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Prepositions I

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  1. ___ the meantime, you can prepare dinner.
    On
    In
  2. Have you decided ___ a name ___ the baby yet?
    on, for
    about, to
  3. Are you still working ___ your project?
    on
    in
  4. He reminds me ___ my brother-in-law.
    about
    of
  5. We are leaving ___ Paris next Saturday.
    to
    for
  6. She was angry ___ herself for having made such stupid mistakes.
    about
    with
  7. I'm happy that he came ___ the conclusion that I was right.
    with
    to
  8. We do have to fight ___ our freedom of speech.
    for
    with
  9. Excuse me ___ being late.
    about
    for
  10. "I insist ___ my innocence", he said.
    on
    in
  11. They aren't interested ___ biology.
    about
    in
  12. He always mixes passion ___ hate.
    against
    with
  13. It'll all depend ___ his mood.
    about
    on
  14. Don't wait ___ me. I still have many things to do here.
    for
    on
  15. The government should care ___ the homeless children.
    of
    for

Copyright (C) 1997 Vera Mello (vcqm@ruralsp.com.br)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.