Exercise

In English you use prepositions to connect nouns or between nouns and

pronouns. Imagine that you encounter two nouns: stapler and book. You can
use prepositions in many ways to connect the two nouns to express different
ideas:
The stapler is behind the book
The stapler in front of the book
The stapler near the book
The stapler is under the book

Scrambled sentences.
Identify in each case the function of the groups of words. Write each joined
sentence on the line below.
Be especially careful when organizing each sentence. Remember: Each
sentence has a: subject+ verb+ complement order. The following underlined
words represent the prepositions on the sentence.
See the following example:

1. / the purple on / is/ book the table /.

The purple book is on the table.

2. /is / below two blue and green books/ one red book/
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3. /the draft/ is / on the table /.

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4. / the classrooms objects / are/ next to each other/

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5. /the backpacks/ on the floor /are/ .

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6. / a black backpack/ next to /is/ a blue bag/.

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7. / in front of the whiteboard /the teacher /is /.

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8. /is/ a black marker/ this/.

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9. /the pencils/ /are/ in the metallic container/.

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10. / over the teachers' bag/ the desk/ is/.

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11. / under the eraser and the pencil/ is/ the piece of paper/.
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