Question

Prepositional phrases.
1. These toilets have been _____ order for a week now. When are they going to fix them?
2. _____ my opinion , humans will never live on other planets.
3. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin _____ chance. He didn’t expect to find it at all.
4. I wonder what new technology will be invented _____ future.
5. Helen couldn’t get the experiment to work for ages, but _____ end it was fine.
6. It’s so nice to have my own computer _____ last.
7. We learnt that poem _____ heart but I’ve forgotten it now.
8. Are you _____ favour of teenagers leaving school at the age of sixteen?
9. I thought the exam would be difficult but, _____ fact, it was really easy.
10. Many people, _____ instance my brother , prefer to do something active rather than do homework.
11. _____ general, the teachers at this school are really nice, but some are nicer than others!
12. It’s a good idea to start the final paragraph of your composition with the phrase “_____ conclusion”.
13. When you go _____ holiday, it always takes a few days to completely relax.
14. I hope our plane arrives _____ schedule. I’m bored just sitting here, waiting.
15. If you come _____ bus, don’t forget to get off at the stop outside the bank.
16. Living _____ the coast is great. I love walking on the beach every morning.
17. The cowboys got off their horses and went the rest of the way _____ foot.
18. Now we’re _____ board the ship let’s have a look around.
18. Now we’re _____ board the ship let’s have a look around. on
19. Are you still _____ contact with any friends from university?
20. I’m going to split up with Dan because we’ve got nothing _____ common.
21. I don’t think I’d like to live _____ myself.
22. Would you like to live _____ your own?
23. Fiona didn’t break your MP3 player _____ purpose. It was an accident!
24. Guess what! Mike and Julie are _____ love with each other.
25. It can be very worrying when you’re _____ a lot of debt.
26. Can I pay for this _____ cheque?
27. Did you see that the house next door is _____ sale?
28. They took ten per cent off because I paid _____ cash.
29. We need to find an office _____ rent in the centre of town.
30. I got quite a lot of money for the car because it was _____ such good condition.

Answer 1

1. These toilets have been _out of__ order for a week now. When are they going to fix them?

2. __In___ my opinion , humans will never live on other planets.

3. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin __by__ chance. He didn’t expect to find it at all.

4. I wonder what new technology will be invented _in__ future.

5. Helen couldn’t get the experiment to work for ages, but _in_ end it was fine.

6. It’s so nice to have my own computer _at_ last.

7. We learnt that poem _by_ heart but I’ve forgotten it now.

8. Are you __in_ favour of teenagers leaving school at the age of sixteen?

9. I thought the exam would be difficult but, __in__ fact, it was really easy.

10. Many people, _for_ instance my brother , prefer to do something active rather than do homework.

11. _In_ general, the teachers at this school are really nice, but some are nicer than others!

12. It’s a good idea to start the final paragraph of your composition with the phrase “_In_ conclusion”.

13. When you go _on_ holiday, it always takes a few days to completely relax.

14. I hope our plane arrives _on_ schedule. I’m bored just sitting here, waiting.

15. If you come _by_ bus, don’t forget to get off at the stop outside the bank.

16. Living _on_ the coast is great. I love walking on the beach every morning.

17. The cowboys got off their horses and went the rest of the way _on_ foot.

18. Now we’re _on_ board the ship let’s have a look around.

19. Are you still _in_ contact with any friends from university?

20. I’m going to split up with Dan because we’ve got nothing in_ common.

21. I don’t think I’d like to live _by_ myself.

22. Would you like to live _on_ your own?

23. Fiona didn’t break your MP3 player _on_ purpose. It was an accident!

24. Guess what! Mike and Julie are in_ love with each other.

25. It can be very worrying when you’re _in_ a lot of debt.

26. Can I pay for this _by_ cheque?

27. Did you see that the house next door is _on_ sale?

28. They took ten per cent off because I paid _by_ cash.

29. We need to find an office _to_ rent in the centre of town.

30. I got quite a lot of money for the car because it was _in_ such good condition.