Usage (prepositions and conjunctions) Practice

Pay close attention to the prepositions in the sentences below.  Circle and correct any incorrect prepositions.

  1. In accordance to the Geneva Convention, most countries refrain in torturing prisoners of war. 
  2. The success of early reading books is attributed from Theodore Geisel. 
  3. The student is seeking his teacher’s approval with his proposal.
  4. My mother is always finding new errors that she can blame to me. 
  5. Until I took that advanced seminar I never realized I was capable in mastering foreign materials. 
  6. I can’t believe that he continues to complain through the airport’s treatment with him. 
  7. Her intense desire about self-improvement evolved for a meditation retreat she attended. 
  8. I am incredibly impressed in her son and I can only hope with similar behavior from my own child. 
  9. The results of her exam are far from the scores that she hoped to achieve.
  10. I have developed a great fondness of the cookies she makes that consist in sugar, butter and almond flour. 
  11. In a world in which we are often only interested by things that directly affect us, it is necessary into learn to take other’s interests to heart. 
  12. I am acutely  aware of my teacher staring at me and measuring my  participation of the class discussion. 
  13. The child does not have a strong grasp by the material and the teacher is not happy in it. 
  14. She has a deep and abiding believe of the power of fairy tales.
  15. I belong in a club that is innovative and interesting but a little careless about its money. 
  16. An SAT is made up by 10 sections and if you are planning to take it, you should practice long tests.
  17. When I graduate from high school I will cease  to care with any of my classmates.
  18. I pray in the strength to recover in cancer.
  19. Christian Scientists view doctors and other medical professionals by a threat to their faith. 
  20. Although she loves her boss, she is capable of differing with him over a plethora of philosophical ideals. 
  21. I am not averse with  the notion of starting over again. 
  22. In order to provide proper treatment, it is critical to distinguish metastatic cancer to isolated cancer. 
  23. The teacher is deeply suspicious by  his students’ unconventional methods for  preparing from exams.
  24. I am Jewish,  but I do not always adhere with the stricter religious rules. 
  25. The desert is at once arid but prone to disastrous flash floods. 
  26. As a class, we strive for succeed with all that we attempt.
  27. They regard all young people to be possible hoodlums.
  28. When a child excels with a subject, a teacher should then insist in the student’s best effort in similar subjects. 
  29. The doctor prohibits his patient by over-exerting himself in order to protect him with himself. 
  30. Compared to brain surgery, the drug treatment is minimally invasive and we hope that he will respond well in it. 

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