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    Prepositions Exercises

    Confusing Pairs of Prepositions


    Use the prepositions and adverbs in brackets to complete the sentences

    above below as among towards opposite


    over under like between away from in front of

    1. Everybody on the staff is ________ suspicion. The chances are that even the boss

    might be the murderer.

    2. He held a handkerchief ________ his face.

    3. They discussed the matter ________ a cup of tea.

    4. They all left the gambling house when the deal was ________.

    5. Jack cannot drink in a pub because he's ________ age.

    6. Our village is several metres ________ sea-Ievel so it is frequently flooded.

    7. When Charles went to Malaga he stayed in the same hotel ________ I did.

    8. Tom behaves ________ a child when it comes to eating sweets.

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    9. There were such nice pullovers that it was really hard to choose ________ them.

    10. We used to live in a little hut ________ trees.

    11. I suddenly spotted a young boy standing ________ the two posts.

    12. On realizing that his wife was still inside, the man started to run ________ the

    burning house.

    13. The girl began to run to get ________ the angry cloud of bees.

    14. In order not to get a deep suntan he preferred to sit ________ us.

    15. When I saw her sitting by the lake I began walking ________ her.

    16. She sat ________ me during the whole meeting, so I couldn't help looking at her

    face.

    17. I used to have an irresistible habit of putting pins on the seats of students sitting

    ________ me in the class.

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