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English – Fixed Prepositions – Set 25
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This free practice set from AndamanJobs has 20 questions to be solved in 10 minutes. Every question is listed below with four options. Open Show answer and explanation under a question to see the correct option and why it is correct. Try the timed test above first, then use this list to revise the questions you got wrong.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
He was advised by his father to withdraw _____ contest- A. from
- B. to
- C. against
- D. no preposition needed
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. from
Correct sentence: He was advised by his father to withdraw from contest
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
It occurred _____ me that I had already paid the tax.- A. to
- B. on
- C. at
- D. upon
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Answer: A. to
Correct sentence: It occurred to me that I had already paid the tax.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
His crime preyed _____ his mind.- A. in
- B. at
- C. on
- D. with
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. on
Correct sentence: His crime preyed on his mind.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
I deal _____ the merchant who deals _____ books.- A. in, with
- B. to, in
- C. with, in
- D. in, to
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. with, in
Correct sentence: I deal with the merchant who deals in books.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
If you spend _____ your means, you will run _____ debt.- A. beyond, in
- B. above in
- C. beyond into
- D. above, into
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Answer: C. beyond into
Correct answer: beyond into.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
He kept _____ telling me to give _____ smoking.- A. at, to
- B. on, up
- C. on, to
- D. at, up
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Answer: B. on, up
Correct sentence: He kept on telling me to give up smoking.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
It was because _____ you that he was able to see his plan _____.- A. to, through
- B. of, through
- C. to, with
- D. of, on
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Answer: B. of, through
Correct sentence: It was because of you that he was able to see his plan through.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
He shook me _____ the hand and helped me _____ with my coat.- A. with, on
- B. off, on
- C. at, on
- D. by, on
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Answer: A. with, on
Correct sentence: He shook me with the hand and helped me on with my coat.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
He is terribly absorbed _____ his work _____ bacteria.- A. with, of
- B. of, on
- C. in, on
- D. with, on
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Answer: C. in, on
Correct sentence: He is terribly absorbed in his work on bacteria.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
He will accept no compromise _____ the enemy _____ any terms.- A. of, on
- B. from, at
- C. with, at
- D. with, on
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Answer: D. with, on
Correct sentence: He will accept no compromise with the enemy on any terms.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
He is brute form _____ man _____ all that you may say in his praise.- A. of, for
- B. in, for
- C. on, by
- D. in, by
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Answer: A. of, for
Correct sentence: He is brute form of man for all that you may say in his praise.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
They qualified themselves _____ the post.- A. of
- B. to
- C. no preposition
- D. for
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Answer: D. for
Correct sentence: They qualified themselves for the post.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
He sympathized _____ the poor.- A. from
- B. for
- C. by
- D. with
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Answer: D. with
Correct sentence: He sympathized with the poor.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The house consists _____ five rooms, all of them leading _____ the hall.- A. of,towards
- B. of, in
- C. no preposition
- D. of, into
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Answer: A. of,towards
Correct sentence: The house consists of five rooms, all of them leading towards the hall.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The boy is apprenticed _____ Mr. Smith a carpenter _____ trade.- A. to, by
- B. to, in
- C. of, to
- D. on, in
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Answer: A. to, by
Correct sentence: The boy is apprenticed to Mr. Smith a carpenter by trade.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
I refuse to be classed _____ the man _____ the street.- A. with, of
- B. with, in
- C. to, of
- D. with, into
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Answer: B. with, in
Correct sentence: I refuse to be classed with the man in the street.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The doctor was attending _____ the patient.- A. from
- B. in
- C. on
- D. to
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Answer: C. on
Correct sentence: The doctor was attending on the patient.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Mohan never agrees _____ me _____ anything.- A. with, on
- B. to, in
- C. to, for
- D. with, for
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Answer: A. with, on
Correct sentence: Mohan never agrees with me on anything.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
These trousers will last _____ donkey’s years without wearing _____.- A. for, in
- B. for, out
- C. upto, in
- D. upto, out
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Answer: B. for, out
Correct sentence: These trousers will last for donkey’s years without wearing out.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The prisoner became inured _____ to the hard conditions.- A. for
- B. by
- C. by
- D. to
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Answer: D. to
Correct sentence: The prisoner became inured to to the hard conditions.