English prepositions MCQs

Correct Answer: for

The correct answer is for, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: Arrive at

The correct answer is Arrive at, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: about

The correct answer is about, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: to

The correct answer is to, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: to

The correct answer is to, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: on

The correct answer is on, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: down

The correct answer is down, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: to

The correct answer is to, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: to

The correct answer is to, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: in

The correct answer is in, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: at

The correct answer is at, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: of

The correct answer is of, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: to

The correct answer is to, as asked in this question on English — Prepositions.

Correct Answer: As many as

You say 'as many as 1000 species' when counting individual species, so 'as many as' is correct.

Correct Answer: on, with

Milk is put on the table and covered with a cloth, so the prepositions are 'on' and 'with'.

Correct Answer: with, about

You hold a discussion with a person about a matter, so the pair is 'with, about'.

Correct Answer: Under, up

Under cover of darkness, the enemy crept up the hill, so the pair is 'under, up'.

Correct Answer: among, on

An agreement among several great powers on a treaty uses 'among' and 'on'.

Correct Answer: For, beyond

For two weeks he did not venture beyond the safety of his house, so the pair is 'for, beyond'.

Correct Answer: From, in

The kite flew from the housetops until it got lost in the clouds, so the pair is 'from, in'.

Correct Answer: with

You bear with someone's rudeness, meaning you tolerate it, so the preposition is 'with'.

Correct Answer: with

You dispense with someone's services, meaning you do without them, so the preposition is 'with'.

Correct Answer: to

You attend to a lecture, meaning you pay attention to it, so the preposition is 'to'.

Correct Answer: in

He deals in vegetables, meaning he trades in them, so the preposition is 'in'.

Correct Answer: for

A blind man feels for the table to locate it, so the preposition is 'for'.

Correct Answer: for

A cashier working for a small salary uses 'for' to state the pay he works for.

Correct Answer: on

He works on the machine, as opposed to working with his hands, so the preposition is 'on'.

Correct Answer: upon

At a time of difficulty you turn to a friend for help; 'to' is not offered, and 'upon' is the closest offered form of appealing to someone.

Correct Answer: To

You get accustomed to a new climate, so the correct preposition is "to".

Correct Answer: To

You adapt to new conditions, so the correct preposition is "to".

Correct Answer: To

You appeal to a court for mercy, so the correct preposition is "to".

Correct Answer: To

To be impelled to a course of action means to be driven toward it.

Correct Answer: with

"Bear with" means to tolerate, so one bears with rudeness.

Correct Answer: with

"Dispense with" means to do without, so one dispenses with his services.

Correct Answer: to

"Attend to" means to pay attention to, so one attends to the lecture.

Correct Answer: in

"Deal in" means to trade in, so he deals in vegetables.

Correct Answer: for

"Feeling for" means searching by touch, as a blind man feels for the table.

Correct Answer: for

One works for a salary, so the cashier works for a small salary.

Correct Answer: on

One works on a machine in the sense of operating it.

Correct Answer: over

"Talking over" a matter means discussing it, so they are talking over a confidential matter.

Correct Answer: in

At the opera, a box is a private seating compartment, so one sees the performance in a box.

Correct Answer: into

One storms 'into' a meeting, entering it angrily.

Correct Answer: upon

Privacy is trespassed 'upon' — that is the idiom for invading someone's privacy.

Correct Answer: into

To be 'shocked into' doing something is to be driven to it by shock.