PREPOSITIONS
1. ___a rainy day ____March we got ____John’s cottage _____7 o’clock ____the evening.
As we were hungry, we sat down ____the table ____once. _____first we talked ______the bad
weather, being angry ______it, but later on we made jokes and started shaking _____laughter.
______last, we asked ____some drinks. Tom got angry_____John who tried _____vain to make
us go _____bed. ______course, we wouldn’t hear _____it! We went __to make noise for some
time but_______any success. Disappointed _____John as a host, we made _____the door.
2. Aren’t you coming _____us? No, I’m waiting ____Tom. We are going _____town ____bus
because we are not _____a hurry.
3. My babysitter takes care _____my little boys____the afternoons. She is very good
_____children.
4. He invited me ____dinner ____his club and _______the meal he asked me ____advice about his
investements.
5. Yesterday the children went _____a walk and didn’t get back ____10 p.m. Their mother was
furious ____them ______coming so late.
6. You ought to be ashamed _____yourself for coming _____my nice clean kitchen _____muddy
boots.
7. What about taking the day _____and spending it ____the seaside or ____the mountains.
8. They succeeded _____escaping ______the burning house.
9. He was ______prison____two years. ______that time he became interested _____pigeons.
10. I was so afraid _____missing the train that I took a taxy _____the station.
11. He’ll be back ______a few minutes and you can sit here and wait ____him. He must come back
_____ one because he promised his wife to go shopping ______her.
12. Don’t laugh _____him.He doesn’t lke when you talk ____him like that.
13. My brother is not ____the team because he is bad ____football.But he is interested
_____football and he likes to go _____football matches.
14. How do you go ____school? It depends____the weather. ______wet days I go ____tube;
____fine weather I go ____foot.
15. We arrived ____London _____6 p.m. _____a foggy November day. We often have fog
___November.
16. _____the evening Jimmy likes to look ____the stars ____the sky. Then he dreams ______going
____the Moon _____his friend Jimmy.
17. ____1978 the balloon took off_____the United States and flew ____the Atlantic Ocean
_____Paris ____six days.
18. ____spring Mrs Gray plants some nice red roses and she is very proud ____them.
19. Ann left school_____the age___eighteen. _____that time she couldn’t find a job but _____two
years she started working _____a company which sold cars.
20. He was born ____England ____the 20th_____July.
21. As she was getting_______the car one ____her buttons fell _____. Although we were ______a
hurry she insisted______stopping to look _____it.
22. There is a parcel _____books_____you ______the table ____the hall. Oh, they must be
______my brother. He always sends me books _____my birthday.
23. When he gets back _____work he expects his wife _____the door ____his slippers and a hot
meal waiting ____him.
