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Beside / Besides - Exercise 1

Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below. When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1. Don't trip over the cord (   ) my desk.

2. The fact that my hair is orange today is (   ) the point; I am still your mother.

3. (   ) my occupation as a janitor, I work nights in a factory and weekends at McDonalds.

4. A nervous Joe attempted to stand (   ) Roosevelt?

5. Please lay that pipe (   ) the car in the garage.

6. I found my lost keys sitting inside (   ) the microwave.

7. Hot rods and motorcycles are often parked (   ) one another to show off manliness.

8. I wonder how many professors (   ) the book on the table sat a huge vase of flowers.

9. John was (   ) my bike rack, I never want anything to touch the outside of my new car.

10. The poodle stood (   ) the Great Dane at the dog show to make the Dane look bigger.

             

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