Home of English Grammar

Free Guide (Updated for 2023)

  • Home
  • Download Lessons
  • Grammar Rules
  • Online Exercises
  • Online Tools
    • Grammar Checker
    • Word Counter
  • Guides
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Exercises / Prepositions Exercise

Prepositions Exercise

December 17, 2021 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition.

1. I usually visit my parents ……………………. Sundays.

Correct! Wrong!

Use on before days.

2. When I was a child, I had to walk two miles …………………………. school.

Correct! Wrong!

To shows direction.

3. She looked ………………………. the ceiling.

Correct! Wrong!

Before an object we use look at.

4. The girl smiled …………………………. me.

Correct! Wrong!

5. The meeting will start ………………………… three.

Correct! Wrong!

Use at with clock times.

6. Can I speak ………………………. the manager?

Correct! Wrong!

7. Tell him to leave ……………………… once.

Correct! Wrong!

8. You have to start coming ……………………… time.

Correct! Wrong!

On time means neither late nor early.

9. Have you written ………………………….. him?

Correct! Wrong!

10. ‘Where is your umbrella? ‘I think I left it ……………………….. home.’

Correct! Wrong!

11. I have to go ……………………… a job interview tomorrow.

Correct! Wrong!

12. You can’t expect them to work hard ………………………… no money.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

  1. I usually visit my parents on Sundays.
  2. When I was a child, I had to walk two miles to school.
  3. She looked at the ceiling.
  4. The girl smiled at me.
  5. The meeting will start at three.
  6. Can I speak to the manager?
  7. Tell him to leave at once.
  8. You have to start coming on time.
  9. Have you written to him?
  10. ‘Where is your umbrella? ‘I think I left it at home.’
  11. I have to go for a job interview tomorrow.

12. You can’t expect them to work hard for no money.

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • WhatsApp
1,191,672 
614,588 

Check Your Grammar

GrammarCheck.net - Try online
Hint → Bookmark GrammarCheck for future use.

Latest Exercises

  • Articles Exercise May 23, 2023
  • Gap Filling Grammar Exercise May 22, 2023
  • Tenses Quiz May 22, 2023
  • Do, Does vs. Did May 21, 2023
  • Question Tags Exercise May 20, 2023
  • There Is vs. There Are May 19, 2023
  • Verbs Quiz May 18, 2023
  • Joining Words Exercise May 17, 2023
  • Comparison of Adjectives May 17, 2023

Topics

  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Business Writing
  • Commas
  • Conjunctions
  • Creative Writing
  • Difference
  • Essay Writing
  • Exercises
  • Learning
  • Lessons
  • Nouns
  • Prepositions
  • Pronouns
  • Proofreading
  • Punctuation
  • Quiz
  • Spelling
  • Style Guide
  • Teaching
  • Terms
  • Verbs
  • Words
  • Writing

Quiz

  • Can you correct these 14 basic grammar mistakes?
  • What kind of writer are you?

Copyright © 2023 · EnglishGrammar.org
Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Sitemap