Practice 1 on Preposition

Practice 1

Find the prepositions in each sentence, then circle the prepositional phrase.

1. I was born in Jakarta on July 23 1985.
2. He came to the United States for the purpose of setting up a business office there.
3. Over the last three decades, we have seen a consistent worldwide decline in

membership of private-sector international trade union federations.

4. A combination of factors appear to have led to the decline of the beetle, all of
them directly or indirectly due to human influence but none conclusively proven.
5. At ground level, ozone is produced by a photochemical interaction of the Sun
with gases such as nitrogen oxides and unburnt hydrocarbons.
6. During the era from the end of the Civil War to about 1890, there was
a land settlement boom within the United States.