Prepositional phrases: the test

Matching exercise

ELT Concourse home
Focus on the phrases in italics.
prepositional phrase with a noun complement
She works for the fun of it
She began with a short example
prepositional phrase of means
As regards the French, they would disagree.
prepositional phrase as an attitudinal disjunct
The house was completely tiled with marble.
prepositional phrase with a wh-clause complement
They are good at Latin
*He came with the bus
To my disgust, she ate all of it.
Confusion of means with instrument prepositional phrases
prepositional phrase of instrument
They drove over the bridge.
adjunct prepositional phrase of purpose
gradable adjective with prepositional phrase implying standard
They went by plane.
modified prepositional phrase of material
referential prepositional phrase
He spoke on what to do in an emergency.