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Prepositions – Lance Armstrong, Part 2

by Tom Rohrbach

    Instructions: Make your choice, then check your answer.

  1. Lance would ride ___ five hours or more a day.
    1. in
    2. on
    3. for

  2. He trained so much that there was no time ___ fun.
    1. for
    2. with
    3. of

  3. Lance rode his bicycle ___ the rain and snow.
    1. around
    2. at
    3. in

  4. He tried to get ahead ___ the other riders in the race.
    1. of
    2. from
    3. for

  5. It was time for him to break ___ from the main group of riders. (bike race idiom)
    1. away
    2. in
    3. out

  6. The rain was pouring ___ during the race.
    1. in
    2. off
    3. down

  7. Soon Lance was ___ the lead. (he was the leader of the race)
    1. on
    2. to
    3. in

  8. His mom helped him ___ any way she could.
    1. in
    2. for
    3. of

  9. During the Tour de France, people scream and cheer ___ the racers as they fly by on the narrow French roads.
    1. for
    2. by
    3. at

  10. The peloton (group of racers) was deep ___ the mountains that day.
    1. in
    2. at
    3. by

  11. Because of one racer's fatal accident, the race was over ___ the rest of the day.
    1. by
    2. for
    3. until

  12. The next day when they continued the race, they rode ___ honor of the rider who had died.
    1. in
    2. for
    3. by

  13. Lance rode fast ___ the finish line in first place.
    1. under
    2. by
    3. across

  14. Lance pointed at the sky as he won the race to remember his dead friend. It was Lance's way ___ thanking him.
    1. of
    2. to
    3. for

  15. Lance got sick, and it didn't take long ___ the doctor to figure out the cause of Lance's pain. He had cancer.
    1. by
    2. for
    3. of

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