PREPOSITIONS

EXERCISE 1:

Put in the suitable prepositions:

1. We don't go ____ school ____ Sundays.
2. She was waiting for me ____ the railway station. 
3. We arrived ____ Khairpur exactly six o'clock.
4. Come  ____ 10 am ____ Friday morning
5. I bought this hat ____ ten rupees.
6. He hasn't been here ____ Monday. 
7. Our cat was bitten ____ a dog.
8. My home is ____ Karachi, but I was born ____ Phakka, a small village in Dadu.
9. Put your books ____ the table. 
10. You may write ____ pencil.
11. There's no bus; we'll have to go ____ foot.
12. We went the seaside ____ car.
13. Get ____ the train here, and get off the third stop.
14. Many planes fly ____ the Atlantic nowadays. 
15. We've been waiting ____ an hour.
16. I'll call ____ you ____ a more convenient time. 
17. Hold it carefully ____ your thumb and first finger.
18. I couldn't hear what they were talking ____
19. A girl ____ blue eyes has just gone to the door ____ the class.
20. Here's a present ____ you; don't forget it and go home ____ it!
21. The teacher was sitting ____a desk.
22. ____ him was a blackboard 
23. As he was coming ____ me, he threw some orange-peel ____ the fence ____ his way ____ the garden.
24. They were standing ____ the two houses.
25. We had to go ____ the hill ____ a little house ____  the top. 
26. She was looking ____  the window ____ the busy street. 
27. We walked ____ the main road, turned left ____ the railway station, and went as far as the third turning on the right.
28. Read ____ line 10 to line 20 ____  page 7. 
29. You can use my knife to cut it ____.
30. The stream ran ____  a little tunnel ____ the roadway.
31. He spoke ____ me ____  his hands his pockets.
32. I walked ____  one end of the street ____  the other. 
33. You can reach the station ____  bus ____ ten minutes.
34. The pictures will be ____ show ____ one week longer. 
35. I'm bringing an old book ____ leather covers ____ you  ____ the evening ____  dinner. 
36. Don't look ____ me like that!
37. A brick has fallen ____  the well and knocked the bucket ____ the rope.
38. I must look ____ the postcard I got ____ my teacher last week.
39. Most children remain ____  school ____ the ages of six and sixteen.
40. The first sputnik travelled ____  the world hundreds of times ____  a few weeks.
41. I fell  ____  a rock when I was climbing ____  a mountain last week.
42. It's farther  than I thought; it's _____ five miles ______  the shortest route..
43. Switzerland lies ______  Germany, France and Italy. 
44. I'm staying ______ friends not far ______  the station.
45. Please come ______  me ______  the theatre tonight. 
46. Who did you give the money______?
47. The children ______  four years ______  age do not often go ______ school. 
48. My school was founded ______  Quaid-e-Azam  ______  1998. 
49. Come and sit ______  this sunshade ______  a comfortable deck chair.
50. Do you want to speak ______  me ______  anything? 
51. Who can be calling ______  us ______ this late hour?
52. There's a knock  ______ the door.
53. Don’t go out ______ the rain ______ an umbrella.
54. We listen ______ the radio ______ half an hour ______ dinner.
55. The cat is hiding ______ us ______ the table.
56. I must work hard ______  history  because I am not very good ______ it.
57. I wonder if I shall get ______ my history exams.
58. You can cut the apple ______ two ______ this knife.
59. I go ______ the post office every day.
60. Let’s go ______ a walk ______ the garden ______ dinner time.