Rachel Kuenzler

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Beside/Besides

• Rachel Kuenzler

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Meaning

• Beside means next to.

• Besides means in addition to.

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Examples

• Besides falling out of the race, the runner
  stayed beside the juice cart.
• Jeff set his books beside his plate.
• Besides some burnt toast, John served some
  delicious scrambled eggs.
• Besides attending the concert we lingered beside
  the monument.

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Fill in the blank

• 1. The bear sat ______ the bed.
• 2. _______ his hurt knee, he kept running ______
  his friend.
• 3. The girls played ______ the playground.
• 4. She stood _____ her best friend at the
  funeral.
• 5. _______ the hatred between the two boys, they
  sat _____ each other.

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Answers

• 1. beside
• 2. besides beside
• 3. beside
• 4. beside
• 5. besides beside