PREPOSITIONS

The following exercises test your command of PREPOSITIONS in general. Fill in the
spaces in each sentence with the correct preposition.

1. My sister is a real shopaholic. Every Saturday she leaves home .nine

oclock and goes ..the nearest shopping centre. She goes
..every boutique, looks and tries ..everything
she likes. She usually comes home with a new dress or pair of trousers after shopping
.a couple of hours. Last week I told my sister to start shopping
the Net. She liked the idea very much and . two weeks she
looked new clothes and bought them only online. But next Saturday
shes going to shop ..a real shopping centre again!

2. Im very interested .shopping online. Last week I saw the website of a

famous brand of T-shirts so I asked them ..some more information
..the T-shirtstheir site. They were very helpful and offered
to send me a catalogue..post.

3. When I wake . I dont get . immediately, I

turn.the television and watch childrens programmes and old
movies ......................... about half past ten. At half past ten I switch.to
another channel to see what is ..the news. After that I
get, switch ..the telly and go downstairs. lunch
I have biscuits and a glass of milk. the afternoon, I often watch another
film, theyre showing some good ones ..the moment. I watch TV
three oclocksix oclock. nine thirty, if there is
a good playBBC2, I switchand watch it. I cant understand why
people call me a couch potato....
4. Turn the volume.please, Im trying to concentrate.
5. It was dark because suddenly the lights wentin most houses.
6. The plane is going to take.in a minute
7. He gothis car and drove home.
8. How do you usually travel to school? I go .bus Monday
.Thursday but Saturday I go ..my sisters car.
9. How old is Greta? I have no idea, I think shes .her forties
10. Im raising money .an organization that does research..cancer.
11. last night we had a party . Jacks. The music was fantastic and we danced
.rock and disco music all night long.
12. Sarahs planning to take a year .to do some voluntary work with children.
Before that she must do a course first aid, though.
13. Steve arrived .London yesterday. He arrived .the Tower of
London after touring .Britain. He spent several weeks .the tour.
Steves trip is . now but hes not going to stay at home.
14. We have to go to the supermarket for all our shopping because all the local shops have
closed .
15. How long do women live .. average?
16. More and more people nowadays have jobs . computers
17. The British work the longest hours .week in Europe
18. Women have children later, the average age ..having a baby is now 29.
19. Young people spend a long time .computers every day.
20. 80% the people, thats three-quarters, start their day
very early.
21. My brother Tom is very different .. me. He loves learning mathematics and
physics and I am very bad .. them. I prefer studying English and French
because I think languages are necessary ..travelling. They are also useful
. communicating . the Internet. My brother doesnt study
any foreign language because he says he is tired . learning new words
and grammar.