Prepositions

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Fill in the right preposition

1. my return from work I saw that the front door was open.
2, My sister is fond reading English literature.
3. You are very young, so you must abstain alcohol.
4. I was so absorbed doing my homework that I didn't hear my mother enter the house.
5. She tried hard to climb up the wall but vain.
6. I am sorry to intrude the wedding party, but I want to talk to the bridegroom privately.
7. The whole building collapsed and more than ten people were buried the ruins.
8. This Maths book abounds difficulties for the students.
9. At times you remind me your grandmother.
10. She lost her temper and started shouting me.