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 of
  according from
  
  
• 2 - They arrived late ___ the heavy traffic.
  
  because of
  because from
  because to
  
  
• 3 - Amir lives ___ his work.
  
  close of
  close to
  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 of
  Aside to
  
  
• 6 - We're going to marry ___ what anyone thinks.
  
  regardless to
  regardless from
  regardless of
  
  
• 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 with
  thanks from
  thanks to
  
  
• 9 - It's open every day ___ Sundays.
  
  except for
  except with
  except from
  
  
• 10 - I'll ride in the carriage ___ you and Natalie.
  
  along for
  along with
  along from