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