Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition or prepositional phrase.
1This table is made ............... teak wood.
Wrong!
Use "of" when the original material is still recognizable.
2I am going ............... now.
Wrong!
Use "home" without a preposition after a verb of movement.
3He hit me ............... a stick.
Wrong!
Use "with" to show the instrument used for an action.
4India has been independent ............... 1947.
Wrong!
Use "since" with the starting point of a situation that continues to the present.
5He wrote a long letter ............... yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "to me" after "wrote a long letter" to name the person who received the letter.
6Divide this money ............... the brothers.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "among" and "between" can be used when sharing something within a group.
7He invited me ............... dinner.
Wrong!
Use "to" after "invited me" before a meal or event.
8We ............... Delhi in the morning.
Wrong!
Use "reached" without a preposition before a destination.
9This is a common practice ............... the Hindus.
Wrong!
Use "among" to mean within a group of people.
10This is a good house to live ...............
Wrong!
Use "in" because a house is a place that people live in.
11This is the road to the village; go ............... it until you reach the bridge.
Wrong!
Use "along" to mean following the length or direction of a road.
12I gave him a chair to sit ...............
Wrong!
Use "on" because a chair is something a person sits on.
Answers
- This table is made of teak wood.
- I am going home now.
- He hit me with a stick.
- India has been independent since 1947.
- He wrote a long letter to me yesterday.
- Divide this money among / between the brothers.
- He invited me to dinner.
- We reached Delhi in the morning.
- This is a common practice among the Hindus.
- This is a good house to live in.
- This is the road to the village; go along it until you reach the bridge.
- I gave him a chair to sit on.