Gallaudet: Friend of the Deaf

Daily Oral LanguageWeek 2

Sentence 1Underline the prepositional phrase(s) and circle the object of the preposition.

the dog pursued the fox over plowed tobacco plots and hemp fields in and out of the woods and up a rocky slope

Sentence 2Underline the prepositional phrase(s) and circle the object of the preposition.

on a wooded stretch he slipped out of the game threw himself face down at the foot of a sugar maple and waited for the ache to go out of his chest

Sentence 3 Underline the prepositional phrase(s) and circle the object of the preposition.

when thomas was a boy of six or seven his favorite pastime was to steal away into the woods or fields and dream of his future

Sentence 4Underline the prepositional phrase(s) and circle the object of the preposition.

the baying of the hounds a must in the game grew fainter as they attempted to outrun and outsmart the fox

Sentence 5 Underline the prepositional phrase(s) and circle the object of the preposition.

after supper came the bible reading thomas thought there family probably did more bible reading than any other family in town