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