1. A student wrote this sentence in an essay about the Gettysburg address: “Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address while traveling from Washington to Gettysburg on the back of an envelope.” Do you notice anything WRONG with the way this sentence is written? SAY WHAT? SAY WHAT?

2. Misplaced Prepositional Phrases “Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address while traveling from Washington to Gettysburg on the back of an envelope.” This amusing sentence suggests that Lincoln traveled on the back of an envelope instead of wrote on the back of an envelope. REALLY??

3. Misplaced Prepositional Phrases Instead of cramming everything into one sentence, try breaking up the sentence into 2 separate sentences…like this! “Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address while traveling from Washington to Gettysburg. He didn’t have any paper on hand, so he wrote the speech on the back of an envelope.”

4. Misplaced Prepositional Phrases Christine made the brownies for her aunt with chocolate icing. Notice anything wrong with the structure of this sentence?? Is her aunt really walking around covered with chocolate icing?

5. Misplaced Prepositional Phrases Christine made brownies for her aunt with chocolate icing. (wrong) Christine made brownies with chocolate icing for her aunt. (much better)

6. Misplaced Prepositional Phrases She walked her dog in a bikini. Doesn’t it sound like the dog is wearing a bikini??? How about this instead… In a bikini, she walked her dog. Wearing a bikini she walked her dog. While she was wearing a bikini, she walked her dog

7. Misplaced Prepositional Phrases Several people congratulated him on his speech at the end of the meeting. Can you find the problem? It sounds as if his speech was at the end of the meeting. The sentence probably means to say that several people congratulated him at the end of the meeting. At the end of the meeting, several people congratulated him on his speech.

8. Correct This Sentence My dad in the oven turned over the steak.

9. Correct This Sentence My sister in the apple found a worm.

10. Correct This Sentence A vampire chased the girl with frightening fangs.

11. Correct This Sentence The car transported the celebrity with squeaky wheels.

12. Correct This Sentence The cat was spotted by my grandma up in the large tree.

13. Correct This Sentence My teacher in the desk drawer found his missing pens.

14. Correct This Sentence The doctor within the patient’s stomach could feel the lump.

15. We also paid extra money to have added underneath the picture the name of our school on the front. What is the best way to write this sentence? A We also paid extra money to have the name added of our school on the front underneath the picture. B We also paid extra money to have the name of our school added underneath the picture on the front. C We also paid extra money to have on the front the name of our school added underneath the picture. D We also paid extra money to have underneath the picture added the name of our school on the front.

16. I believe that of all time you may be one of the most important inventors. Choose the correct way to rewrite the sentence. A I believe that one of the most important inventors you may be of all time. B I believe that you may be one of all time of the most important inventors. C I believe that you may be one of the most important inventors of all time. D I believe of all time that you may be one of the most important inventors.