Year 7 English — Prepositions in idiomatic use
Choose the preposition that a particular verb, adjective or noun always keeps beside it.
Name: ________________________
1.Write the missing preposition: Please listen ____ me carefully.
2.Put the words in order to make one correct sentence.
- big
- dogs.
- is
- Ravi
- of
- afraid
3.Write the missing preposition: The team consists ____ eleven players.
4.Write the missing preposition: Do not laugh ____ people who make mistakes.
5.Sort each verb by the preposition it takes when one follows it.
Groups: on · to · of · for
- listen
- belong
- search
- wait
- depend
- insist
- consist
- approve
6.This picture is similar ____ the one in my room.
- a) to
- b) as
- c) with
- d) from
7.Which sentence uses the preposition correctly?
- a) She is married to a doctor.
- b) She is married on a doctor.
- c) She is married of a doctor.
- d) She is married with a doctor.
8.She is very good ____ solving puzzles.
- a) for
- b) on
- c) at
- d) in
Answer key — Year 7 English — Prepositions in idiomatic use
- 1. to
- 2. 1. Ravi 2. is 3. afraid 4. of 5. big 6. dogs.
- 3. of
- 4. at
- 5. depend → on; insist → on; listen → to; belong → to; consist → of; approve → of; wait → for; search → for
- 6. a) to
- 7. a) She is married to a doctor.
- 8. c) at