Prepositions
I. Complete using these prepositions: about, for, of, on, to, with.
1. Peter was extremely happy ……… his new computer.
2. Her mother had punished him ……… something he had done that day. But, as he was so
angry ……… her, she finally let him go out.
3. As soon as John joined the firm, he became anxious ……… promotion.
4. Her parents insisted ……… having us to tea.
5. This song reminds me ……… my last holidays in Barbados.
6. You fell out with him, didn´t you? Well, I don´t blame you ……… that. He´s a nasty person.
7. - I was fined ……… exceeding the speed limit.
- Pardon?
- I said I was charged ……… exceeding the speed limit.
8. According ……… this recipe, you must put the cake in the oven for 30 minutes.
9. She´s so anxious ……… her elderly mother that she can´t sleep well.
10. I had never dreamed ……… winning the lotto.
II. Complete with: about, by, from, in, on, round, through, to, with.
1. My dream is to travel ……… the world.
2. How would you go? ……… plane?
3. No. ……… boat and ……… foot.
4. The traffic in the city was so heavy. It took us two hours to drive ………it.
5. ……… manchester we took the plane ……… London.
6. She doesn´t seem very happy. ……… fact she looks quite depressed.
7. When the film finished, we all had tears ……… our eyes.
8. That novel isn´t ……… Henry James. It´s ……… him.
9. ……… time ……… time he worries ……… his future.
10. The man ……… blue jeans was ……… love ……… the girl ……… glasses.
III. Write the correct preposition.
1. ……… Easter we´ve got holidays.
2. I´m meeting him ……… the weekend
3. I woke up ……… midnight.
4. People usually put on weight ……… Christmas.
5. See you ……… May!.
6. You must answer the questions ……… the end of the book.
7. ……… the end, they reached an agreement.
8. I met them ……… a ship.
9. She´s ……… her way home.
10. I couldn´t watch the TV show because the children were ……… my way.
B. Ravinder
TGT-ENG
TSWRS
HYD
Answers
Exercise I
1. about
2. for – with
3. about
4. on
5. of
6. for
7. for – for
8. to
9. for
10. of
Exercise 2
1. round
2. by
3. by – on
4. through
5. in – to
6. in
7. in
8. by – about
9. from – to
10. in – in – with – with
Exercise 3
1. at
2. at
3. at
4. at
5. in
6. at
7. in
8. on
9. on
10. in
B Ravinder (Tgt-Eng)
TSWRS
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