Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
1Which preposition best fits the sentence "The boy walked along the road"?
Wrong!
Use "along" for movement following the length or line of a road.
2Which preposition best fits the sentence "The river flows under the bridge"?
Wrong!
Use "under" when something passes beneath a bridge.
3Which preposition best fits the sentence "The work was done in haste"?
Wrong!
Use "in" in the fixed phrase "in haste".
4Which preposition best fits the sentence "He died for his country"?
Wrong!
Use "for" to mean in support or defence of someone or something.
5Which preposition best fits the sentence "The steam engine was invented by James Watt"?
Wrong!
Use "by" to introduce the inventor in a passive sentence.
6Which preposition best fits the sentence "The robbers jumped over the compound wall"?
Wrong!
Use "over" for movement from one side of a wall to the other by going above it.
7Which preposition best fits the sentence "The village was destroyed by fire"?
Wrong!
Use "by" to show the cause in this passive sentence.
8Which pair of prepositions best fits the sentence "He spoke to me in French"?
Wrong!
Use "to; in" because we speak to a person in a language.
9Which preposition best fits the sentence "They live under the same roof"?
Wrong!
Use "under" in the idiom "under the same roof".
10Which preposition best fits the sentence "I have not seen him since last Wednesday"?
Wrong!
Use "since" with a starting point in time such as last Wednesday.
Answers
- Which preposition best fits the sentence “The boy walked along the road”? — along
- Which preposition best fits the sentence “The river flows under the bridge”? — under
- Which preposition best fits the sentence “The work was done in haste”? — in
- Which preposition best fits the sentence “He died for his country”? — for
- Which preposition best fits the sentence “The steam engine was invented by James Watt”? — by
- Which preposition best fits the sentence “The robbers jumped over the compound wall”? — over
- Which preposition best fits the sentence “The village was destroyed by fire”? — by
- Which pair of prepositions best fits the sentence “He spoke to me in French”? — to; in
- Which preposition best fits the sentence “They live under the same roof”? — under
- Which preposition best fits the sentence “I have not seen him since last Wednesday”? — since
