Two-word Prepositions

Many prepositions we use are single words like in, on and at. These are called simple prepositions.

There are also prepositions which are made up of two or three words. These complex prepositions act in the same way as single-word prepositions.

How many of these two-word prepositions are you familiar with?

Let me know if you have any questions about the meanings of any of these sentences.

Link:Quiz on prepositions

• 1 - The weather will be great ___ the newspaper.
  
  according of
  according from
  according to
  
  
• 2 - They arrived late ___ the heavy traffic.
  
  because from
  because to
  because of
  
  
• 3 - Amir lives ___ his work.
  
  close from
  close of
  close to
  
  
• 4 - There must have been an accident on the road ___ us.
  
  ahead of
  ahead to
  ahead from
  
  
• 5 - ___ Sally, everyone was at the conference.
  
  Aside to
  Aside of
  Aside from
  
  
• 6 - We're going to marry ___ what anyone thinks.
  
  regardless to
  regardless of
  regardless from
  
  
• 7 - He takes the train ___ his fear of driving.
  
  due from
  due for
  due to
  
  
• 8 - We achieved our sales target ___ all your hard work.
  
  thanks to
  thanks with
  thanks from
  
  
• 9 - It's open every day ___ Sundays.
  
  except with
  except for
  except from
  
  
• 10 - I'll ride in the carriage ___ you and Natalie.
  
  along from
  along for
  along with