Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition.
1The thief jumped ............... the wall.
Wrong!
Use "over" for movement to the other side of something high.
2We walked ............... the fields.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both are natural: "across" stresses movement from one side of an open area to the other, and "through" stresses movement among crops or grass in the fields. "At" does not describe movement over an area.
3She sat ............... her son and daughter.
Wrong!
Use "between" when someone or something is in the middle of two people or things.
4We drove ............... the tunnel.
Wrong!
Use "through" for movement from one end of an enclosed space to the other.
5Why are you staring ............... me?
Wrong!
Use "at" after the verb "stare" when saying what someone is looking at.
6They took over a week to cross the Atlantic ............... a ship.
Wrong!
Use "on" with public or large forms of transport such as a ship.
7They live ............... the third floor.
Wrong!
Use "on" when talking about a floor of a building.
8Who is that pretty girl ............... the second row?
Wrong!
Use "in" with the expression "in the second row".
9London is ............... the River Thames.
Wrong!
Use "on" to describe a city beside or along a river.
10You should never run ............... the road.
Wrong!
Use "across" for movement from one side of a road to the other.
11I first met him ............... a department store.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both are natural: "in" stresses being inside the store, and "at" treats the store as a location or point.
12It has been ages ............... I heard anything from her.
Wrong!
Use "since" before the starting point of a period of time.
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- The thief jumped over the wall.
- We walked through / across the fields.
- She sat between her son and daughter.
- We drove through the tunnel.
- Why are you staring at me?
- They took over a week to cross the Atlantic on a ship.
- They live on the third floor.
- Who is that pretty girl in the second row?
- London is on the River Thames.
- You should never run across the road.
- I first met him in / at a department store.
- It has been ages since I heard anything from her.