Write in the correct preposition. Sometimes no preposition is needed (-) !
- I bumped __________ an old friend at the cinema the other day.
- We’d like to pay __________ the bill now, please.
- Rafa insisted __________ driving us to the airport.
- Maria married __________ a well-known tennis player when she was twenty-two but she divorced __________ him just two years later.
- They are increasing nurses’ pay __________ 3%.
- Nicole looked __________ her watch. It was after 9.30 and she still hadn’t reached __________the office yet.
- Do you ever borrow books __________ your local library?
- We’ll ask Matilda if she can look __________ our plants while we are away.
- In class we are going to discuss __________ biodiversity and tomorrow we are going to talk __________ conservation and rewilding.
- Penelope rang __________ Heidi to tell her she was getting married.
- “Have you heard __________ Jacques Prevert? He was a French poet. We studied him at school” – “No, I’ve never heard __________ him.”
- The man who crashed __________ the tree had been texting on his phone.
Answers
1. into
2. –
3. on
4. – ; –
5. by
6. at; –
7. from
8. after
9. – ; about
10. –
11. of; of
12. intoAdjectives ending in -ed and -ing Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Adjectives vs Adverbs Exercise 1
Adjectives + Prepositions Exercise 1, Exercise 2
Adjectives + Prepositions – Exercise 3: In and Out of Love
Articles, Definite and Indefinite Exercise 1
Conditionals, First and Second Exercise 1
Conditionals, Third Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Few, a few, little, a little Exercise 1
For, since, ago Exercise 1
Have something done Exercise 1
Indirect Questions Exercise 1
Linking words (despite, however, etc) Exercise 1 Exercise 2
