Expanding Sentences With Prepositional Phrases

Expanding Sentences With Prepositional Phrases This sentence-expanding exercise will give you practice in applying the principles and guidelines in these two articles: What Are Prepositional Phrases?How to Arrange Prepositional Phrases Excercise Expand each sentence below by adding one or more prepositional phrases that answer the question(s) in parenthesis.ExampleThe cat jumped and pounced.(What did the cat jump off of? What did the cat pounce on?)The cat jumped off the stove and pounced on the gerbil.There are countless ways to expand each sentence; You will find sample answers below. The students laughed.(What did the students laugh at?)The man tripped.(What did the man trip over?)Visitors arrived yesterday.(Where were the visitors from?)The candles flickered.(Where were the candles?)Gus hid the candy bar.(Where did Gus hide the candy bar?)Last night I watched a YouTube video.(What was the video about?)Sid sat.(Where did he sit? With whom did he sit?)The teacher spoke.(Who did the teacher speak to? What did she speak about?)The spaceship landed.(Where was the spaceship from? Where did it land?)Jenny stood, raised her Super Soaker water gun, and aimed it.(Where did she stand? What did she aim at?) Answers Here are sample answers to the sentence-expanding exercise. Keep in mind that countless versions of each sentence are possible. The students laughed  at the monkey on a scooter.The man tripped  over his own feet.Visitors  from the Bizarro world  arrived yesterday.The candles  on the handles of my bicycle  flickered.Gus hid the candy bar  in a dirty sock.Last night I watched a YouTube video  about green kangaroos.Sid sat  in a tub of Jell-O with his cat.The teacher spoke  to the principal about a pay raise.The spaceship  from Pluto  landed  in the desert.Jenny stood  on the roof of the garage, raised her Super Soaker water gun, and aimed it  at her little brother below. If you had any problems completing this exercise, review the guidelines and examples on the  pages indicated at the  beginning of this article.