Complete the following sentences using at, in or to.
1Let’s go ............... Smith’s for tea.
Wrong!
Use "to" for movement toward a place or destination.
2Why are you staring ............... her like that?
Wrong!
Use "at" after "stare" when someone looks directly at a person or thing.
3He works ............... a factory.
Wrong!
Use "at" for a workplace when you mean the institution or place of work.
4I went ............... Canada last year.
Wrong!
Use "to" for travel toward a country or destination.
5I went to see my brother ............... Canada.
Wrong!
Use "in" to say that someone is located inside a country.
6Could you shout ............... Mary and tell her that breakfast is ready?
Wrong!
Use "to" after "shout" when you call out so that someone can hear you.
7Turn right ............... the next corner.
Wrong!
Use "at" for a specific point on a route, such as a corner.
8He is a student ............... Oxford.
Wrong!
Use "at" when "Oxford" means Oxford University as an institution.
9There aren’t many mangoes ............... the tree.
Wrong!
Use "on" for fruit that is attached to and growing from a tree.
10Agra is ............... the River Yamuna.
Wrong!
Use "on" to show that a city is beside or along a river.
Done.
Score: 0/10
Answers
- Let’s go to Smith’s for tea.
- Why are you staring at her like that?
- He works at a factory.
- I went to Canada last year.
- I went to see my brother in Canada.
- Could you shout to Mary and tell her that breakfast is ready?
- Turn right at the next corner.
- He is a student at Oxford.
- There aren’t many mangoes on the tree.
- Agra is on the River Yamuna.
