Quiz 15 - Postponed Prepositions

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Quiz 15 - Postponed Prepositions

Algeo, J. Exercises in Contemporary English. USA, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974.

Directions: Circle the postponed preposition.

Example: Which house did you leave it at?

1. What did he do that for?

2. Which shell did he put the pea under?

3. Laura is the friend whom he ran across in Paris.

4. It was a Norwegian ship that he sailed on.

5. The club he belongs to chartered a plane.

6. What I marvel at is the acrobat’s skill.

7. What a deep hole she fell into!

8. The child was well cared for.

9. Mozart is pleasant to listen to.

10. I will go to sleep, whichever program you look at.

11. They have traveled the world over.

12. Who did they give the first prize to?

Directions: Some of the sentences above have more formal variants with the prepositions before its complement.

Write those sentences with the preposition moved before its complement.

Example: At which house did you leave it?

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6. ___________________________________________________________________

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9. ___________________________________________________________________

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11. ___________________________________________________________________

12. ___________________________________________________________________

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