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Prepositions Exercise

February 22, 2018 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition or prepositional phrase.

1. This table is made ……………………….. teak wood.

Correct! Wrong!

We say make of when we identify the material used to make something.

2. I am going …………………….

Correct! Wrong!

No preposition is used before home when we are referring to direction.

3. He hit me ……………………….. a stick.

Correct! Wrong!

We use ‘with’ to talk about the tool and 'by' to talk about the agent.

4. India has been independent ………………………… 1947.

Correct! Wrong!

With perfect tenses we use since, not from.

5. He wrote ………………………….

Correct! Wrong!

Before a personal object, we use ‘write to’.

6. Divide this money ……………………………. the brothers.

Correct! Wrong!

We can use divide among or divide between before a plural noun.

7. He invited me ………………………. dinner.

Correct! Wrong!

8. We ……………………….. Delhi in the morning.

Correct! Wrong!

We do not use a preposition after reach.

9. This is a common practice ………………………. the Hindus.

Correct! Wrong!

Between is used with two or more clearly separate people or things. Among is used for a crowd or a mass of people.

10. This is a good house to ……………………….

Correct! Wrong!

11. This is the road to ………………………..

Correct! Wrong!

12. I gave him a chair to ………………………..

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. This table is made of teak wood.
2. I am going home.
3. He hit me with a stick.
4. India has been independent since 1947.
5. He wrote to me.
6. Divide this money between / among the brothers.
7. He invited me to dinner.
8. We reached Delhi in the morning.
9. This is a common practice among the Hindus.
10. This is a good house to live in.
11. This is the road to go by.
12. I gave him a chair to sit on.

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