ENG/P/5: PREPOSITIONS

Complete the following sentences using the correct prepositions.

1. The prisoners were sentenced………………………… life imprisonment.
2. School children should always abide ………………  the school rules and regulations.
3. My answers are similar………………………………yours.
4. I don’t…………………………………….the chairman’s proposal to suspend the secretary.
5. The high court charged Mr. Charles…………………………murder.
6. We were congratulated………………………………..our success in PLE.
7. He was just a victim…………………………………..circumstance.
8. I didn’t believe………………………………………..life after death.
9. Its bad to laugh………………………………………..people.
10. John is fond………………………………………….beating his friend.
11. Cain was jealous…………………………….his brother.
12. She is interested…………………………….reading storybooks.
13. I prefer soda……………….porridge.
14. She succeeded…… becoming the Member of Parliament.
15. Aine is sure ….getting first grade.

Fill in the correction prepositions of time

1. We reached the bus park……………………….the morning.
2. …………………………………..nine O’clock, the meeting had already started.
3. We did not serve the meal………………………our mother came back.
4. Otim has been living…………………………………Kitgum since he was born.
5. The flag was hoisted exactly…………………………….noon.

Fill in the following prepositions of place

1. James sits……………………Mary and Paul.
2. He fell…………………………as he was running to school.
3. The small boy hid…………………………….the table, so that no one could see them.
4. The head prefect leaned………………………..the wall as he addressed us.
5. They expected us to join them for a meal as they were…………….the table.

Fill in the correct preposition of movement.

1. She poured the milk………………………..the can.
2. The tortoise crowded…………………………..the path.
3. The athletes ran……………the field five times.
4. The hunters jumped…………………..the fence when they were chasing a squirrel.