PREPOSITIONS
- EXERCISE 4
Use
the most suitable prepositions to complete these sentences. Sometimes
more than one answer is possible.
1. The dog ran ........... the tree five or six times.
2. We flew slowly .......... the suburbs of Paris.
3. I moved the baby ......... the fire.
4. The police ran ................... the crowd and arrested a young
man.
5. If you put some money ............... here, the machine will start.
6. They had nowhere to stay so they slept .............. a bridge.
7. The town hall is .............. the library and the museum.
8. We watched the soldiers as they walked ................. our house on
their way to the ship.
9. They ran out of the dressing-room .............. the football pitch.
10. London is ............... the south-east of England.
11. The dog stood .................... the door and waited.
12. They walked hand-in-hand ...................... the side of the
canal.
13. I didn't want my mother to see her present, so 1 held it
............... my back.
14. The cat jumped .................... my arms and ran away.
15. I threw the stone ....................... the sea.
16. The bottles fell .................... the lorry and rolled
..................the hill.
17. It was too dark to see so he walked slowly, holding his arms
............... him.
18. I put a chair .................... the door to stop anyone coming in.
19. We crawled ....................... a hole in the fence.
20. What have you got ............. your hand?
21. The cat was sitting ............... the cupboard, looking down at me.
22. I was frightened. I could see him walking ................... me,
with a very angry look on his face.
23. I tied the string ...................... my waist.
24. If you are feeling sick, you should sit a ............... chair and
put your head ................... your knees.
25. The cat jumped out of the tree .................... the roof of my
car.
ANSWERS
1.
round
2. over
3. away from
4. into/through
5. in
6. under
7. between
8.
past
9. onto
10. in
11. at
12. along
13. behind
14. out of
15.
into/in
16. off... down
17. in front of
18.
against/behind
19. through
20.
in
21. on top of/on
22. towards
23. round
24. on
... between