Friday, September 12, 2008

Exercises on prepositions

1 He made his escape by jumping ______ a window and jumping ______ a waiting car.

A. over/into

B. between/into

C. along/up

D. by/on

E: up to/ out of



2 To get to the Marketing department, you have to go ______ those stairs and then ______ the corridor to the end.

A. over / into

B. between / into

C: out of / between

D: out of / into

E: up / along

3 I saw something about it ______ television.

A: in

B: on

C: at

D: through

E: with



4 I couldn't get in ______ the door so I had to climb ______ a window.

A: through / in

B: between / into

C: out of / between

D: out of / into

E: up / along



5 She took the key ______ her pocket and put it ________ the lock.

A: over / into

B: between / into

C: out of / in

D: by / on

E: up to / out of



6 He drove ______ me without stopping and drove off ______ the centre of town.

A: from / into

B: towards / over

C: along / up

D; past / towards

E: in / next to



7 I took the old card ______ the computer and put ______ the new one.

A: through / in

B: out of / in

C: out of / between

D: out of / into

E: up / along



8 I went ______ him and asked him the best way to get ______ town.

A: from / into

B: towards / over

C: along / up

D: by / on

E: up to / out of



9 It's unlucky to walk ______ a ladder in my culture. I always walk ______ them.

A: through / in

B: out of / in

C: under / around

D: out of / into

E: up / along



10 The restaurant is ______ the High Street, ______ the cinema.

A: through / in

B: out of / in

C: under / around

D: in / next to

E: up / along



11 Sally left school ______ the age of 16 and went to work ______ a bank.

A: through / in

B: out of / in

C: under / around

D: in / next to

E: at / in



12 He jumped ______ the wall and ______ the garden.

A: over / into

B: towards / over

C: along / up

D: by / on

E: up to / out of



13 He was driving ______ 180 miles per hour when he crashed ______ the central barrier.

A: at / into

B: out of / in

C: under / around

D: in / next to

E: at / in



14 She ran ______ the corridor and ______ the stairs to the second floor.

A: from / into

B: towards / over

C: along / up

D: by / on

E: in / next to



15 John is the person standing ______ the window, ______ the woman with the long blonde hair.

A: at / into

B: beside / next to

C: under / around

D: in / next to

E: at / in



16 When the bull ran ______ me, I jumped ______ the fence.

A: from / into

B: towards / over

C: besides /next to

D: by / on

E: in / next to



17 Look, that car's ______ fire.

A: through

B: with

C: in

D: into

E: on


Answers will be in the comment. Have a try first~

Reference: http://www.better-english.com/grammar/prepositions.htm


2 comments:

Hu Xuan said...

Key:
1.D 2.E 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.E 9.C 10.D 11.E 12.A 13.A 14.C 15.B 16.B 17.E
Hope you get them all correct~

Hu Xuan said...

Correction: The answer to Q1 is A. Thank you Wenhui and Michael for pointing it out^^