Grammar Exercises

Grammar Exercise: Verbs + Prepositions (2) With PDF


Write in the correct preposition. Sometimes no preposition is needed (-) !

  1. I bumped __________ an old friend at the cinema the other day.

  2. We’d like to pay __________ the bill now, please.

  3. Rafa insisted __________ driving us to the airport.

  4. Maria married __________ a well-known tennis player when she was twenty-two but she divorced __________ him just two years later.

  5. They are increasing nurses’ pay __________ 3%.

  6. Nicole looked __________ her watch. It was after 9.30 and she still hadn’t reached __________the office yet.

  7. Do you ever borrow books __________ your local library?

  8. We’ll ask Matilda if she can look __________ our plants while we are away.

  9. In class we are going to discuss __________ biodiversity and tomorrow we are going to talk __________ conservation and rewilding.

  10. Penelope rang __________ Heidi to tell her she was getting married.

  11. “Have you heard __________ Jacques Prevert? He was a French poet. We studied him at school” – “No, I’ve never heard __________ him.”

  12. 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. into

     

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    Adjectives vs Adverbs  Exercise 1

    Adjectives + Prepositions  Exercise 1Exercise 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

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