work + a preposition and the January 2015 WOD quiz

Hello Students,

Certain verbs are followed by a variety of prepositions. The verb "work" is one of those verbs. In this exercises, guess which preposition from the list of prepositions below fits each sentence. Some sentences have more than one good choice. 

around      at     in     into     to     for     during     on    since    with    

1. Joe is working ________ a Bachelor's degree.

2. Which company do you work ________?

3. She works _________ the area of education.

4. Mr. Smith has to work ________ being a nicer person.

5. How many hours do they work _________ the day?

6. Bob works ________ some very interesting people.

7. Crews are working _________ the clock to get the repairs finished.

8. I'm going to work ________ home today.

9. The doctor will try to work you _________ his schedule.

10. They've been at work ________ 6:00 this morning.

The answers are below.

Prepositions are hard to learn. Click here for some examples of how they are used.

+ The word of the day for today is "whack."

+ There's a new Word of the Day Quiz for January 2015.

That's all for now.

 

Have a good day!

Your teacher,

Paul

PEACE!

 Answers:

1. on

2. for

3. in

4. at / on

5. during

6. around / with (coworkers)  / for (owners)

7. around   (around the clock = 24/7)

8. from / at

9. into

10. on