Compound Prepositions
Directions:
Underline the compound prepositions in the sentences below. Each sentence
contains one compound preposition.
Example:
Mr. Moore will welcome the crowd on behalf of the whole team.
- I’ll meet you in front of the theater at seven o’clock.
- Americans continue to choose potato chips as their favorite snack in spite
of repeated warnings against eating too much fat.
- Pam plans to quit her job regardless of her mother’s objections.
- At a power station in Northern Ireland electricity is generated by
incoming and receding waves instead of by fossil fuels.
- Please leave the cayenne pepper out of the chili this time.
- In addition to the Oscars awarded to people, at least one Oscar has been
given to a cartoon character, Mickey Mouse.
- I was late for work because of the heavy fog.
- When an animal spends the summer in a dormant state, the term used is
estivation instead of hibernation.
- Larry Fine, along with Moe and Curly Howard, achieved fame as a member of
the Three Stooges.
- In case of a fire, do not use the elevator.
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