Preposition
Exercise #4
Context:
Tourism:
Boston: Arnold Arboretum
Directions:
Complete the reading passage below with
the most appropriate prepositions.
Exercise:
The
Arnold Arboretum _____ Harvard University was founded _____ 265 acres _____
land _____ the Roslindale and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods _____ Boston ______
1872, _____ the former estate _____ Benjamin Bussey, who had donated the land _____
the university _____ order _____ further its research _____ the agricultural
sciences.
The grounds
_____ the arboretum were designed _____ the celebrated Frederick Law Olmsted,
one _____ the fathers _____ American landscape design. It includes hills, ponds
and many miles _____ lovely, winding paths. The collection includes _____
15,000 living plants, mostly trees, many _____ which are labeled _____ their
scientific names, origins and other pertinent information.
Free and
open ______ the public _____ dawn _____ dusk, the arboretum welcomes _____
250,000 visitors a year. The best time _____ visit is the fall, when the leaves
change color _____ green _____ varying shades _____ red, orange, yellow and
brown. It is one _____ many wonderful attractions _____ Boston.
©
James Doyle, 2012
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