Seminar practice - Prepositions (2)


1.      Complete the sentences with the correct preposition:

1.      My mood depends _____ how much sleep I get.

2.      He’ll never succeed _____ changing her opinion.

3.      Everybody blamed me ______ the accident.

4.      You should apologize ______ what you said about her.

5.      I felt embarrassed, everybody laughed _____ me.

6.      I prefer tea _____ coffee, but I don’t like herbal tea.

7.      I didn’t know you were keen ______ history.

8.      The accident looked terrible. A bus collided ______ a lorry.

9.      She insisted _____ helping me, although I didn’t need it.

10.  Sorry, I’m not sure _______ the answer.

11.  I do not have many friends I can rely _____.

12.  I’ll pay _______ the dinner this time. You paid last week.

13.  His books have been translated ______ about 20 languages.

14.  She crashed his car, so he was quite angry ______ her.

15.  I just couldn’t concentrate ______ the lecture.


2.      Finish the sentences using the correct preposition + your own ideas.

1.      I spend a lot of money __________________.

2.      I never complain ________________________.

3.      I am interested _________________________.

4.      I’m thinking __________________________.

5.      I believe ______________________________


3.      Choose the correct preposition:

1.      Prague is famous with / for its historical sights.

2.      Double-deckers are typical of / for London.

3.      I am good in / at maths but I am hopeless in / at languages.

4.      Is she married with / to an Englishman?

5.      I congratulated him on / for passing his exams.

6.      What do you think of / about him? Can I trust him?

7.      I prefer travelling by train to / before travelling by bus.

8.      You are right for / about that. I agree with you.

9.      Welcome in / to Brno. I hope you will have a nice stay.

10.  Please don’t shout to/at me. It isn’t my fault.

11.  I watched the news in / on television.

12.  Have you read anything by / from Charles Dickens?

13.  I apologized about / for my mistake.

14.  He reminds me of / about an old school friend of mine.

15.  The square was crowded with / of tourists.


4.      Make sentences of your own using:

1.      on time ________________________________________________________

2.      in time _________________________________________________________

3.      in the end _________________________________________________________

4.      at the end ________________________________________________________

5.      think of __________________________________________________________

6.      think about ________________________________________________________


5.      Correct the mistakes in the following sentences. Some are correct:

1.      We haven’t arranged to meet. We met by chance.

2.      I’ll call to you around 7 o’clock. Will you be home?

3.      Have you got the key to this door?

4.      I’m sorry about the mess. I’ll clear it up.

5.      You can join to us, if you like.

6.      He explained me it in detail.

7.      He often looks of his younger sister.

8.      I would like to ask you about advice.

9.      She specialises on company law.

10.  John invited me on his party, but I couldn’t go.

11.  She is so different than her brother.

12.  We discussed about the project for two hours.



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Answers:

Ex. 1
 1. depends on
 2. succeed in
 3. blame for
 4. apologize for
 5. laughed at
 6. prefer tea to coffee
 7. keen on
 8. collided with
 9. insisted on
10. sure about
11. rely on
12. pay for
13. translated into
14. angry with
15. concentrate on


ex. 2
 1. spend money on sth
 2. complain about
 3. interested in
 4. thinking of / about
 5. believe in



ex. 3
 1. famous for
 2. typical of
 3. good at , hopeless at
 4. married to
 5. congratulated him on
 6. think of
 7. to
 8. right about
 9. welcome to
10. shout at
11. on television
12. by
13. for
14. reminds me of
15. crowded with


ex. 5
 1. correct
 2. call you,   will you be home or at home (both possible)
 3. correct
 4. correct
 5. join us
 6. explain it to me
 7. looks after
 8. ask for
 9. specialises in
10. to his party
11. different from
12. discussed the project