Read the following paragraph and identify the prepositional phrases. What tone would you use to read this to the class? Early in the Revolutionary War Washington sent one of his officers to requisition horses from the local landowners. Calling
at an old country mansion, the officer was received by the elderly mistress of the house "Madam, I have come to claim your
horses in the name of the government' he began "On whose orders?" demanded the woman stemly. "On the orders of
General George Washington, commander in chief of the American army replied the officer. The old lady smiled. "You go
back and tell General George Washington that his mother says he cannot have her horses' she said.