Although prepositions are small words, they are very important ones.

Test your knowledge of

prepositions with this grammar exercise.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition.

1. I slept . . until. . nine o'clock.

Please select 2 correct answers

o to

O til

O until

2. I commenced work ..for.

.. . 1st May.

since

o from

o for

3. We walked

till.

the end of the street.

o till

to

o for

4. The child has been missing.since...

yesterday.

o since

o from

o for

5. He traveled seventy miles ..in.

two hours.

for

in

o by

6. I received this message..at. 7 o'clock..in. . the morning.

O in, at
at, at

at, in

7.I saw him felling a big tree . .with . a hatchet.

o by

O with