Question

Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary.

i. "You're just ... time ... tea," said Fanny's uncle as she entered ... the room. Her aunt was just then pouring ... the tea; she took a clean cup and saucer ... the cupboard and poured some tea ... the cup ... Fanny. 2. "What's the good ... calling a doctor if you refuse to take the medicine he gives you", said Ann ... her friend. 3. The secretary took a clean sheet of paper ... a drawer ... the table and began writing a letter. 4. She took her hands ... her long gloves. 5. She heard herself saying afterwards ... the amazement ... her friends: "I simply took her ... home ... me." 6. But happily ... that moment the car stopped. 7. She was going to take a cigarette ... the mantelpiece. 8. She had the table placed ... them. 9. She plied the poor girl ... everything and every time her cup was empty she filled it ... tea.

Answer 1

1.  "You're just in time for tea," said Fanny's uncle as she entered _ the room. Her aunt was just then pouring _ the tea; she took a clean cup and saucer from the cupboard and poured some tea into the cup for Fanny. 2. "What's the good of calling a doctor if you refuse to take the medicine he gives you", said Ann to her friend. 3. The secretary took a clean sheet of paper from a drawer of the table and began writing a letter. 4. She took her hands out of her long gloves. 5. She heard herself saying afterwards to the amazement of her friends: "I simply took her _ home with me." 6. But happily at that moment the car stopped. 7. She was going to take a cigarette off the mantelpiece. 8. She had the table placed between them. 9. She plied the poor girl with everything and every time her cup was empty she filled it with tea.