1. Identify the underlined prepositional phrases according to the following code:

  C   correctly placed         I   incorrectly placed

2. Correct the sentences with incorrectly placed prepositions on the lines provided.

______ After he failed his third quiz in a row, Harry decided to quit school and become a circus clown in the biology lab.

______ 1. Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.

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______ 2. The women in Portuguese were singing "Happy Birthday."

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______ 3. Writing helped Mona to understand her fully for the first time about her grandmother.

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______ 4. Acrophobia is the fear of heights.

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______ 5. Moslems fast during the month of Ramadan.

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______ 6. Of advertising campaigns humor is a well-established part.

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______ 7. Patsy on a jogging trail met her future husband.

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______ 8. Sri Lanka was once connected to India by a land bridge.

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______ 9. In mosquitoes record rainfalls led to an increase this year.

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______ 10. The capital of New Zealand is Wellington.

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