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Prepositions Exercise

August 27, 2020 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition.

1. Don’t worry about the work. I will attend …………………. it tomorrow.

Correct! Wrong!

To attend to work is to do it.

2. Nobody paid any attention …………………….. the warning.

Correct! Wrong!

People pay attention to something and shower attentions on people.

3. The young man showered his attentions …………………… his fiancée.

Correct! Wrong!

People pay attention to something and shower attentions on people.

4. Your attendance ……………………. the club meeting is necessary.

Correct! Wrong!

5. The queen was always surrounded ………………………… her attendants.

Correct! Wrong!

6. Alexander Graham Bell astounded the world …………………….. his invention of the telephone.

Correct! Wrong!

7. The boy was so attached …………………… the new puppy that he refused to leave it.

Correct! Wrong!

Attach is used with to.

8. He was ashamed ………………………… his bad manners.

Correct! Wrong!

Ashamed is used with of.

9. The majority assented ……………………. my views on the matter.

Correct! Wrong!

Assent is used with to.

10. A locker was assigned ……………………….. each student.

Correct! Wrong!

11. She was anxious ………………………. her mother’s illness.

Correct! Wrong!

12. Someday his antisocial behavior will land him ……………………… jail.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. Don’t worry about the work. I will attend to it tomorrow.

2. Nobody paid any attention to the warning.

3. The young man showered his attentions on his fiancée.

4. Your attendance at the club meeting is necessary.

5. The queen was always surrounded by her attendants.

6. Alexander Graham Bell astounded the world with his invention of the telephone.

7. The boy was so attached to the new puppy that he refused to leave it.

8. He was ashamed of his bad manners.

9. The majority assented to my views on the matter.

10. A locker was assigned to each student.

11. She was anxious about her mother’s illness.

12. Someday his antisocial behavior will land him in jail.

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