EXERCISES - PREPOSITIONS

Fill in the blanks with In, On, At or -0-(Nothing).

 1- Their wedding anniversary is  _______________   October 14.

 2- The program starts  ______________quarter past ten.

 3- People go to Uluday for skiing   _______________  winter.

 4-His appointment is  _______________   Tuesday afternoon.

 5- What are you doing   _______________  tomorrow evening?

 6- They will go to a nice restaurant _______________  Christmas

 7- They will declare the result    _______________   twenty minutes' time.

 8- The team played very well   _______________    last week

Complete with the right preposition: IN, ON, AT. 

a. The play is ________ Monday, _________ 9:30 ___________ night.

b. My neighbor plays basketball ___________ Sundays.

c. The post office is ___________ the corner of my street.

d. There is a travel agency ____________ Park Avenue.

e. Melissa's birthday is ___________ March.

f. Doris has English classes ___________Mondays.

g. There is a pharmacy __________ the left.

h. Her sister works _____________ the shopping mall.

i. Our teacher's birthday is ____________ February 2nd.

j. Mary lives _____________ 342 Park Street.

k. I study __________ the morni8ng and work __________ the afternoon.

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Complete with the prepositions: “on, in, at, across, from, between, around, next to.” 

a. Elizabeth lives __________ this street.

b. The Chinese restaurant is __________ the clothes store.

c. There is a great cinema _____________ the supermarket and the drugstore.

d. My house is ____________ the park.

e. There is a shoe store ___________ the corner.

f. I live ____________ Gemini Street.

g. Mary's work is _____________ 65 Mason Street.

h. Leslie's birthday is ___________ December.

i. Jamie's soccer classes are   ____________ Mondays and Fridays.

j. Liza's father lives ____________ the park, near the church.

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CHOOSE THE CORRECT PREP.
1 I left work ______ ten o'clock last night.
A) at
B) on
C) in
D) (no preposition)
2 I saw Bob in the street ______ yesterday.
a) at
b) on
c) in
d) (no preposition)
3 I didn't get time to come and visit you ______ last Tuesday.
a) at
b) on
c) in
d) (no preposition)
4 He used to be a regular visitor ______ Tuesdays.
a) at
b) on
c) in
d) (no preposition)

5 I phoned her up and spoke to her ______ Wednesday morning.

a) at
b) on
c) in
d) (no preposition)

6 I last saw him ______ the beginning of September.

a) at
b) on
c) in
d) (no preposition)
7 I saw him sometime ______ June.
a) at
b) on
c) in
d) (no preposition)
8 Were you at the last meeting ______ July 13?
a) at
b) on
c) in
d) (no preposition)
9 We bought the company ______ Thursday, 22 May.
a) at
b) on
 c) in
d) (no preposition)
10 I spoke to her ______ three weeks ago.
a) at
b) on
c) in
d) (no preposition)

Put in the correct preposition.

1) He's swimming _______the river..

2) Where's Julie? She's ______school..

3) The plant is _______the table..

4) There is a spider ________the bath..

5) Please put those apples _________the bowl..

6) Frank is ______holiday for three weeks..

7) There are two pockets _________this bag..

8) I read the story _________the newspaper..

9) The cat is sitting ________the chair..

10) Lucy was standing ___________the bus stop..

11) I'll meet you _______the cinema..

12) She hung a picture _________the wall..

13) John is ___________the garden..

14) There's nothing _______TV tonight..

15) I stayed _________home all weekend..

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PREPOSITIONS-ÇIKMIS SORULAR 2. Albert said he was very ashamed

__________ his friend's bad
1. Mr.White said all those manners.
photographs had been taken
___________ George. A) with
B) in
A) on C) of
B) by D) on
C) in E) about
D) about
E) from 3. Tom is very devoted __________
his work. He's well qualified
__________ it, too.
 A) for/to D) with/in
B) for/for E) about/on
C) in/to
D) in/for 9. There's no way we can prevent
E) to/for people __________ talking
_________ this matter.
4. She was engaged ___________
him for ten months before they A) about/about
got married. B) with/from
C) from/with
A) for D) about/with
B) in E) from/about
C) about
D) to 10. I don't think that they'll approve
E) of __________ getting money in that
way.
5. My friends and I were very happy
__________ the results of the A) on
elections. B) of
A) about C) in
B) to D) about
C) of E) with
D) on
E) in 11. We complained __________ the
landlord __________ the
6. I'm not familiar __________ his condition of the house.
name, but his face seems familiar
________ me. A) about/to
B) to/to
A) with/with C) to/about
B) with/to D) of/to
C) to/with E) of/about
D) to/to
E) with/of 12. He was leaning right ________ the
wall.
7. We were very doubtful _________
his ability to finish the job A) under
_________ himself. B) against
C) of
A) of/of D) in
B) with/of E) between
C) of/by
D) with/by 13. Students often compete
E) by/by __________ each other _________
various subjects.
8. You should try to cooperate
_________ that organization A) for/for
_________ everyway. B) against/against
C) with/with
A) with/with D) with/for
B) on/with E) in/for
C) on/in
14. Mr.Johnson said he definitely 19. You really shouldn't boast
disegreed ___________ us _________ your success
_________ that matter. _________ other people.

A) about/with A) of/of
B) on/on B) about/of
C) with/with C) of/from
D) with/about D) to/of
E) for/with E) of/to

15. They are going to transfer him 20. Those two companies import
_________ this department chemicals __________ Sweden
_________ another one. and Germany.

A) from/to A) from
B) from/from B) to
C) to/from C) in
D) in/to D) towards
E) in/in E) with

16. Did you finally succeed 21. Tom is very devoted __________
__________ convincing them they his work. He's well qualified
were wrong? __________ it, too.

A) at A) for/to
B) for B) for/for
C) from C) in/to
D) in D) in/for
E) about E) to/for

17. I think it's easy to confuse these 22. She was engaged ___________
two expressions __________ the him for ten months before they
other one. got married.

A) with A) for
B) in B) in
C) for C) about
D) at D) to
E) from E) of

18. I don't know why he insists 23. My friends and I were very happy
_________ blaming me __________ the results of the
___________ all his troubles. elections.

A) in/for A) about
B) on/for B) to
C) for/for C) of
D) for/in D) on
E) on/from E) in
24. I'm not familiar __________ his
name, but his face seems familiar
________ me.

A) with/with
B) with/to
C) to/with
D) to/to
E) with/of

25. We were very doubtful _________

his ability to finish the job
_________ himself.

A) of/of
B) with/of
C) of/by
D) with/by
E) by/by
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