PREPOSITION EXERCISE 1

Quiz on Prepositions

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.
The script that makes this quiz work was graciously provided by Professor Bradley Kjell of the Computer Science Department at Central Connecticut State University.

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

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