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Giovania rodriguez Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

please help exercise prepositions

kathy and her sister betty always differ _____the issue of borrowing. (on, with, between, among)
betty often borrows clothes ____ Kathy, and she doesn’t ask in advance. (from, on, of, off)
____ that, Betty also uses her sister’s Cds and CD player. (off, beside, besides, among).
Kathy is different _____ her sister and asks for things in advance. (among, than, from, besides)
Yesterday Kathy walked ____ kathy’s room and asked to have her Cds back. (in, at, into, with)
Kathy was really angy ______ Betty. (besides, with, into, at)
Betty said that this was different ____ other times-she didn’t have the Cds. ( from, into, than, at)
There was a big fight _______ betty and Kathy. (between, among, besides, with)
Mom had the cds, and she was angry _____the girl's ability to get along. (on, with, at, from)
Mom divided kathy’s CDs ___________________ the three of them to share. (with, at, between, among)
I usually differ ______________my brother over musical taste. (off, between, with, besides)
My taste is different ___________my brother’s – he likes only classical music. (from, among, between, with).
He sometimes has difficulty choosing _________ an opera and a symphony. ( from, between, with, off)
____ his bed he has a Bach CD (among, beside, off, at)
He makes the cat jump _________ the bed so that it won’t knock the CD player over. (from, at, with, off)
My musical choices are usually ________rap, heavy metal, and rock. (besides, at, among, from).
I was surprised when my brother wanted to borrow a CD _____me. ( from, with, at, among)
He usually doesn’t listen to anything ___ classical music and opera. (at, among, from, besides)

____the songs he borrowed was an updated version of a Batch motet! (between, among, besides, of)
I didn’t want him to be angry _____me, so I said OK. (among, from, at, off)
William Tell was a hero _____ the Swiss during the 14th century. (of, from, at, among)
____ the time, the Austrians were trying to take independence ____the Swiss. (of; in) (among; over) (from; at) (at; from)
_____the swiss leaders William Tell. (over,among, throughout, on)
A tyrant named gessler ruled ___________tell’s territory. (over, about, before, among)
Gessler placed a cap ___ top ___ a pole. (of; in) (on; with) (before; about) (on; of)
Gessler threatened to put anyone who did not salute the cap ______jail. (onto, on, into, over)
One day William Tell was walking ________the town _________ his son. (to; until) (on; over) (over; with) ( throughout; with).

Tell passed the pole __________a glance, and so soldiers captured Tell and brought him _____ Gessler. (without; before) (at; with) (in; until) (over; among).
Gessler knew ____ Tell’s skills as an archer. (with, about, from, among)
He said, “I’ll let you go free if you shoot this apple __________your son’s head”. (of, among, off, from).
Tell looked _______gessler ____ considerable contempt (in;to) (at; with) (over; at) (with; until)
Tell took two arrows _____ this quiver ____ arrows ( from; off) (among; in) (from; of) (off; among)
The crowd looked ___ horror as Tell prepared to shoot the arrow. (of, among, with, until)
The apple split ____ half and fell _____ the ground. (in;off) (among; in) in; to) (from; until)
Tell later shot the tyrant ___ the second arrow. (into, from, among, with)
  

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Too much! No attempt to answer them yourself!

Post only three to five in one post, and tell us which answers you believe are correct.

Considering what you've posted, I don't think anybody is going to reply.

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