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Prepositions Test

Practice using common English prepositions in various contexts including spatial relationships, time, comparison, and purpose.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

Billboards are illegal __________ city limits as are neon signs.

  1. around
  2. across
  3. beyond
  4. within
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.
The village has now been ________ electricity, heat or hot water for five days.

  1. outside
  2. within
  3. without
  4. unlike
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.
You have to use the form________ to search for a journalist.

  1. inside
  2. below
  3. over
  4. under
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

There are many factors that go ________ causing disparities.

  1. to
  2. into
  3. before
  4. after
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

Often schools are asked to take on demands well ________ their mission.

  1. beside
  2. beyond
  3. after
  4. outside
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

Interviews will begin immediately and continue __________position is filled.

  1. till
  2. onto
  3. until
  4. by
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.
Plastic, ________ steel, lends itself to quick and cheap fabrication.

  1. like
  2. except
  3. unlike
  4. along
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

Recession___________the global economic crisis is different, but still continuing.

  1. in
  2. after
  3. around
  4. within
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

Employees are held _________ their will and forced to work without pay.

  1. in
  2. against
  3. of
  4. with
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

The more a man learns _________ boating, the more questions he knows to ask.

  1. of
  2. during
  3. about
  4. among
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

You get ________ a state of despair and hopelessness.

  1. by
  2. from
  3. into
  4. out
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.
The Edinburgh Fringe is seen as an important place for up-and-coming stand-up comedians ________ perform at.

  1. to
  2. for
  3. by
  4. in
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.
________ help overcome this, postal voting was trialed in several areas.

  1. By
  2. Of
  3. To
  4. In
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

For this reason many of the words used ________tennis are of French origin.

  1. by
  2. off
  3. in
  4. at
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

You can only contact someone ________ the same network as you.

  1. in
  2. at
  3. on
  4. of

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