A preposition can never be used on its own. It must always be used with another word. In most cases, a preposition is placed before a noun or pronoun.

Each item below offers a choice, in a pull-down menu, of four prepositions for expressing various logical relationships. For each numbered item, select the preposition that best fits in the sentence.

In each item below, the sentence contains a highlighted conjunction expressing a time relationship, followed by a preposition in parentheses. In the blank box under each item, rewrite the sentence ...

To help remember the dative prepositions, sing them to the first two lines of the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas. Remember that King Wenceslas first set out on the ‘date’ (= dative ...