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Grammar Review: Prepositions

The grammar preparation quiz covers the information shown below; make sure you study this information carefully before you try to take the quiz. When you are ready, log in to Blackboard to take the quiz. You can take the online quiz as often as you want; the computer will record your most recent score. The quiz will be available until Wednesday midnight.

For the quiz, you will need to be able to "fill in the blank" with an appropriate form of the verb given in parentheses. You will see a nominative noun used in the sentence to let you know what the subject of the sentence should be (the pronouns ego, tu, nos and vos alert you when the subject is first or second person). Example:

(in - flumen) - Puellae in flumine lavantur. Answer: flumine

1. (ad - Deus) - Clamor eorum ad ___________ ascendit.
2. (sub - arbor) - Sub ___________ stravi me.
3. (per - tempus) - Per multum ___________ dicebant.
4. (ex - cor) - Dominus ex toto ___________ diligendus est.
5. (super - caput) - Ferrum super ___________ Samson numquam ascendit.
6. (cum - laus) - Magna cum ___________.
7. (sine - honor) - Propheta in patria sua sine ___________ est.
8. (in - manus) - Moses virgam in ___________ tenebat.
9. (in - coluber) - Virga in ___________ versa est.
10. (a - Deus) - Angelus a ___________ missus est.
11. (propter - hoc) - Post hoc, ergo propter ___________.
12. (de - pedes) - Solve calciamentum de ___________ tuis
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