Writing with Prepositions & Prepositional Phrases

Social media experts are having a difficult time explaning the sudden increase ............. the number of hits on this website.

• by

• for

• in

• on

......... this day in history, a devastating earthquake struck in Chile.

• At

• For

• In

• On

Dilma Rousseff became the first female president of Brazil ......... June 2011.

• at

• by

• in

• on

Whether the university increases the number of scholarships depends ............ the budget that the president approves.

• for

• of

• on

• to

For citizens of Malaysia and Thailand, a visa is necessary ...... China.

• to visit

• to a visitor

• for a visit

• for visit

Choose the best word (red letter) and add the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

A crocodile is (concerned / different / responsible) ........... an alligator in several ways.

Choose the best word (red letter) and add the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

Today we know that President Richard Nixon was definitely (interested / involved / related) ............ the Watergate Scandal in the 1970s.

Choose the best word (red letter) and add the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

English is more closely (concerned / interested / related) ...............German than to Spanish.

Choose the best word (red letter) and add the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

The purpose of this paper is to explain who might have been (different / interested / responsible) ......... starting World War I.

Choose the best word (red letter) and add the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

Few people are (aware / concerned / different) .......... the fact that there are eight different essential nutrients called vitamin B.