Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
1The snake crawled ............... its hole.
Wrong!
Use "into" for movement from outside to inside a place.
2The boys jumped ............... the river.
Wrong!
Use "into" when someone or something moves from outside to inside an area.
3The cat sprang ............... the table.
Wrong!
Use "onto" for movement to a position on a surface.
4He sat ............... a bench.
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Use "on" for sitting on the surface of something.
5We walked ............... the end of the street.
Wrong!
Use "up to" to talk about reaching a point in distance.
6You can earn ............... 500 dollars a week in this job.
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Use "up to" to mean a maximum amount.
7He killed two birds ............... one shot.
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Use "with" to show the instrument used to do something.
8The traveler was stabbed ............... a lunatic.
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Use "by" to show the person who does the action in a passive sentence.
9I have done nothing ............... morning.
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Use "since" with a perfect tense to show the starting point of a period of time.
10The new rules will apply ............... tomorrow.
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Use "from" to show the starting point of a future period.
11Human sacrifices were practiced ............... the Nagas.
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Use "by" to show who performed an action in a passive sentence.
12............... his children, his nephews and nieces were also present.
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Use "Besides" to mean "in addition to."
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- The snake crawled into its hole.
- The boys jumped into the river.
- The cat sprang onto the table.
- He sat on a bench.
- We walked up to the end of the street.
- You can earn up to 500 dollars a week in this job.
- He killed two birds with one shot.
- The traveler was stabbed by a lunatic.
- I have done nothing since morning.
- The new rules will apply from tomorrow.
- Human sacrifices were practiced by the Nagas.
- Besides his children, his nephews and nieces were also present.