Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. Choose your answer from the options given below each question.
1We will come and see you ............... Christmas Day.
Wrong!
We use "on" with specific days and dates.
2It happened ............... the week before Christmas.
Wrong!
We use "in" for a period of time such as a week.
3I haven’t seen him ............... years.
Wrong!
We use "in" in the negative phrase "in years" to mean for many years.
4I went to see him ............... lunchtime.
Wrong!
We use "at" with clock times and fixed points in the day such as lunchtime.
5I first met her ............... a rainy morning in June.
Wrong!
We use "on" with a particular morning, afternoon, evening, or night when it is described.
6Stratford is ............... the River Avon.
Wrong!
We use "on" to say that a place is beside a river or on its banks.
7There aren’t many apples ............... the tree this year.
Wrong!
We use "on" for fruit that is attached to a tree.
8Who is the good-looking girl ............... the sixth row?
Wrong!
We use "in" for someone’s position within a row.
9As there was no room ............... the bus, we got off.
Wrong!
We usually use "on" for buses, trains, planes, and other forms of public transport.
10She is always ............... the hairdresser’s.
Wrong!
We use "at" to talk about being at someone’s workplace or business.
Answers
- We will come and see you on Christmas Day.
- It happened in the week before Christmas.
- I haven’t seen him in years.
- I went to see him at lunchtime.
- I first met her on a rainy morning in June.
- Stratford is on the River Avon.
- There aren’t many apples on the tree this year.
- Who is the good-looking girl in the sixth row?
- As there was no room on the bus, we got off.
- She is always at the hairdresser’s.
