Prepositions exercises – part 2

Use these prepositions: ill/until, to, for, since, then, after, afterwards

Fill in the missing parts of the sentences below.

Part 1

Insert till, until, to

  1. Go on… the crossroads.
  2. Go on . . . you see a church on your right.
  3. We work from 9 a.m. . . . 6 p.m.
  4. Start now and go on . . . I tell you to stop.
  5. I’m going to wait . . . it stops raining.
  6. You’ll have to stay in bed . . . your temperature goes down.
  7. The library is open from 10 . . . 4 o’clock.
  8. This train goes . . . York.
  9. We have lunch from 12.00 . . . 1.00. Then we start again and go on … 5.30.
  10. Go back . . . the hotel and wait there …I call for you.
  11. I’m not going for a walk, I’m only going . . . the bank.
    Then you’d better wait . . . the bank opens.
  12. If you’re going . . . the Post Office would you post a letter for me?
    Yes, of course; but it won’t go . . . tomorrow.

Part 2

Insert for or since

  1. It’s a long time . . . I had a good meal. Or I haven’t had a good meal … ages.
  2. I’ve been waiting for Tom . . . 6.00; I wonder if he’s lost his way.
  3. Ever . . . his accident he’s been afraid of flying.
  4. I haven’t seen Tom . . . we left school.
  5. The astronauts have already been in orbit . . . two days.
  6.  . . . last year the noise has become very much worse.
  7. I’ve had this toothache . . . the last week.
  8. Her husband died last year, and . . . then she has been supporting the family.
    Or She’s been supporting the family . . . the last year.
  9. It’s three years . . . I did any skiing. Or I haven’t done any skiing . . . three years.
  10. The windows haven’t been cleaned . . . weeks.
  11. He has been missing . . . 48 hours.
  12. . . . last year we haven’t been allowed to park here.

Part 3

Insert then, after, or afterwards

  1. We had tea and . . . went for a walk. Or . . . tea we went for a walk.
  2. We’ll have watercress soup to start with. What would you like . . . that?
  3.  . . . waiting for half an hour he went home in disgust. . . . (later on) he was sorry he
    hadn’t waited longer.
  4. I give all the guests breakfast; . . . I have my own.
  5. First you loosen the nuts, . . . you jack up the car, . . . you take the wheel off.
  6. He listened at the keyhole for a minute; . . . he opened the door cautiously.
  7. University administrators sometimes appear more important than scholars; but the
    administrators will not be remembered . . . their death.
  8. Put your toys away,’ said his mother, ‘and . . . we’ll have tea.’
  9. In the story, the Princess married the Prince and they lived happily ever….
  10. He wound up the clock, set the alarm for 5.00, . . . got into bed and fell asleep.
  11. He poured the brandy into a glass, warmed it in his hands a little, . . . drank it slowly.
  12. I covered the pudding with cream and decorated it with cherries. ~
    And . . . ?~
    . . . we ate it, of course.
  13. For years . . . people remembered that terrible night.
  14. I spoke angrily; . . . (some time later) I regretted my words.
  15. He looked round to see that nobody was watching; . . . he took a piece of bent wire
    and began trying to open the door.
  16. First you say ‘Yes’, and . . . you say ‘No’. You’re an impossible person to make plans
    with.