Test 2

• Go ___ these stairs until you reach the top floor.
  
  up
  through
  on
  in
  
• He was stopped by the police for driving ___ 120mph.
  
  to
  on
  at
  for
  
• I'm going ___ Madrid next week.
  
  of
  to
  at
  in
  
• We always listen to music ___ the way to work.
  
  by
  on
  for
  in
  
• Take your purse ___ of your pocket and give it to me.
  
  away
  out
  off
  to
  
• Are you talking ___ me?
  
  on
  to
  of
  in
  
• She called me ___ midnight.
  
  on
  in
  at
  of
  
• I'll see you ___ the morning.
  
  at
  on
  in
  of
  
• What did you have ___ dinner?
  
  in
  of
  for
  to
  
• He's the tallest man ___ the world.
  
  in
  over
  to
  of

Concept

Test1

Instructions: For each question, choose the single best answer. Make your choice by clicking on its button. You can change your answers at any time. When the quiz is graded, the correct answers will appear in the box after each question.

1. My best friend lives ______ Boretz Road.

a. in

b. on

c. at

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

a. in

b. on

c. at

3. Since he met his new girlfriend, Juan never seems to be ______ home.

a. on

b. in

c. at

4. The child responded to his mother's demands ______ throwing a tantrum.

a. with

b. by

c. from

5. I think she spent the entire afternoon ______ the phone.

a. on

b. in

c. at

6. I will wait ______ 6:30, but then I'm going home.

a. from

b. at

c. until

7. The police caught the thief _____ the corner of Cascade and Plum Streets.

a. in

b. at

c. from

8. My fingers were injured so my sister had to write the note _____ me.

a. for

b. with

c. to

9. I am not interested _____ buying a new car now.

a. to

b. for

c. in

10. What are the main ingredients ______ this casserole?

a. about

b. to

c. of

11. My best friend, John, is named ______ his great-grandfather.

a. after

b. to

c. about

12. Grandpa stayed up ______ two in the morning.

a. since

b. for

c. until

13. My parents have been married ______ forty-nine years.

a. since

b. for

c. until

14. He usually travels to Philadelphia _______ train.

a. by

b. at

c. with

15. You frequently see this kind of violence ____ television.

a. with

b. in

c. on

16. I told Mom we'd be home ______ an hour or so.

a. to

b. in

c. at

17. I was visiting my best friend _____ the hospital.

a. of

b. at

c. in

18. The professor _______ South Africa amazed the American students with her stories.

a. from

b. of

c. in

19. I'll see you ____ home when I get there.

a. in

b. by

c. at

20. It's been snowing ________ Christmas morning.

a. since

b. for

c. until

Preposition

WHAT IS PREPOSITION?

any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.