Lesson 2 - Prepositions Worksheet

Identify the preposition and place parentheses around each prepositional phrase.

1. In the time of Homer oxen were measures of value. 2. A suit of golden armor represented a hundred oxen in value. 3. In ancient times the Jews counted their wealth in flocks and herds. 4. In more recent times the natives of the island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean used large stone wheels for money. 5. In our own country the Indians used beadwork as a medium of exchange. 6. Wampum, beaver skins, grain, and other staples supplied the American colonists with a means of barter. 7. For a hundred years tobacco was used as money in Virginia. 8. In ancient Egypt, metal came into use as money. 9. The Lydians in Asia Minor made the first coins of gold and silver. 10. The Greeks learned this art from the Lydians. 11. The first counterfeiter of minted coins was supposedly the Emperor Nero. 12. In 1792 the United States Mint at Philadelphia began the coinage of money. 13. The first minted coins were handed to Martha Washington by the first director of the mint. 14. These coins were made of household silver from Mount Vernon. 15. Before the Declaration of Independence, Continental paper money was used by the people of the United States. 16. The plates for the printing of this money were engraved by Paul Revere. 17. The present system of United States paper money began with the Civil War. 18. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing occupies two large buildings in Washington, D.C. 19. Within these buildings the paper money of the United States is made. 20. Nearly five thousand persons are employed by this department of our Government.

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