125 - ] Vocabulary Tests
125 - ] Test One Hundred And Twenty Five
1 - ] Prepositions Often Confused .
1 - ] Use between or among in these
sentences .
1 . The work was shared --------------------all of
them .
2 . He divided the money -----------------his three
children .
3 . He hid --------------the trees .
4 . The President walked -------------------the two
lines of soldiers .
5 . -------------------------all of those children
,he didn’t have a single friend .
6 . There was a fight ----------------the two gangs .
7 . The ball passed ------------------the goal posts
.
8 . We are -----------------------friends .
9 . His subject was “life -----------------------the
Eskimos .”
10 . The cake was divided ---------------------the
two girls .
2 - ] In the following sentences , choose the correct
preposition in brackets .
1 . He’s been ill ( from , since ) last Friday .
2 . You’ve sold your car ( at , for ) a good price .
3 . I sold my bicycle ( at , for ) forty pounds .
4 . I expect to return ( after , in ) a week .
5 . I can wait ( to , till ) next Tuesday .
6 . We draw lines ( by , with ) a ruler .
7 . She’s been absent ( since , for ) a month .
8 . They spoke ( for , about ) the weather .
9 . He worked ( with , by ) candle light .
10 . You can send the parcel ( with , by ) post .
3 - ] Write
sentences of your own to show clearly the difference between the following
pairs of prepositions .
1 . between
/ among
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2 . to /
till
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3 . in /
into
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4 . to / at
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5 . for /
at (price) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 . with /
by
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7 . for /
since -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 . for /
about
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9 . in /
within ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 . at /
in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 - ] Omission of Prepositions .
Supply the prepositions omitted in the following .
1 . Somebody is knocking the door .
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2 . I’m searching my lost book .
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3 . He said me , ‘I won’t come .’
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4 . She explained the difficult words him .
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5 . She never listens her mother .
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6 . I replied his letter at once .
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7 . Would you like me to send it you ?
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8 . I’m too busy , I can’t wait you .
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9 . I asked his phone number .
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10 . She pointed the ship in the distance .
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