Prepositional Phrases prepositional phrase on account of because

Prepositional Phrases

* prepositional phrase * on account of (because of) on behalf of (instead of) in contact with ( in touch with ) in addition to in comparison to with the exception of ( not including ) in favour of in need of with regard to in relation to in reply to as a result of ( wanting or approving of sth) ( related to)

addition to reply to need of contact with in relation to favour of comparison to

on with as account of behalf of the exception of regard to a result of

account – addition – behalf – comparison – contact - exception 1. She’s been elected to go before the town council on ----- of the country’s farmers. 2. Everyone should be there, with the ---- of Omar. 3. The game was cancelled on ---- of the rain. 4. He’s been in direct ----- with the president. 5. There were six people at the meeting in -----to me. 6. He’s a well-behaved child in ----- to (with) his brother. behalf – exception – account – contact – addition comparison

favour – need – regard – relation – reply - result 1. I have a question with ----- to your last speech. 2. He wrote a short note in ---- to her letter. 3. Not surprisingly, most voters are in ---- of the tax cuts. 4. The programme is in desperate ---- of financial support. 5. As a --- of the accident, he was out of work for three months. 6. I have several comments to make in --- to the subject at hand. regard – reply – favour – need – result – relation
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