Prepositions Test Exercises

1. To see what happened, he started to walk the

place where the sound had come. 6. Yesterday, the thieves broke my house and stole
my watch and money.
A) onto
B) in A) onto
C) after B) inside
D) across C) with
E) towards D) out of
E) into

2. Escaping from its cage, my little bird flew the

open window. 7. You are the wrong floor, this is the fifth floor. You
should to the 4th floor.
A) out walk
B) of
A) at / up
C) out to B) on / down
D) through C) in / onto
E) down D) through / over
E) over / along
3. A child was trying to climb the tree to see what
was the nest.
8. Those people must be coming the panel.
A) onto / in A) throughout
B) into / - B) by way of
C) out of / beside C) out of
D) by / - D) towards
E) up / inside E) beneath

4. She behaves to the child from the orphanage a You should finish school with good grades the
real mother. 9.
sake of your future.
A) as A) for
B) with B) as
C) like C) because
D) as if D) by
E) in case E) of

5. Can we drive to Edirne highway road from The man his hands in his pockets is staring
Istanbul? 10.
you.
A) by A) with / at
B) on B) in / in
C) with C) by / to
D) way D) as / at
E) via E) on / to
 15. After he went the house, he came to the
11. You can learn best listening to your teacher garden.
school.
A) into / out
A) with / in B) inside / out of
B) as / onto C) into / out of
C) by / at D) into / off
D) through / for E) into / extern
E) for / within
16. There is a doctor three blocks Lester's home and
a private clinic a mile .
12. Those were the days when no summer was
complete
an excursion the countryside to pick wild A) from / away
black berries or strawberries or beach plums. B) near / long
C) over / upon
A) after I through
D) beside / apart
B) without / into
E) towards / far
C) by / in
D) with / towards 17. Louis received a call his mother
Connecticut, where he was to fly the next day
E) except / by visit her.
13. I have no fear, I can say all the things that I
said yesterday his face. A) of / about / within
B) about / from / to
A) with C) through / for / to
B) to D) by / from / for
C) at E) from / in / to
D) towards
E) onto 18. "The high-cost living is really getting me down,"
growled one fellow.
14. People Advanced English level
should understand what I said the A) for
panel. B) of
C) about
A) with / in
D) over
B) by / at
E) by
C) on / at
D) in / on 19. living in Nairobi several years, I returned to
E) in / from the States and headed Kansas to visit old
friends.

A) Since / since / to
B) While / some / for
C) Before / since / by
D) Then / for / towards
E) After / for / for
20. He said he would wait for me the beach
sunset. 25. The thief ran the street and hid the bushes.
A) across / over
A) in / by
B) into / beside
B) on / at
C) across / behind
C) in / before
D) along / from
D) at / below
E) over / behind
E) on / ahead of
26. The cat ran and disappeared the trees in the
21. The American people's loss confidence their woods
government has reached severe proportions.
A) toward
A) for / with
B) under
B) of / in
C) with
C) in / by
D) beside
D) about / for
E) between
E) like / to

27. that time I heard five shots just the house.

22. It took them three hours to get home.
A) for A) In / in

B) to B) On / on

C) by C) During / out

D) at D) At / outside

E) -- E) In / into

23. Of course you can't see it. The village is the hills. 28. She got this book John as a gift her birthday.

A) in front of A) out of / on

B) below B) from / on

C) behind C) with / at

D) beside D) from / at

E) through E) for / at

24. They ran the stairs the roof to look the 29. He is always free weekends summer.
things that they had used years ago.
A) in / in
A) up / into / for B) on / in
B) down / to / in C) at / by
C) up / on / up D) for / in
D) down / in / at E) at / on
E) up / to / at
30. I say to tall people: Please, sit the back so that
everyone can see our play.

A) behind
B) beyond
C) from
D) at
E) on