Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition.
1Please write your name ............... ink.
Wrong!
Use "in" for writing with ink as the medium.
2He is sitting ............... his computer.
Wrong!
Use "at" when someone is positioned at a computer to use it.
3They sat ............... a bench.
Wrong!
Use "on" for sitting on the surface of a bench.
4He never repented ............... his sins.
Wrong!
The verb pattern is "repented of" something wrong.
5I want to dispose ............... my old car.
Wrong!
The phrasal verb is "dispose of" when you get rid "of" something.
6This book consists ............... twelve chapters.
Wrong!
Use "of" after "consists" to show the parts that make up something.
7I went to Paris ............... a conference.
Wrong!
Use "for" to show the purpose of going somewhere.
8It will take about two hours if you go ............... bus.
Wrong!
Use "by" before a means of transport such as bus, train, or car.
9Why are you yelling ............... me?
Wrong!
Use "at" after "yelling" when the speech is directed angrily toward someone.
10Thousands of people died ............... cholera.
Wrong!
Use "of" to give the disease that caused someone's death.
11She is good ............... drawing.
Wrong!
Use "at" after "good" before an activity or skill.
12She is clever ............... knitting.
Wrong!
Use "at" after "clever" before an activity or skill.
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- Please write your name in ink.
- He is sitting at his computer.
- They sat on a bench.
- He never repented of his sins.
- I want to dispose of my old car.
- This book consists of twelve chapters.
- I went to Paris for a conference.
- It will take about two hours if you go by bus.
- Why are you yelling at me?
- Thousands of people died of cholera.
- She is good at drawing.
- She is clever at knitting.