English Prepositions

Improving English (Preposition) Knowledge for Students who Want to Clear Various Competitive Exams

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

I saw something about it ____ Television.

  1. on
  2. in
  3. by
  4. towards
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

The soldiers rebelled _____ the king.

  1. at
  2. on
  3. with
  4. against
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

We travelled _______ a boat to reach Dhaka.

  1. by
  2. on
  3. within
  4. with
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

Could you hold on ____ a few moments?

  1. to
  2. by
  3. for
  4. with
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate propositions from the given options.

The shopkeeper deals _______ grain, but did not deal honestly ________ me.

  1. in, with
  2. with, by
  3. with, to
  4. in, by
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

I brought him _______ with great difficulty in the face of financial constraints.

  1. about
  2. in
  3. round
  4. up
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

Sometimes we have to put ______ with unpleasant situations.

  1. on
  2. in
  3. off
  4. up
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

I have been waiting for him _________ three weeks.

  1. for
  2. from
  3. since
  4. on
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

She was a devoted wife and looked ________ her husband.

  1. after
  2. at
  3. in
  4. to
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

We must keep _______ something for the rainy day.

  1. by
  2. for
  3. in
  4. at
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition from the given options.

I do not agree _________ you on this point.

  1. to
  2. with
  3. in
  4. at
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with appropriate proposition from the given options.

I think I need to study Polish ___ a few months before I go to Poland.

  1. since
  2. from
  3. for
  4. of
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

We like going to the cinemas ___ Fridays

  1. for
  2. in
  3. at
  4. on
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

I didn't see you ___ the party on Saturday.

  1. of
  2. for
  3. with
  4. at
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

Simon is completely useless ___ sports.

  1. at
  2. in
  3. by
  4. about
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

India is committed _______ a policy of peaceful existence.

  1. for
  2. with
  3. to
  4. of
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

What you say has hardly any bearing ________ the lives of the villagers.

  1. about
  2. for
  3. on
  4. with
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

It is not always easy to sympathise ________ an unfortunate man.

  1. with
  2. in
  3. by
  4. at
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

She arrived ___time __ Manchester for the celebrations.

  1. on,in
  2. at,on
  3. by,on
  4. in,to
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

A good judge never jumps ________ conclusions.

  1. to
  2. at
  3. on
  4. for
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate propositions from the given options.

It is a long time _______ I saw my friend who lives ______ his parents ______ the neighbouring town.

  1. when, at, of
  2. since, with, in
  3. when, for, in
  4. since, for, of
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

President Saddam Hussain has lived _______ the gun all his life.

  1. with
  2. for
  3. by
  4. on
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate propositions from the given options.

The boys looked ________ the old kite maker ________ the same indifference as they showed _______ the shoemaker.

  1. to, with, for
  2. on, in, to
  3. at, in, to
  4. at, with, to
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate proposition from the given options.

Miss World is believed to be the most beautiful woman ___ the world.

  1. of
  2. in
  3. for
  4. by
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate propositions from the given options.

My uncle was diagnosed _______ a serious illness and was almost confined ______ bed _______ more than two months.

  1. by, on, for
  2. by, on, since
  3. with, to, for
  4. to, to since