GRAMMAR REVIEW: PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES BUILDING SUPPORTING SKILLS CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST

 

CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST BUILDING SUPPORTING SKILLS GRAMMAR REVIEW: PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

 

Prepositional phrases consist of a preposition and an object. The object is a noun or pronoun. The noun can have modifiers: Prepositional phrases that are used as adverbs can take various positions: Prepositional phrases that are used as adjectives follow the noun they describe: A list of commonly used prepositions follows: Some of these words can have other functions in a sentence. To check whether a prepositional phrase is being used, look for a preposition and an object: Exercise G25 Use Exercise G25 to practice your skills in using prepositions. EXERCISE G25 Identifying correct phrases Choose the correct letter of the phrase that correctly completes the sentence. 1 __________ of his rule, Ataturk introduced significant changes to the Turkish people’s way of life. A As the years B Through the years 2 The Mississippi region is __________ astonishingly diverse people. A full of B entirely filled 3 Doctors anticipate __________ will bring a revolution in surgical techniques. A that the twenty-first century B from the twenty-first century

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