Business English: A Practice Book

Exercise 69

The phrase introduced by a preposition is the most common. A list of prepositions follows. They should be learned.

about	before	except	toward
above	behind	for	under
aboard	below	from	underneath
across	beneath	in	until
after	beside	into	up
against	between	of	upon
along	betwixt	on	with
amid	beyond	over	within
amidst	but (except)	past	without
among	by	through	to the extent of
around	concerning	throughout	from under
athwart	down	till	according to
at	during	to	except for

Write three sentences containing prepositional adjective phrases.

Prepositional adverbial phrases may express the following ideas:

Time, telling when something happened.
Place, telling where something happened.
Manner, telling how something happened.
Means, telling how something happened.
Cause or purpose, telling why something happened.
Degree, telling how long something lasted; how far it went; how much it cost, etc.
Agent, telling by whom it was done.
Accompaniment, telling with whom it was done.

Write a sentence containing a prepositional phrase telling:

1. when	6. how far
2. where	7. how much
3. why	8. by whom
4. in what way	9. with whom
5. how long	10. by what means

Exercise 70

Name all the prepositional phrases in Exercise 179, explaining whether they are adjective or adverbial.