Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositions. Choose your answers from the given options.
1There is something ............... the piano.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "under" and "underneath" can mean directly lower than and partly covered by the piano.
2Parts of Holland are ............... sea level.
Wrong!
Use "below" for a level lower than a fixed measurement point such as sea level.
3She is ............... average in intelligence.
Wrong!
Use "below" to mean lower than the normal or expected average.
4............... history, we have to study civics and geography.
Wrong!
"Besides" means in addition to something already mentioned.
5A lot of businesses are going ............... because of the financial crisis.
Wrong!
"Go under" is a fixed expression meaning fail financially.
6I don’t like the colour of those shoes; ............... they are too small for me.
Wrong!
"Besides" means moreover or in addition in this sentence.
7You can’t see that film if you are ............... 18.
Wrong!
Use "under" with ages to mean younger than a particular age.
8He divided his money ............... his wife, his son and his daughter.
Wrong!
Use "between" when naming the individual people who share something.
9............... the first to arrive was the Mayor.
Wrong!
Use "Among" when one person is part of a larger group.
Answers
- There is something under / underneath the piano.
- Parts of Holland are below sea level.
- She is below average in intelligence.
- Besides history, we have to study civics and geography.
- A lot of businesses are going under because of the financial crisis.
- I don’t like the colour of those shoes; besides they are too small for me.
- You can’t see that film if you are under 18.
- He divided his money between his wife, his son and his daughter.
- Among the first to arrive was the Mayor.