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
- Go on… the crossroads.
- Go on . . . you see a church on your right.
- We work from 9 a.m. . . . 6 p.m.
- Start now and go on . . . I tell you to stop.
- I’m going to wait . . . it stops raining.
- You’ll have to stay in bed . . . your temperature goes down.
- The library is open from 10 . . . 4 o’clock.
- This train goes . . . York.
- We have lunch from 12.00 . . . 1.00. Then we start again and go on … 5.30.
- Go back . . . the hotel and wait there …I call for you.
- I’m not going for a walk, I’m only going . . . the bank.
Then you’d better wait . . . the bank opens. - 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
- It’s a long time . . . I had a good meal. Or I haven’t had a good meal … ages.
- I’ve been waiting for Tom . . . 6.00; I wonder if he’s lost his way.
- Ever . . . his accident he’s been afraid of flying.
- I haven’t seen Tom . . . we left school.
- The astronauts have already been in orbit . . . two days.
- . . . last year the noise has become very much worse.
- I’ve had this toothache . . . the last week.
- Her husband died last year, and . . . then she has been supporting the family.
Or She’s been supporting the family . . . the last year. - It’s three years . . . I did any skiing. Or I haven’t done any skiing . . . three years.
- The windows haven’t been cleaned . . . weeks.
- He has been missing . . . 48 hours.
- . . . last year we haven’t been allowed to park here.
Part 3
Insert then, after, or afterwards
- We had tea and . . . went for a walk. Or . . . tea we went for a walk.
- We’ll have watercress soup to start with. What would you like . . . that?
- . . . waiting for half an hour he went home in disgust. . . . (later on) he was sorry he
hadn’t waited longer. - I give all the guests breakfast; . . . I have my own.
- First you loosen the nuts, . . . you jack up the car, . . . you take the wheel off.
- He listened at the keyhole for a minute; . . . he opened the door cautiously.
- University administrators sometimes appear more important than scholars; but the
administrators will not be remembered . . . their death. - Put your toys away,’ said his mother, ‘and . . . we’ll have tea.’
- In the story, the Princess married the Prince and they lived happily ever….
- He wound up the clock, set the alarm for 5.00, . . . got into bed and fell asleep.
- He poured the brandy into a glass, warmed it in his hands a little, . . . drank it slowly.
- I covered the pudding with cream and decorated it with cherries. ~
And . . . ?~
. . . we ate it, of course. - For years . . . people remembered that terrible night.
- I spoke angrily; . . . (some time later) I regretted my words.
- He looked round to see that nobody was watching; . . . he took a piece of bent wire
and began trying to open the door. - First you say ‘Yes’, and . . . you say ‘No’. You’re an impossible person to make plans
with.
Solutions
Part 1
- to
- till
- to/till
- till
- till
- till
- to/till
- to
- to/till; till
- to, till
- to; till
- to; till
Part 2
- since; for
- since
- since
- since
- for
- since
- for
- since; for
- since; for
- for
- for
- since
Part 3
- then/afterwards; after
- after
- after; afterwards
- then/afterwards
- then, then
- then
- after
- then
- after/afterwards
- then
- then
- then; Then
- afterwards
- afterwards
- then
- then