Preposition and Adverb Practice: Test Your Grammar Skills

Preposition and Adverb Practice: Test Your Grammar Skills

This exercise will test your knowledge of prepositions and adverbs in English. Fill in each blank with only ONE word to complete the sentences correctly.

1. Adam sees the sales figures in this quarter 1) _______ a positive light and is optimistic about the company’s development.
2. When you are in a foreign country, you are subject 2) _______ its laws.
3. Being young and single made it hard to fit 3) _______ my sister’s circle of married friends.
4. The place that she is talking about is somewhere 4) _______ Cedar Rapids and Des Moines.
5. Golf is long regarded as a sport that is identified 5) _______ the upper class.
6. The money raised will go some way 6) _______ providing essential food and medicine.
7. Parents must cope 7) _______ working and taking care of the family at the same time.
8. My father says I can get a part-time job if it doesn’t interfere 8) _______ my homework.

Answers:

1. in
2. to
3. into
4. between
5. with
6. towards
7. with
8. with