Test your understanding of prepositions with this grammar exercise. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition.
1We walked ............... the edge of the desert.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "as far as" or "up to" to talk about reaching a limit or point in distance.
2It is another three weeks ............... the holidays.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "to" or "until" to count the time remaining before a future event.
3I don’t know how she manages to support such a large family. She has nothing ............... her pension.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
After "nothing", "besides", "except", and "apart from" can mean that her pension is the only support she has.
4Are you wearing anything ............... your sweater?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "under" or "underneath" to mean that something is covered by or below your sweater.
5Do you mind? I was ............... you!
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
In a queue or order, "in front of" and "before" can both mean ahead of another person.
6We should arrive ............... .
Wrong!
Use "at their place in time for lunch" because we arrive at a place and arrive in time for an event.
7They live ............... .
Wrong!
Use "in a small one-bedroom flat on the third floor" because we live in a flat and on a floor of a building.
8Granny is arriving ............... the 3.30 train.
Wrong!
Use "on" for travelling or arriving by train, bus, plane, or similar public transport.
9Last year, there were a large number of mangoes ............... the tree.
Wrong!
Use "on" for fruit attached to a tree.
10His house is ............... the way from Mumbai to Thane.
Wrong!
Use "on" for position along a route or line such as a road.
11He met and fell in love with a French girl when he was ............... the London School of Economics.
Wrong!
Use "at" to say where someone studied or was a student.
12A few days after the accident, she died ............... the injuries.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "of" or "from" after "die" when giving the cause of death.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- We walked as far as / up to the edge of the desert.
- It is another three weeks to / until the holidays.
- I don’t know how she manages to support such a large family. She has nothing besides / except / apart from her pension.
- Are you wearing anything under / underneath your sweater?
- Do you mind? I was in front of / before you!
- We should arrive at their place in time for lunch .
- They live in a small one-bedroom flat on the third floor .
- Granny is arriving on the 3.30 train.
- Last year, there were a large number of mangoes on the tree.
- His house is on the way from Mumbai to Thane.
- He met and fell in love with a French girl when he was at the London School of Economics.
- A few days after the accident, she died of / from the injuries.
