Grammar and Language Workbook

31. The high wind mercilessly bent the spindly ash tree completely over.
32. The swallows flew swiftly into the old barn where they vigilantly guarded their nests.
33. The police continuously directed traffic during the heavy downpour.
34. Violets and jack-in-the-pulpit grow abundantly in the large woods.
35. Its favorite person’s mood often affects a cat’s behavior.
36. Delicious fragrance from the fully open apple blossoms quietly filled me with a sense of peace.
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Unit 1, Parts of Speech
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Grammar
Lesson 10
Prepositions
A 
preposition 
shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in the
sentence.
The salesclerk waited by the telephone.
COMMON PREPOSITIONS
aboard
as
but (except)
inside
outside
toward
about
at
by
into
over
under
above
before
despite
like
past
underneath
across
behind
down
near
pending
until
after
below
during
of
regarding
unto
against
beneath
except
off
since
up
along
beside
excepting
on
than
upon
amid
besides
for
onto
through
with
among
between
from
opposite
throughout
within
around
beyond
in
out
to
without
A 
compound preposition
is a preposition that is made up of more than one word.
I put my backpack on top of the kitchen table.