Deck 8: Prepositions

Question 1

Your salary raise is retroactive ____ July 1.

A)to
B)from

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Because I couldn't attend the meeting, Tammy substituted for ____.

A)I
B)me
C)myself

Answer 2

B

Question 3

If you have ____ to spare, please drop by my office.

A)sometime
B)some time
C)sometimes

Answer 3

B

Question 4

I used information ____ the internet in my research paper.

A)from
B)off of
C)off

Question 5

According to Bill and ______, our company will start using social networking sites for market research.

A)herself
B)she
C)her

Question 6

Which sentence is correct?

A)All managers except Bruce and he were asked to increase their sales goals.
B)Wasn't that invitation addressed to you and I?
C)All the sales reps but you and me had to revise their reports.

Question 7

Which sentence is better expressed?

A)Collin demonstrated an aptitude for and an appreciation of statistics.
B)Collin demonstrated an aptitude and an appreciation of statistics.

Question 8

Please send your application ____ our human resources manager.

A)to
B)too
C)two

Question 9

The hiring team will consider only those applicants who ______ college.

A)graduated
B)graduated from

Question 10

When a pronoun serves as the object of a prepositional phrase, it must be a(n) ________ pronoun.

A)subjective
B)objective
C)possessive

Question 11

Both ____ were lying on my desk.

A)reports
B)of the reports

Question 12

My English professor said that my paper could ____ been better organized and more concise.

A)of
B)have

Question 13

__________ you will receive supply requests via e-mail.

A)Sometime
B)Some time
C)Sometimes

Question 14

He refused to argue ____ the irate customer.

A)with
B)about
C)for

Question 15

All of the following are objective pronouns except ______.

A)them
B)us
C)her
D)he

Question 16

Some of the office tasks in this company are similar ____ those I performed for my previous employer.

A)with
B)to

Question 17

Between ____, I believe that the new job sharing proposal will not be successful.

A)you and me
B)you and I

Question 18

Because of her desire to help others, Sofia plans to go ____ medicine.

A)into
B)in to
C)in

Question 19

Beth is completely different ____ our previous manager.

A)from
B)than

Question 20

A number of our ____ have inquired about their benefit reductions.

A)personnel
B)personal

Question 21

Which sentence uses idiomatic expressions appropriately?

A)The manager said that he planned on giving everyone a raise.
B)Employees inferred from the manager's remarks that raises would be issued shortly.
C)Employees inferred by the manager's remarks that raises would be issued shortly.

Question 22

Any websites that do not conform ____ disability access standards will have to be redesigned.

A)to
B)with

Question 23

It looks ____ more and more social media sites will be developed over the next few years.

A)like
B)as if

Question 24

The plan called for the sharing of the word processing tasks ______ the five members of the research team.

A)among
B)between

Question 25

Which sentence uses like correctly?

A)Although text messaging is still popular, it appears like Twitter is becoming a preferred social networking tool by many.
B)Griffin feels like he should have studied more thoroughly for the test.
C)The magazine model looked a lot like Taylor Swift.

Question 26

Which sentence is correct?

A)When did Danika graduate from college?
B)Where did your friends go to?
C)Where do you live at?

Question 27

The new company brochure was created by my boss and ____.

A)me
B)I
C)we

Question 28

Have you reconciled your checkbook ____ your bank statement?

A)to
B)with

Question 29

It looks ______ it's going to rain tomorrow.

A)as if
B)like

Question 30

Has anyone ____ Kenji expressed interest in attending the conference?

A)beside
B)besides

Question 31

Were you able to retrieve the data ______ the hard drive of the damaged computer?

A)off
B)from off of
C)off of
D)from

Question 32

Everyone ____ Catalina attended the company retreat.

A)except
B)accept

Question 33

We plan ____ survey our customers and conduct a focus panel ______.

A)to; to
B)too; to
C)too; too
D)to; too

Question 34

We need to ____ the fact that our financial records will be more closely examined by auditors.

A)accept
B)except

Question 35

If Jessica ____ been more prepared, she would have performed better during her job interview.

A)would have
B)would of

Question 36

Many customers were angry ____ the manager and her attitude toward them.

A)with
B)about
C)at

Question 37

Please ____ to the front of the room to deliver your presentation.

A)precede
B)proceed

Question 38

We need at least half of our staff to agree ____ volunteer at Saturday's open house.

A)with
B)to
C)on

Question 39

Which sentence is more formally expressed?

A)Whom should I address the letter to?
B)To whom should I address the letter?

Question 40

The writing of the business plan will be divided equally ____ Rick and Cathi.

A)among
B)between

Question 41

Which sentence is correct?

A)In contrast to our presentations, Joe will present his without any multimedia.
B)Contrasting to the majority of the staff, Jenna argued for shorter breaks.
C)In contrast with our presentations, Joe will present his without any multimedia.

Question 42

Which sentence is correct?

A)Please inform Mike and I where the next meeting will be.
B)Please inform Mike and me where the next meeting will be.

Question 43

Seated ____ the CEO is the executive vice president.

A)beside
B)besides

Question 44

Which sentence is correct?

A)The supervisor attended the sales conference in New York with he.
B)Please forward your e-mail message to Megan and she by noon tomorrow.
C)The disagreement is with the shipper, not with you and me.

Question 45

Kwame and Barb went ____ talk with their supervisor about their proposal to job share.

A)in to
B)into

Question 46

Min-seo could not ____ laughing when she heard her coworker discuss his attempts to potty train his son.

A)help from
B)help

Question 47

We're getting ____ few "likes" on our Facebook page.

A)two
B)too
C)to

Question 48

Everyone in our department except ____ is excited about the new mission statement.

A)himself
B)him
C)he

Question 49

In the sentence LinkedIn is a popular networking site for business professionals, the word professionals functions as ____.

A)the object of a verb
B)the object of a preposition
C)a subject

Question 50

Karen is ____ to submit the final architectural drawings to the customer by April 1.

A)suppose
B)supposed

Question 51

The politician stood ________ strong reform on health care.

A)for
B)in
C)on

Question 52

Prepositions ____.

A)express an action, an occurrence, or a state of being
B)name persons, places, things, qualities, feelings, concepts, activities, and measures
C)join nouns and pronouns to other words in a sentence
D)modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

Question 53

She turned right ____ Park Avenue in an attempt to find parking.

A)on to
B)onto

Question 54

Which sentence is more formally expressed?

A)Do you know where the meeting is?
B)Do you know where the meeting is at?