INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAMMAR, BOOK 1
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