Exercises With Prepositions

passed away, do without, look forward to, called off, made up, carried away, break out, run
out, put up
with, keep up.
1. Don't smoke in the forest. Fires

2. I
easily at this time of the year.
seeing my friends again.
3. I'm afraid; we have
of apple juice. Will an orange juice do?
4. Your website has helped me a lot to

5. A friend of mine has
the good work.

her wedding.
6. His mother can't
his terrible behavior anymore.
7. As an excuse for being late, she

8. I got
a whole story.
by his enthusiasm.
9. I just cannot
my mobile. I always keep it with me.
10. she was very sad because her father
last week.
Put the right preposition

1. I didn't get to see the end of that mystery movie on TV last night. How did it turn
?
2. Jack is having his lawyer draw
the contract to make sure that all of the legalities
are properly dealt with. We don't want to have any legal problems in the future.
3. The small white flowers are my favorite. They give
scents the entire garden.
a wonderful honey smell that
4. He told you he was an actor! I can't believe you fell

that. How could you ever
believe that he was an actor? You are so gullible.
5. Nina wanted to quit college and become a model. Her parents talked her into staying in school
while she pursues her modeling career. That way, if she never makes it as a model, she can always
fall
6. They pulled
on her education.
the heist perfectly. Everything went exactly as they had planned.
7. I can't believe Gina and Dave broke

last week. They have been married for
almost fifteen years. I hope they get back together.
8. It took us over twelve hours to hike over the mountain. By the time we got back to our campsite, I
was completely worn
9. Norma has been sick with the flu recently. I don't know if she would feel
to going
to the movies tonight.
10. We agreed to take care of their kids while they were on vacation in the Bahamas. We knew it
would be a challenge, but those kids were far more work than we had bargained
11. Laurelle has strong opinions, she loves to talk, and she never backs
in an
argument. That's why I love debating philosophical issues with her. Sometimes we talk for hours.
12. That's a first edition Star Wars comic book. If I were you, I would hold
that.
Someday that 50 cent comic book could be worth hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars.
13. At first I didn't like living in New York, but now the city is starting to grow
think I am adapting to the fast-paced lifestyle.
me. I
14. If you don't have the telephone number now, you can call me
later and give it to
me then.
15. When Judy suggested that the company cancel it's advertising campaign in "Newsweek" to save
money, the marketing director shot
the idea immediately. He reminded her that that
particular campaign had always been especially productive because of its popularity with the public.
16. Poor Markie has such enormous ears! All the little kids at school make fun
and call him "Dumbo the elephant boy."
him
17. Candice was so tired that she nodded

during her astronomy lecture right in front
of the professor. She needs to get more sleep.
18. You already have a cassette player, a record player, a video recorder, a CD player, a DVD
player, a Walkman, a MiniDisk player, and an Ipod. I think you can do
player for a while. At least until the price comes down a little.
19. I couldn't make
unclear.
an HD-DVD
what he had written in the note because his handwriting is so
20. To get a good price on a new notebook computer, you really need to shop
are some great bargains out there, but you have to look for them.
. There
1. I didn't get to see the end of that mystery movie on TV last night. How did it turn out
2. Jack is having his lawyer draw up
the contract to make sure that all of the
legalities are properly dealt with. We don't want to have any legal problems in the future.
3. The small white flowers are my favorite. They give
off a wonderful honey smell
that scents the entire garden.
4. He told you he was an actor! I can't believe you fell
for that. How could you
ever believe that he was an actor? You are so gullible.
5. Nina wanted to quit college and become a model. Her parents talked her into staying in school
while she pursues her modeling career. That way, if she never makes it as a model, she can
always fall back
6. They pulled off
on her education.
the heist perfectly. Everything went exactly as they had planned.
7. I can't believe Gina and Dave broke up
last week. They have been married for
almost fifteen years. I hope they get back together.
8. It took us over twelve hours to hike over the mountain. By the time we got back to our
campsite, I was completely worn out
9. Norma has been sick with the flu recently. I don't know if she would feel
up to
going to the movies tonight.
10. We agreed to take care of their kids while they were on vacation in the Bahamas. We knew it
would be a challenge, but those kids were far more work than we had bargained for
11. Laurelle has strong opinions, she loves to talk, and she never backs down
in
an argument. That's why I love debating philosophical issues with her. Sometimes we talk for
hours.
12. That's a first edition Star Wars comic book. If I were you, I would hold
onto that. Someday that 50 cent comic book could be worth hundreds, or even thousands, of
dollars.
13. At first I didn't like living in New York, but now the city is starting to grow
on me. I think I am adapting to the fast-paced lifestyle.
14. If you don't have the telephone number now, you can call me up
later and give
it to me then.
15. When Judy suggested that the company cancel it's advertising campaign in "Newsweek" to
save money, the marketing director shot down
the idea immediately. He reminded
her that that particular campaign had always been especially productive because of its popularity
with the public.
16. Poor Markie has such enormous ears! All the little kids at school make fun
of him and call him "Dumbo the elephant boy."
17. Candice was so tired that she nodded
off during her astronomy lecture right in
front of the professor. She needs to get more sleep.
18. You already have a cassette player, a record player, a video recorder, a CD player, a DVD
player, a Walkman, a MiniDisk player, and an Ipod. I think you can do
an HD-DVD
player for a while. At least until the price comes down a little.
19. I couldn't make
what he had written in the note because his handwriting is so
unclear.
20. To get a good price on a new notebook computer, you really need to shop
There are some great bargains out there, but you have to look for them.

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passed away, do without, look forward to, called off, made up, carried away, break out, run

1. Don't smoke in the forest. Fires

easily at this time of the year.

seeing my friends again.

3. I'm afraid; we have

of apple juice. Will an orange juice do?

4. Your website has helped me a lot to

the good work.

6. His mother can't

his terrible behavior anymore.

7. As an excuse for being late, she

my mobile. I always keep it with me.

10. she was very sad because her father

Put the right preposition

a wonderful honey smell that

4. He told you he was an actor! I can't believe you fell

7. I can't believe Gina and Dave broke

was completely worn

17. Candice was so tired that she nodded

what he had written in the note because his handwriting is so

2. Jack is having his lawyer draw up

the contract to make sure that all of the

3. The small white flowers are my favorite. They give

off a wonderful honey smell

that scents the entire garden.

4. He told you he was an actor! I can't believe you fell

for that. How could you

ever believe that he was an actor? You are so gullible.

always fall back

6. They pulled off

the heist perfectly. Everything went exactly as they had planned.

7. I can't believe Gina and Dave broke up

last week. They have been married for

almost fifteen years. I hope they get back together.

campsite, I was completely worn out

going to the movies tonight.

later and give

save money, the marketing director shot down

the idea immediately. He reminded

17. Candice was so tired that she nodded

off during her astronomy lecture right in

front of the professor. She needs to get more sleep.

player, a Walkman, a MiniDisk player, and an Ipod. I think you can do

19. I couldn't make

what he had written in the note because his handwriting is so

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