Prepositions (part 1)

A) Choose the best preposition of time or no preposition (-) to complete the sentence:

1. Are you going to the beach the weekend? 2. My parents got married the 1960s. 3. six years ago, I met my best friend. 4. Ann's going to see the doctor Tuesday morning. 5. the summer, my brother and I play tennis. 6. Let's go to the cinema this evening. 7. My favorite television programme is on 8pm. 8. Sorry I missed football practice last week. I had a headache. 9. My sister loves eating chocolate eggs Easter. 10. I'm going shopping with my mother Saturday. 11. yesterday afternoon, we went to the library to study. 12. Jane started learning English 1998. 13. My birthday is the twelfth of September. 14. Did your cousin get married last spring? 15. I hate getting out of bed cold mornings! 16. Are you going to visit your family Christmas? 17. She will graduate from university May. 18. tomorrow morning, I will have to get up early. 19. Does it snow here the winter? 20. Andrew finished high school 1997. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: 1. at, 2. in, 3. -, 4. on, 5. In, 6. -,7. at, 8. -,9. at, 10. on,11. -,12. in, 13. on,14. - 15. on, 16. at, 17. in, 18. -, 19. in, 20. in --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B) 1) Mike has got a newspaper ____ his hand. 2) There are many stories _____ monsters. 3) Let's have a look ______ your collection of stamps. 4) What's wrong ______ Jane today? She looks so sad. 5) Do you often go to work ________ bus? 6) There are four ______ us in the family. 7) My parents are _____ holiday in Spain. 8) She goes ____ the cinema every month. 9) Does your sister live _____ Madrid? 10) What time do you get up _____ Sundays? 11) What do you usually do ____ the weekends? 12) I often go to visit our grandma ______ the afternoon. 13) It sometimes snows _____ November. 14) Today is the 17th ____ September. 15) Look ______ the table. There is a magazine on the floor. 16) You can sit _____ the table. Lunch is ready. 17) All the family are sitting ____ the sofa and talking. 18) Are there any plants _____ your bedroom? 19) This birthday present is _____ your brother. 20) He is standing _____ me in the queue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: 1. Mike has got a newspaper /in/ his hand. 2. There are many stories /about/ monsters. 3. Let's have a look /at/ your collection of stamps. 4. What's wrong /with/ Jane today? She looks so sad. 5. Do you often go to work /by/ bus? 6. There are four /of/ us in the family. 7. My parents are /on/ holiday in Spain. 8. She goes /to/ the cinema every month. 9. Does your sister live /in/ Madrid? 10. What time do you get up /on/ Sundays? 11. What do you usually do /at/ the weekends? 12. I often go to visit our grandma /in/ the afternoon. 13. It sometimes snows /in/ November. 14. Today is the 17th /of/ September. 15. Look /under/ the table. There is a magazine on the floor. 16. You can sit /at/ the table. Lunch is ready. 17. All the family are sitting /on/ the sofa and talking. 18. Are there any plants /in/ your bedroom? 19. This birthday present is /for/ your brother. 20. He is standing /behind/ me in the queue. ------------------------------------------------------------------- C) 1. I would like to know if you could make it _____ tomorrow. 2. He should come ____ a few minutes. 3. He wasn't angry ______ all. 4. She promised to call back ____ an hour. 5. The President will be in evidence _____ the Senate Committee. 6. We will know everything ______ he comes. 7. This contract will be confirmed _____ December. 8. Has anybody asked _____ me while I was away? 9. There were two intervals ____ the performance. 10. _____ this occasion I would like to express my thanks. 11. You must check the petrol ____ regular intervals. 12. If she doesn't get angry ____ five minutes everything will be all right. 13. There's an excellent restaurant ____ the end of the street. 14. _____ the end everything was fine. 15. It didn't happen yesterday but the day ______ yesterday. 16. I am ____ a loss, I don't know what to do. 17. The vocabulary seems to be easy ____ the beginning. 18. You can get a person to do it for you. _____ all, you are a man with many contacts. 19. We wanted to hide _____ a big storm. He didn't want to get wet. 20. ______ Christmas day our family eat carp. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: 1. I would like to know if you could make it /by/ tomorrow. 2. He should come /in/ a few minutes. 3. He wasn't angry /after/ all. 4. She promised to call back /within/ an hour. 5. The President will be in evidence /before/ the Senate Committee. 6. We will know everything /before/ he comes. 7. This contract will be confirmed /in/ December. 8. Has anybody asked /after/ me while I was away? 9. There were two intervals /during/ the performance. 10. /On/ this occasion I would like to express my thanks. 11. You must check the petrol /at/ regular intervals. 12. If she doesn't get angry /within/ five minutes everything will be all right. 13. There's an excellent restaurant /at/ the end of the street. 14. /In/ the end everything was fine. 15. It didn't happen yesterday but the day /before/ yesterday. 16. I am /at/ loss, I don't know what to do. 17. The vocabulary seems to be easy /in/ the beginning. 18. You can get a person to do it for you. /After/ all, you are a man with many contacts. 19. We wanted to hide /before/ a big storm. He didn't want to get wet. 20. /On/ Christmas day our family eat carp. -------------------------------------------------------------------- D) Correct each sentence with a suitable preposition: 1. Have you ever been China? 2. He behaves just like his father. He really takes him. 3. He is a genius. He is the black lists of many casinos. 4. I am really sorry but you are standing my way. This exercise is brought to you by www.nonstopenglish.com 5. I left my umbrella the bus. 6. I lost my passport the way to Madrid. 7. I was Peter's last night. 8. In many countries people drive the left. 9. Is there anything interesting the paper today? 10. It is very difficult to enter into partnership a person you do not know very well. 11. It was a very long voyage. We were sea for 50 days. 12. Some people are in prison crimes they have not committed. 13. That old house is being offered sale. 14. The doctor gave me some pills my cough. 15. The meeting took place the company's headquarters. 16. The train called Nottingham main station. 17. There was a very serious accident the roundabout. 18. These books are priced $500 each. 19. We are offering solutions a price almost anyone can afford. 20. We arrived late at the cinema so we had to sit the back row. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: 1. Have you ever been to China? 2. He behaves just like his father. He really takes after him. 3. He is a genius. He is on the black lists of many casinos. 4. I am really sorry but you are standing in my way. 5. I left my umbrella on the bus. 6. I lost my passport on the way to Madrid. 7. I was at Peter's last night. 8. In many countries people drive on the left. 9. Is there anything interesting in the paper today? 10. It is very difficult to enter into partnership with a person you do not know very well. 11. It was a very long voyage. We were at sea for 50 days. 12. Some people are in prison for crimes they have not committed. 13. That old house is being offered for sale. 14. The doctor gave me some pills for my cough. 15. The meeting took place at the company's headquarters. 16. The train called at Nottingham main station. 17. There was a very serious accident at the roundabout. 18. These books are priced at $500 each. 19. We are offering solutions at a price almost anyone can afford. 20. We arrived late at the cinema so we had to sit in the back row