Question

Ann's words had a great influence _____ his thoughts. in for We should remember that some nouns are used with specific prepositions after them.We can use three prepositions after the noun ‘influence’ that means ‘the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this’: (1) ‘on’ (Her mom was a strong influence on her.; My father had a strong influence on my early childhood.); (2) ‘over’ (She has a huge amount of influence over her employees.); (3) ‘of’ (When she was a teenager, she was under the influence of her father).Therefore, among the test answers we are to choose ANSWER 2: ‘on’. 1

Accepted Answer

2 on at noun pluse preposition

Task	Ann's words had a great influence _____ his thoughts.
Answer	2
a	in
b	on
c	for
d	at
comment	We should remember that some nouns are used with specific prepositions after them.We can use three prepositions after the noun ‘influence’ that means ‘the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this’: (1) ‘on’ (Her mom was a strong influence on her.; My father had a strong influence on my early childhood.); (2) ‘over’ (She has a huge amount of influence over her employees.); (3) ‘of’ (When she was a teenager, she was under the influence of her father).Therefore, among the test answers we are to choose ANSWER 2: ‘on’.
topic	noun pluse preposition
level	1

Influence Prepositions Noun Strong Ann's Words Great Thoughts