Underline the compound prepositions in the sentences below. Each sentence contains one compound preposition.

Mr. Moore will welcome the crowd on behalf of the whole team.

1. I’ll meet you in front of the theater at seven o’clock.
2. Americans continue to choose potato chips as their favorite snack in spite of repeated warnings against eating too much fat.
3. Pam plans to quit her job regardless of her mother’s objections.
4. At a power station in Northern Ireland electricity is generated by incoming and receding waves instead of by fossil fuels.
5. Please leave the cayenne pepper out of the chili this time.
6. In addition to the Oscars awarded to people, at least one Oscar has been given to a cartoon character, Mickey Mouse.
7. I was late for work because of the heavy fog.
8. When an animal spends the summer in a dormant state, the term used is estivation instead of hibernation.
9. Larry Fine, along with Moe and Curly Howard, achieved fame as a member of the Three Stooges.
10. In case of a fire, do not use the elevator.

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