PREPOSITIONS

Practice Set-2
Instructions: For each question, choose the single best answer.

1. My best friend lives ______ Boretz Road. 6. I will wait ______ 6:30, but then I'm
going home.
a. in
b. on a. from
c. at b. at
c. until

2. I'll be ready to leave ____ about twenty

minutes. 7. The police caught the thief _____ the
corner of Cascade and Plum Streets.
a. in
b. on a. in
c. at b. at
c. from

3. Since he met his new girlfriend, Juan

never seems to be ______ home. 8. My fingers were injured so my sister had
to write the note _____ me.
a. on
b. in a. for
c. at b. with
c. to

4. The child responded to his mother's

demands ______ throwing a tantrum. 9. I am not interested _____ buying a new
car now.
a. with
b. by a. to
c. from b. for
c. in

5. I think she spent the entire afternoon

______ the phone. 10. What are the main ingredients ______
this casserole?
a. on
b. in a. about
c. at b. to
c. of
11. My best friend, John, is named ______ 16. I told Mom we'd be home ______ an
his great-grandfather. hour or so.

a. after a. to
b. to b. in
c. about c. at

12. Grandpa stayed up ______ two in the 17. I was visiting my best friend _____ the
morning. hospital.

a. since a. of
b. for b. at
c. until c. in

18. The professor _______ South Africa

13. My parents have been married ______ amazed the American students with her
forty-nine years. stories.
a. since a. from
b. for b. of
c. until c. in

14. He usually travels to Philadelphia 19. I'll see you ____ home when I get there.
_______ train.
a. in
a. by b. by
b. at c. at
c. with

20. It's been snowing ________ Christmas

15. You frequently see this kind of violence morning.
____ television.
a. since
a. with b. for
b. in
c. on c. until