328 APPENDIX B. APPENDIX B: Prepositions DIRECTIONS: Study the list of prepositions. Then underline the prepositions in each sentence. Circle the prepositional phrases (prepositions + modifi objects). In each passage, you should find ten prepositions. + PREPOSITIONS about before for on under across behind from outside unlike: after beside in over until against between inside past up along beyond into since upon among by like through versus around despite near throughout with as down of. to within at during off toward without EXERCISE BI A local construction site has been in an uproar since yesterday, when the fossilized bones of an extinet dinosaur were discovered under several feet of soil by incredulous construction workers. The bones are being removed from the ditch, and work on the construction site has temporarily been halted for further scientific study of the location, EXERCISE B2 The Computer Department at the local community college is offering computer course for computer-phobies, people who have never had their hands on a computer and cannot tell the difference between a computer monitor and a keyboard. If you want to learn about this course, you can call the local office, which is open until six o'clock daily. The course is offered during the fall semester at a low fee to residents throughout the county.