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Prepositions exercise

April 26, 2015 - B1pdf

Complete the following sentences with appropriate prepositions.

Progress 0 of 8 answered
1Like many misers Roucolle came ............... a bad end.
Wrong!
2There Beethoven was recognized immediately ............... his genius ………………… the field …………………. music.
Wrong!
3Ramanujan died ............... tuberculosis.
Wrong!
4An acquaintance began ............... such a happy note at last grew and ripened ....................... a close and lovely comradeship.
Wrong!
5Once ............... 1913, I met him ………………….. the Servants …………………. India Society.
Wrong!
6............... . the Christmas Eve that year, he spent a few minutes thinking .....................… the next day.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
7There were a lot of people ............... the platform. They were all waiting ..................... . the train ..................... .. arrive.
Wrong!
8Ramanujan turned out to be a poor clerk ............... Madras living ...................... his wife ..................... .. twenty pounds a year.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/8

Answers

  1. Like many misers Roucolle came to a bad end.
  2. There Beethoven was recognized immediately for, in, of his genius ………………… the field …………………. music.
  3. Ramanujan died of tuberculosis.
  4. An acquaintance began on, into such a happy note at last grew and ripened ………………….. a close and lovely comradeship.
  5. Once in, at, of 1913, I met him ………………….. the Servants …………………. India Society.
  6. In, about/On, about . the Christmas Eve that year, he spent a few minutes thinking …………………… the next day.
  7. There were a lot of people on, for, to the platform. They were all waiting ………………… . the train ………………… .. arrive.
  8. Ramanujan turned out to be a poor clerk in, with, on Madras living …………………. his wife ………………… .. twenty pounds a year.
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