Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
1. Who is this present ………….?
Wrong!
2. I am really angry ……………. you.
Wrong!
With is used after a number of adjectives which say how people are feeling towards others.
3. …………… all this work to do, I won’t have time to take a holiday.
Wrong!
With can introduce the accompanying circumstances.
4. He was talking ……………. such a low voice that I could not hear anything.
Wrong!
We say ‘in a voice’.
5. If we go …………… car, we will reach there before sunset.
Wrong!
We use 'by' with car, train, bus etc.
6. The actress has always been very nice ……………. her fans.
Wrong!
Words like kind, nice, polite and rude are followed by to.
7. …………….friends like you, who needs enemies?
Wrong!
With can mean 'because there are/is.'
8. What kind of movies are you interested …………..?
Wrong!
We say 'interested in something'.
9. The cottage is pleasant to live …………….
Wrong!
We 'live in' a cottage or a house.
10. Which flight is she travelling ……………?
Wrong!
People travel 'on a flight'
11. You are the only woman I have ever been in love…………………
Wrong!
12. That is what I am afraid ……………..
Wrong!
We say 'afraid of something'.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Exercise
1. Who is this present for?
2. I am really angry with you.
3. With all this work to do, I won’t have time to take a holiday.
4. He was talking in such a low voice that I could not hear anything.
5. If we go by car, we will reach there before sunset.
6. The actress has always been very nice to her fans.
7. With friends like you, who needs enemies?
8. What kind of movies are you interested in?
9. The cottage is pleasant to live in.
10. Which flight is she travelling on?
11. You are the only woman I have ever been in love with.
12. That is what I am afraid of.
