English Grammar – Preposition – SET 3

Welcome to your English Grammar - Preposition - SET 3

1. 

Complete the reported command using the correct preposition.
Officer: “You must report ______ the security desk on arrival.”
The officer instructed everyone to report ______ the security desk on arrival.

2. 

Fill in the blank with the correct preposition from the bracket.
The hikers reached the camp just _______ sunset.

3. 

Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.
They managed to finish the project well _______ time, despite the delays.

4. 

Transform the underlined phrase into a correct prepositional phrase. (Choose the correct option)
She completed her homework at a hurry and made several mistakes.

5. 

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
The birds flew _______ the sky in a perfect V formation.

6. 

Spot the error in the sentence and provide the correction.

We travelled in the tunnel for almost five minutes before emerging.

Error:   Correction:

7. 

In the following paragraph, one word has been omitted in each line.
In your answer sheets, remember to write the missing word along
with the word that comes before and after it, as shown below.

No. Text Word Before Omission Word After
eg I spoke him kindly. spoke to him
1 We sat silence, watching the rain fall. sat silence
2 She arrived the airport just in time. arrived the

8. 

Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
The manager was annoyed because several employees arrived late ______ the meeting.

9. 

Multi-Select (Identify All Prepositions of Direction):
Select all the prepositions of direction from the list below.

10. 

Read the conversation and complete the reported sentence appropriately.
Reema: I usually keep my documents inside the top drawer.
Tarun: Oh, I place mine under the keyboard tray.
Reema told Tarun that she usually kept her documents ________ the top drawer, while Tarun said he placed his ________ the keyboard tray.

11. 

Cloze Passage (3 Blanks – Mixed Prepositions):
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions from the options in brackets.

Passage:
The travelers paused at the entrance of the cave, unsure of what lay ahead. One of them stepped onto the rocky path leading inward. They walked carefully %BLANK% [among, within, behind] the towering rock walls. A strange sound echoed %BLANK% [over, from, onto] deep inside. They continued %BLANK% [toward, beneath, outside] the unknown, holding their torches tight.

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