Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositions.
1. He was born ………………… a small village.
2. We started ………………….. six …………………. the morning.
3. He hanged himself ……………………. a piece of cloth.
4. That portrait was painted …………………… a famous artist who lived ……………………. the nineteenth century.
5. We started ……………………. dawn.
6. The girl has been missing …………………. Friday.
7. He ran ten miles ……………………. an hour.
8. She rushed ……………………. her room gasping for breath.
9. I saw him felling the tree …………………… an axe.
10. The traveler was killed …………………. the robbers ………………….. a knife.
11. ……………………… a bike, he owns a car.
Answers
1. He was born in a small village.
2. We started at six in the morning.
3. He hanged himself with a piece of cloth.
4. That portrait was painted by a famous artist who lived in the nineteenth century.
5. We started at dawn.
6. The girl has been missing since Friday.
7. He ran ten miles in an hour.
8. She rushed to her room gasping for breath.
9. I saw him felling the tree with an axe.
10. The traveler was killed by the robbers with a knife.
11. Besides a bike, he owns a car. / In addition to a bike, he owns a car.
