Focus: Identifying correct and incorrect preposition choice.
Directions: Underline the prepositions that correctly complete the sentences below. The first one is done as an example.
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1) ( For / To ) an injection to be effective (on / against) tetanus, it must be administered ( by / within ) seventy-two hours (off / for) the injury.
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2) Wage rates depend (in/on) part (from/on) the general prosperity (of/for) the economy.
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3) The invention (of/for) the hand-cranked freezer opened the door (for/to) commercial ice cream production, and (for/since) then, the ice-cream industry has grown (in/into) a four-billion-dollar a-year industry.
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4) (At/On) the time (of/in) the RevolutionaryWar, the North American colonies were merely a long string (with/ot) settlements (along/among) the Atlantic Coast (between/from) Maine and Georgia.
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5) The probability (of/for) two people (in/on) a group (of/for) ten people having birthdays (in/on) the same day is about one (in/ot) twenty.
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6) Showboats were floating theaters that tied up (at/to) towns (in/on) the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to bring entertainment and culture (to/at) the people (on/in) the frontier.
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7) Scrimshaw, the practice (of/for) carving ornate designs (in/on) ivory, was first practiced (by/ot) sailors working (by/with) sail needles while (in/on) long sea voyages.
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8) Assateague Island, (off/ot) the coast (off/ot) Virginia, is famous (for/to) its herds (of/with) wild ponies.
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9) an/On) order (for/to) an object to be visible, light must travel (from/for) that object (at/to) a person’s eyes.
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10. an/On) the 1930’s and 1940’s, when train travel was (on/at) its peak, passengers could look forward (for/to) wonderful meals (on/at) trains.
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11) (In/Since) the 1960’s, op art, which was based (in/on) scientific theories (of/for) optics, employed patterns (of/in) lines and colors that seemed to change shape as the viewer looked (on/at) them.
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12. The first national convention devoted (for/to) the issue (of/with) women’s rights, organized partly (oflby) Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was held (in/on) her hometown (in/of) Seneca Falls, New York, (in/on) 1848.
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13) (In/Since) 1716 a party (of/for) explorers led (by/with) Lieutenant Governor Spotswood (of/in) Virginia tried (in/on) vain to find a route (through/of) the Appalachian Mountains.
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14) Dolphins rely (in/on) echolocation, a form (of/for) navigation similar (with/to) the sonar systems used (on/at) submarines.
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15) Analytical geometry, (in/on) which algebraic ideas are used (for/to) the description (of/for) geometric objects, has been (in/on) use (for/since) the seventeenth century.
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