Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition.
1There were ............... ten students in the class.
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"Under" means less than a particular number or amount.
2Parts of the country are ............... sea level.
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"Below" is used for a position lower than a standard level, such as sea level.
3The climbers stopped a few hundred meters ............... the top of the mountain.
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"Below" means lower than something, especially when it is not directly underneath it.
4Who is that child sitting ............... your mother?
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"Beside" means next to or at the side of someone or something.
5He can play all the musical instruments ............... the violin.
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"Except" excludes the violin from the group of instruments he can play.
6He has a number of criminals ............... his friends.
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"Among" means included in a group of people or things.
7The office was closed ............... the whole of May.
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"During" means throughout or at some time in a period.
8I met him ............... my stay in Germany.
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"During" is used to say that something happened within the period of an event or stay.
9I stayed in bed all day ............... going to work.
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"Instead of" introduces the thing that someone does not do or choose.
10We arrived ............... to get good seats.
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"In time" means early enough to do something.
11The trains are never ............... .
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"On time" means at the scheduled or expected time.
12The movie is quite exciting ............... .
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"At the end" refers to the final part of something.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- There were under ten students in the class.
- Parts of the country are below sea level.
- The climbers stopped a few hundred meters below the top of the mountain.
- Who is that child sitting beside your mother?
- He can play all the musical instruments except the violin.
- He has a number of criminals among his friends.
- The office was closed during the whole of May.
- I met him during my stay in Germany.
- I stayed in bed all day instead of going to work.
- We arrived in time to get good seats.
- The trains are never on time .
- The movie is quite exciting at the end .
