Preposition at, to, in , on, by, into, of, off, out (of), under, with, during, up, about, for, from, since, till, over,
A)Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.
1-He started going .......school .......the age of five.So
now he has been......school for ten years.He's leaving.......the end of this year.
2-He goes......his office evere day except sunday.On sundays he stays.....home and works....the garden.
3-I went bed early but I couldn't get .....sleep because the people..... the next room were talking so loudly.
4-We'd better start....six,because climbing up........the gallery takes some time.I hope you don't mind sitting....
the gallery.No of course not.When I go.....the opera I always go.......the gallery.
5-The pilot climbed........5,000 metres and flew.......that height till he got.....the coast.Then he came down.....1,000
metres and began to take photographs.
6-The train stopped......all the stations,and long the before we got......London evere seat was taken and people
were standing....the corridors.
7-The car stopped.... the traffic lights and wouldn't start again,so the driver got...... and pushed it......the
side.... the road.
8-Someone threw a stone....... the speaker.It hit him.....the head and knocked his glasses.......
9-How do I get.....the Public Liblary?
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 .....rook street,and you'll find the liblary....your left.
10-Alternatively you could get a 14 bus.... this stop and ask the conductor to tell you where to get.....
11-As she was getting.... the car one...... her buttons fell ......Altought we were .....a hurry she insisted....stopping
to look for it.
12-Mr Jones is very keen.....punctuality.His lessons start dead.....time and you get.... terrible trouble if you
are late.
13-He sits....his desk all day.....his head....his hands.It gets.....my nerves.
14-........ mistake I opened Mary's letter instead....my own.She was very angry....me and said that I would done
it....purpose.
15-I buy a newspaper ....my way....the station and read it...... the train.By the time I get .......London I've
read most.....it.
16-you look worried.Are you....some sort ....trouble?
-Yes,.....a way.I'm...... debt and my creditors want to be paid..... the and.....the month,and.......the moment
I haven't any money......the bank.
17-The car skidded.....the tree, the windscreen was smashed and the driver was cut.... the face ......splinters
....glass.
18-Four people were injured.....the demonstration.Three...... them are students ...... the university,the fourth
is here... holiday.That is him over there.... his arm..... plaster.
19-This picture was painted.... Picasso;and there is another Picasso......the opposite wall.
20-The horse stopped suddenly and the rider fell......He couldn't get .....again without help and there was no
one ....sight.
21-The children hastily changed....bathing things and jumped... the river.... shouts of delight.
22-I'm tired....working.... the suburbs and I've asked to be transferred......our central branch.
23-Passengers may leave bulky articles....the stairs.....the conductor's permission,but the bus company will not
be responsible ......such articles.
24-He was wounded..... the shoulder...... a bulled fired....an upstairs window.
25-He has a picture.... Picasso and he can't decide whether to hang it.....the hall..... the right as you come
......,or the sitting room..... the fireplace.
26-Yesterday the children went....a walk and didn't get back....10 p.mTheir mother was furious.....them....coming
in so late.
27-Paul goes....school....you,doesn't he?How is he getting.......his english?or How's his English getting........?
28-I don't know.We're not.....the same class.But he gets........the other students all right.He has heaps.....friends.
29-I explained....him that it was the custom....England to wash one's car at the weekend.
30-I described the machine .....him and asked .....him if he could make .....me one like it.