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Class 7 English — Prepositions in idiomatic use

Choose the preposition that a particular verb, adjective or noun always keeps beside it.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Sort each verb by the preposition it takes when one follows it.

    Groups: on · to · of · for

    • insist
    • consist
    • depend
    • belong
    • wait
    • search
    • listen
    • approve

  2. 2.This picture is similar ____ the one in my room.

    • a) to
    • b) from
    • c) as
    • d) with

  3. 3.I am looking forward ____ meeting you.

    • a) at
    • b) to
    • c) for
    • d) on

  4. 4.Match each verb to the words that follow it.

    • laugh
    • believe
    • rely
    • succeed
    • prevent
    • in yourself
    • from falling
    • on a friend
    • at a joke
    • in business

  5. 5.Write the missing preposition: The team consists ____ eleven players.

  6. 6.Match each adjective to the words that follow it.

    • afraid
    • good
    • interested
    • proud
    • famous
    • full
    • of water
    • at drawing
    • of her work
    • of the dark
    • in music
    • for its temples

  7. 7.She is very good ____ solving puzzles.

    • a) on
    • b) for
    • c) at
    • d) in

  8. 8.Put the words in order to make one correct sentence.

    • big
    • afraid
    • is
    • of
    • dogs.
    • Ravi

Answer key — Class 7 English — Prepositions in idiomatic use

  1. 1. depend → on; insist → on; listen → to; belong → to; consist → of; approve → of; wait → for; search → for
  2. 2. a) to
  3. 3. b) to
  4. 4. laugh → at a joke; believe → in yourself; rely → on a friend; succeed → in business; prevent → from falling
  5. 5. of
  6. 6. afraid → of the dark; good → at drawing; interested → in music; proud → of her work; famous → for its temples; full → of water
  7. 7. c) at
  8. 8. 1. Ravi 2. is 3. afraid 4. of 5. big 6. dogs.