Английский язык. Предлоги и частицы | Prepositions and particles tests

Choose the best answer.A professor recently came … an unknown poem by Shakespeare while he was looking through an old book.

• 1. up
• 2. across
• 3. off
• 4. round
• 5. with

Choose the best answer.He has had a bad day — in addition … being late for school he forgot his homework.

• 1. by
• 2. with
• 3. to
• 4. for
• 5. that

Choose the best answer.Do you know anyone who is interested … having a kitten?

• 1. in
• 2. to
• 3. at
• 4. for
• 5. on

Choose the appropriate prepositions…. Rome … Paris they travelled … plane.

• 1. till/from/on
• 2. from/till/by
• 3. at/by/by
• 4. from/to/by
• 5. at/to/by

Choose the best answer.One of the main disadvantages … the old machine was that it used up so much electricity.

• 1. of
• 2. to
• 3. for
• 4. from
• 5. at

Choose the best answer.I really need your help, so don`t let me … , please.

• 1. down
• 2. in
• 3. off
• 4. through
• 5. up

Choose the best answer.School begins … Monday.

• 1. —
• 2. on
• 3. in
• 4. at
• 5. till

Choose the best answer.People are angry … the state council.

• 1. with
• 2. in
• 3. on
• 4. of
• 5. by

Choose the best answer.Larry needs a new case … his camera.

• 1. for
• 2. to
• 3. of
• 4. with
• 5. after

Choose the best answer.The Captain stopped and for some time they looked … each other … silence.

• 1. at/on
• 2. at/in
• 3. to/in
• 4. in/to
• 5. at/at

Choose the best answer.He showed me … a small room with a desk … it.

• 1. to/in
• 2. to/at
• 3. in/with
• 4. with/in
• 5. at/on

Choose the best answer.»Don`t make fun … me, — she pleaded, — don`t laugh … me».

• 1. of/at
• 2. at/to
• 3. to/on
• 4. of/with
• 5. to/in

Choose the best answer.He shook hands … me and thanked me heartily for being frank … him.

• 1. with/to
• 2. for/with
• 3. on/with
• 4. in/in
• 5. with/with

Choose the best answer.May I ask a favour … you?

• 1. of
• 2. from
• 3. for
• 4. to
• 5. on

Choose the best answer.We stepped out … the house … the garden.

• 1. of/into
• 2. from/to
• 3. of/for
• 4. to/into
• 5. in/to

Choose the best answer.Life was hard in English villages in the nineteenth century. Most of the men worked on farms and had to be up … sunrise because they often began work … about 7 o`clock, milking, ploughing or harvesting. They generally worked from 7 o`clock until 12 o`clock without stopping.

• 1. since/from
• 2. by/at
• 3. by/from
• 4. until/by
• 5. by/since

Choose the best answer.I worked … early morning till late … night.

• 1. from/in
• 2. by/at
• 3. from/at
• 4. on/on
• 5. until/at

Choose the best answer.The common people of England had to struggle … their rights.

• 1. over
• 2. against
• 3. on
• 4. about
• 5. for

Choose the best answer.Their friendship ended … the quarrel they had last month.

• 1. with
• 2. under
• 3. at
• 4. by
• 5. on

Choose the best answer.The Prime Minister has left … the conference in Paris.

• 1. for
• 2. to
• 3. at
• 4. on
• 5. in

Choose the best answer.Now that he is old, he is very apt … forget.

• 1. to
• 2. on
• 3. from
• 4. in
• 5. by

Choose the best answer.He wrote his answer … ink.

• 1. in
• 2. with
• 3. on
• 4. of
• 5. by

Choose the best answer.He couldn`t call himself a friend of the Minister but he was at least acquainted … him.

• 1. with
• 2. from
• 3. on
• 4. in
• 5. to

Choose the best answer.The boy who got good marks was suspected … cheating.

• 1. about
• 2. of
• 3. for
• 4. by
• 5. with

Choose the best answer…. the absence of better tools, we used the broken ones.

• 1. In
• 2. Over
• 3. By
• 4. At
• 5. For

Choose the best answer.The director hinted … the possibility of a holiday next week.

• 1. of
• 2. to
• 3. at
• 4. over
• 5. up

Choose the best answer.After trying hard several times, he met … success.

• 1. with
• 2. about
• 3. for
• 4. up
• 5. in

Choose the best answer.This boy is unable to distinguish a verb … a noun.

• 1. by
• 2. with
• 3. against
• 4. from
• 5. to

Choose the best answer.Telephone her and tell her she has left her glasses … the table.

• 1. behind
• 2. about
• 3. over
• 4. up
• 5. on

Choose the best answer.The plane took … at six o`clock.

• 1. down
• 2. under
• 3. on
• 4. off
• 5. in

Choose the best answer.That criminal was convicted … a crime when he was seventeen.

• 1. of
• 2. on
• 3. for
• 4. with
• 5. by

Choose the best answer.He is very slow … arithmetic.

• 1. in
• 2. at
• 3. with
• 4. on
• 5. of

Choose the best answer.He glories … his past success.

• 1. about
• 2. in
• 3. of
• 4. on
• 5. for

Choose the best answer.We mistook him … the gardener.

• 1. on
• 2. with
• 3. of
• 4. for
• 5. as

Choose the best answer.He always leaves … work at 5:30 and goes … home.

• 1. -/-
• 2. -/to
• 3. from/to
• 4. from/-
• 5. at/to

Choose the appropriate prepositions.We are ready … the lesson.

• 1. of
• 2. in
• 3. at
• 4. for
• 5. on

Choose the appropriate prepositions.I checked a book … the library yesterday.

• 1. at
• 2. out of
• 3. in
• 4. of
• 5. for

Choose the appropriate prepositions.My friend went … Moscow a month ago.

• 1. in
• 2. on
• 3. to
• 4. at
• 5. for

Choose the appropriate prepositions.This street is named … General Rakhimov, who gave his life during the Great Patriotic War.

• 1. at
• 2. around
• 3. of
• 4. after
• 5. on

Choose the best answer.We waited … anxiety … the doctor to come.

• 1. in/for
• 2. with/for
• 3. at/to
• 4. with/on
• 5. for/with

Choose the best answer.If you jump … a plane, you are moving horizontally … the same speed as the aircraft.

• 1. in/with
• 2. from/at
• 3. into/at
• 4. on/with
• 5. from/with

Choose the best answer.I may not be an expert … art, but I understand something … painting.

• 1. in/in
• 2. on/in
• 3. at/about
• 4. on/with
• 5. with/in

Choose the best answer.John could hardly keep his voice … control and he was shaking … a rage.

• 1. under/with
• 2. in/in
• 3. with/in
• 4. on/with
• 5. at/in

Choose the best answer.Jane used to keep her room heaped … all sorts of things and my remarks meant nothing … her.

• 1. with/for
• 2. on/to
• 3. with/to
• 4. in/for
• 5. at/for

Choose the best answer.If you cheat you`ll never get … with it.

• 1. away
• 2. up
• 3. on
• 4. off
• 5. in

Choose the best answer.I wanted to go but I`ve gone … the idea.

• 1. off
• 2. away
• 3. on
• 4. of
• 5. up

Choose the appropriate prepositions.John`s poverty brought him … contact … the homes of the very poor.

• 1. into/with
• 2. to/without
• 3. for/with
• 4. on/with
• 5. into/to

Choose the appropriate prepositions.Mary is very good … English. She always helps her friends … their homework.

• 1. in/with
• 2. on/for
• 3. at/with
• 4. in/on
• 5. for/with

Choose the appropriate prepositions.If you are interested … research work, you may join … some scientific society.

• 1. with/-
• 2. in/with
• 3. with/on
• 4. in/-
• 5. with/for

Choose the appropriate prepositions.You must take these tablets … your cough to be … the safe side.

• 1. for/in
• 2. for/on
• 3. against/on
• 4. against/in
• 5. from/on

Choose the appropriate prepositions.I am not interested … football at all, but I`m keen … sumo wrestling.

• 1. in/on
• 2. -/on
• 3. at/after
• 4. in/in
• 5. in/at

Choose the appropriate prepositions.Our daughter has entered … the university. We are proud … her.

• 1. into/of
• 2. -/for
• 3. -/by
• 4. -/of
• 5. into/-

Choose the appropriate prepositions.We usually do grammar exercises ourselves and check them up … the help … «Keys».

• 1. with/of
• 2. with/at
• 3. in/of
• 4. on/with
• 5. at/with

Choose the appropriate prepositions.We answered that Kate had been ill … two days.

• 1. from
• 2. on
• 3. in
• 4. at
• 5. for

Choose the appropriate prepositions.My dream is to sail … the world.

• 1. around
• 2. over
• 3. near
• 4. under
• 5. above

Choose the appropriate prepositions.The plane flew low … the field.

• 1. over
• 2. across
• 3. along
• 4. beside
• 5. behind

Choose the appropriate prepositions.We pushed the boat … water and left it … the sand.

• 1. into/of
• 2. of/on
• 3. into/on
• 4. out of/on
• 5. on/into

Choose the appropriate prepositions.The red Indians got food … hunting … the forests.

• 1. in/in
• 2. through/at
• 3. by/in
• 4. from/across
• 5. from/from

Choose the appropriate prepositions.Why don`t you play football … just watching?

• 1. instead of
• 2. at
• 3. over
• 4. through
• 5. beyond

Choose the appropriate prepositions.Look! The house is … fire.

• 1. in
• 2. on
• 3. with
• 4. at
• 5. by

Choose the appropriate prepositions.Katrina is excellent … telling jokes.

• 1. with
• 2. in
• 3. for
• 4. at
• 5. by

Choose the appropriate prepositions.Don`t worry! Leave your letter … the secretary.

• 1. with
• 2. at
• 3. to
• 4. on
• 5. in

Choose the appropriate prepositions.The thieves have been arrested and charged … robbery.

• 1. in
• 2. for
• 3. with
• 4. on
• 5. from

Choose the appropriate prepositions.He is an expert … English modern literature.

• 1. on
• 2. at
• 3. in
• 4. for
• 5. with

Choose the appropriate prepositions…. the eve of May Day flags are put up … buildings.

• 1. On/of
• 2. In/in
• 3. On/-
• 4. On/on
• 5. On/of

Choose the appropriate prepositions…. careful deliberation I bought a comb for my mother decorated … little shiny stones that could even be mistaken for diamonds.

• 1. For/after
• 2. For/with
• 3. After/with
• 4. After/in
• 5. For/by

Choose the appropriate prepositions.The exhibition was sponsored … the Chamber … Commerce and Industry.

• 1. of/by
• 2. by/of
• 3. by/in
• 4. in/of
• 5. of/in

Choose the appropriate prepositions.A large stand was devoted … space achievements … the USA.

• 1. to/of
• 2. of/to
• 3. to/on
• 4. on/in
• 5. in/to

Choose the appropriate prepositions.You don’t have to worry … their testing facilities.

• 1. in
• 2. —
• 3. about
• 4. of
• 5. on

Choose the appropriate prepositions.He did not know … they had already determined the date … the celebration.

• 1. that/of
• 2. what/of
• 3. that/in
• 4. about/in
• 5. that/on

Choose the appropriate prepositions…. their letter … May 10th they invited a delegation … specialists to visit our premises.

• 1. In/on/-
• 2. In/-/in
• 3. On/on/-
• 4. In/of/of
• 5. To/-/on

Choose the appropriate prepositions.Please forgive me … the fact that I did not write earlier to thank you … the most enjoyable evening … home.

• 1. at/for/for
• 2. for/at/for
• 3. -/to/-
• 4. for/for/at
• 5. to/for/at

Choose the appropriate prepositions.On arriving … the office I found out that the situation had changed … the better.

• 1. in/to
• 2. to/to
• 3. at/for
• 4. in/at
• 5. to/for

Choose the appropriate prepositions.Grace was the daughter … the lighthouse keeper and she had lived … the sea as long as she could remember.

• 1. of/in
• 2. of/by
• 3. from/at
• 4. by/at
• 5. of/along

Choose the appropriate prepositions…. dinner the Hunts and Mr.Kirilov talked … their plans … the summer.

• 1. during/of/for
• 2. after/about/in
• 3. at/-/in
• 4. at/about/for
• 5. before/of/for