MODULE 6-PREPOSITIONS

Exercise
EXERCISE 1: FILL IN THE BLANKS
WITH CORRECT ANSWER
1. The boy went missing _______ Tuesday. He has been
missing _____three days now.
2. She was stabbed ____a robber ____knife.
3. My father said that he will arrive in the city _____three
hours but he managed to arrive ____ three hours.
4. ______the shirt, he also wanted a necktie. He saw one
hanging ____a stack of jeans.
5. He walked all the way ______ the stadium. We had to wait
_____6.00pm.
6. Ron lives ______ Petaling Jaya. He lives ___20. Jalan
3/30.
EXERCISE 1: FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH
CORRECT ANSWER
7. We walked around admiring the pictures ____the wall.
While doing so, we tripped over a dog lying _____the
floor.
8. While shopping, I met him _____MacDonald’s. It had
been a long time _____ I saw him, so we had dinner
together.
9. The boy had rice ____curry.
10. The commuter ____ Sentul leaves _____seven
_____the morning.
EXERCISE 2: CHOOSE THE BEST
ANSWER
1. If you want to buy all three new games, it is going to (cut
down/ cut into/ cut up/ cut off) our allowance.
2. The electricity (went up/ went out/ went down/ went along) in
the middle of the dinner when I was reading my favourite
comic.
3. After doing all that he did, the judge only gave him five years
prison time. He (got away/ got off/ got by/ got around) light.
4. Andrew never forgive his father for (walking out/ walking in/
walking away/ walking through) on him and his brother five
years ago.
EXERCISE 2: CHOOSE THE BEST
ANSWER
5. “I can’t believe that I (fell out/ fell apart/ fell back/ fell for)
that trick. I taught you that trick before!” said Peter to his
cousin.
6. The red team (blown up/ blown down/ blown away/ blown
across) their competition with their latest 3D drawing.
7. Nurse Anna was (called up/ called back/ call off/ called on
for duty even before she can leave the hospital at the end of
her shift.
8. All this Christmas cheer is making me (think of/ speak of/
dream of/ smell of) the Christmases I spent at home with
my family.
ANSWER
EXERCISE 1: FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH
CORRECT ANSWER
1. The boy went missing ____on___ Tuesday. He has been
missing ___for__ three days now.
2. She was stabbed _by___ a robber ___with_ knife.
3. My father said that he will arrive in the city __in___ three
hours but he managed to arrive _within___ three hours.
4. ___Besides ___the shirt, he also wanted a necktie. He saw
one hanging __beside__ a stack of jeans.
5. He walked all the way __to____ the stadium. We had to
wait __until___6.00pm.
6. Ron lives __in____ Petaling Jaya. He lives _at__20. Jalan
3/30.
EXERCISE 1: FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH
CORRECT ANSWER
7. We walked around admiring the pictures __on__ the
wall. While doing so, we tripped over a dog lying
__on___ the floor.
8. While shopping, I met him __at__ MacDonald’s. It had
been a long time ___since__ I saw him, so we had
dinner together.
9. The boy had rice __with__ curry.
10. The commuter __in__ Sentul leaves __in___ seven
__at___ the morning.
EXERCISE 2: CHOOSE THE BEST
ANSWER
1. If you want to buy all three new games, it is going to (cut
down/ cut into/ cut up/ cut off) our allowance.
2. The electricity (went up/ went out/ went down/ went along) in
the middle of the dinner when I was reading my favourite
comic.
3. After doing all that he did, the judge only gave him five years
prison time. He (got away/ got off/ got by/ got around) light.
4. Andrew never forgive his father for (walking out/ walking in/
walking away/ walking through) on him and his brother five
years ago.
EXERCISE 2: CHOOSE THE BEST
ANSWER
5. “I can’t believe that I (fell out/ fell apart/ fell back/ fell for)
that trick. I taught you that trick before!” said Peter to his
cousin.
6. The red team (blown up/ blown down/ blown away/ blown
across) their competition with their latest 3D drawing.
7. Nurse Anna was (called up/ called back/ call off/ called on
for duty even before she can leave the hospital at the end of
her shift.
8. All this Christmas cheer is making me (think of/ speak of/
dream of/ smell of) the Christmases I spent at home with
my family.