Prepositions Cloze Test
Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions from the passage.
She continued to suggest the idea (1) the next 24 years.
(2) 1909, William Howard Taft became the 27th president (3) the United States (4) America.
Scidmore heard that the first lady wanted to make Washington, D.C. a beautiful city.
She wrote a letter (5) the first lady and told her (6) the idea.
(7) 1910, 2,000 cherry trees were sent (8) Tokyo as a gift.
A lot (9) bugs were found (10) them, so they all were burned.
Then, (11) March (12) 1912, more than 3,000 cherry trees were shipped (13) Washington, D.C. (14) Japan.
(15) March 27, Scidmore attended a private ceremony.
(16) the ceremony, the first lady and the wife (17) the Japanese Ambassador Chinda planted the first two cherry trees beside the Potomac.
The cherry blossom trees (18) Japan became a symbol (19) the friendship between Japan and the US.