Prepositions (common problems)

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Fill in the blank with the correct prepostions. This test is mainly aimed at Danish students and their most commom errors.

1. Herman Cain on Monday confirmed that he was accused sexual harassment.
2. A University of Iowa student says she has twice been discriminated at an Iowa City bar because of her weight
3. My family lives the country a little outside Rzeszow where everyone knows one another.
4. In a moment of desperation he threw the gun the enemy soldier, who promptly picked it up and ran off.
5. The most effective teamwork is produced when all the individuals involved harmonize their contributions and work a common goal.
6.The 43-year-old morbidly obese man sat a chair for two years without moving.
7. Where do Rockhopper Penguins go when they are sea?
8. He lives number nineteen and I live number twenty.
9. "Even if I have to be rolled the finish line, I'm finishing."
10. The glowing orb was hovering the trees a couple of hundred yards away.
11.With a grunt of effort, Jett picked up his computer chair and slammed it the computer monitor.
12. Yes, we were sitting the table eating supper already
13. Strangers a Train is a film by Alfred Hitchcock.
14. Snakes a Plane is the worst movie ever
15. "I was just afraid you." "You don't need to be. I really can take care of myself."
16. And I was just afraid you leaving me for someone better
17. The pair had arranged to meet midnight in this very square.
18. Where were you September 11?
19. Not Christmas morning, would he be allowed to open the box
20. Not sure why my doctor suggested I feed him after he wakes up and not he goes to sleep