Prepositions exercises – part 1
Use these prepositions: at, by, in, into, of, off, on, out (of), to, under, with
Fill in the missing parts of the sentences below.
- I’m going to Bath . . . Wednesday . . . Tom. Would you like to come . . . us?
Are you going . . . bus?
No, we’re going . . . Tom’s car. - I saw him standing . . . the queue but I don’t know whether she got . . . the bus or not.
- How do you go . . . work?
It depends . . . the weather. . . . wet days I go . . . tube; . . . fine weather I go . . . foot. - The truck stopped . . . the traffic lights and wouldn’t start again, so the driver
got . . . and pushed it . . . the side . . . the road. - Someone threw a stone . . . the speaker. It hit him . . . the head and knocked his
glasses…. - I want to post this . . . a friend . . . Italy. Will he have to pay duty … it?
- According . . . Tom, it is impossible to live . . . Paris . . . less than €8,000 a year.
- Are you . . . your own (alone)? –
No, I’m . . . a friend . . . mine. - You ought to be ashamed . . . yourself for coming . . . my nice clean kitchen . . .
muddy boots. - Children get presents . . . Christmas and . . . their birthdays.
- How would we get … … {escape from) this room if the hotel were … fire?
- He arrived . . . London . . . 6 p.m. . . . a foggy November day. We often have fogs . . .
November. - The man . . . his back . . . the camera is the Minister . . . Agriculture.
- How do I get . . . the Public Library?
Go . . . the end . . . this street and turn right; turn left . . . the next traffic lights and then
take the second turning . . . your right. This will bring you . . . Brook Street, and you’ll
find the library . . . your left. - Alternatively you could get a 14 bus . . . this stop and ask the conductor to tell you
where to get . . . (alight). - The boy was leaning against the wall . . . his hands . . . his pockets.
‘Take your hands … … your pockets,’ said his father sharply. - As she was getting . . . . . . the car one . . . her buttons fell ….
Although we were . . . a hurry she insisted . . . stopping to look for it. - Mr John is very keen . . . punctuality. His lessons start dead . . . time and you get . . .
terrible trouble if you’re late. - The man . . . the pipe and red hair is the brother . . . the girl . . . blue.
- Don’t leave your luggage . . . the corridor. It’ll be . . . everyone’s way. Bring it . . . the
compartment and put it . . . the rack. - He sits . . . his desk all day . . . his head . . . his hands. It gets . . . my nerves.
- . . . mistake I opened Adam’s letter instead . . . my own. He was very angry . . . me and
said that I’d done it . . . purpose. - I buy a newspaper . . . my way . . . the station and read it . . . the train. By the time I
get . . . London I’ve read most . . . it. - She was charged . . . driving while . . . the influence . . . alcohol.
- People who drop litter . – . the pavements are liable . . . a fine . . . €80.
- She accused me . . . selling secret information . . . the enemy.
- You look worried. Are you . . . some sort . . . trouble?-
Yes, . . . a way. I’m . . . debt and my creditors want to be paid . . . the end . . . the
month, and . . . the moment I haven’t any money . . . the bank. - The bus skidded . . . the tree, the windscreen was smashed and the driver was cut . . .
the face . . . splinters . . . glass. - Five people were injured . . . the demonstration. Three . . . them are students . . . the
university, the fourth is here . . . holiday. That’s him over there . . . his arm . . . plaster. - This picture was painted . . . Picasso; and there’s another Picasso . . . the opposite
wall. - The horse stopped suddenly and the rider fell . . . . He couldn’t get . . . again without
help and there was no one . . . sight. - The children hastily changed . . . bathing things and jumped . . . the river . . . shouts of delight.
- We’ll have to go . . . car; we can’t go . . . bus . . . account . . . the bus strike.
- Divers breathing a mixture . . . helium and oxygen can work . . . a depth . . . 100 metres.
- I’m tired . . . working . . . the suburbs and I’ve asked to be transferred . . . our central branch.
- Can I have Sunday . . . ? or Can I have a holiday . . . Sunday? I want to go . . . my
grandson’s wedding.
Solutions
- on, with; with; by; in
- in, on/into
- to; on; On, by, in, on
- at, out, to, of
- at; on, off
- to, in; on
- to, in, on
- on; with, of
- of, into, in/with
- at, on
- out of, on
- in, at, on; in
- with, to, of
- to; to, of, at, to/on; to, on
- at/from, off/out
- with, in; out of
- into/out of, of, off; in, on
- on; on, into
- with, of, in
- in; in; into, on
- at, with, in; on
- By, of; with, on
- on, to, in/on; to, of
- with, under, of
- on, to, of
- of, to
- in, of; in; in, at/by, of, at, in
- into, in, by, of
- in/at; of, at, on; with, in
- by, on
- off; on, in
- into, into, with
- by, by,
on, of - of, at, of
- of, in, to
- off; on; to