Question

Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary.
1. He goes … the name Bill.
2. I’m distantly related … her.
3. We are distantly related … my father’s side.
4. He is not … age, he is … 18.
5. I’m not 20 yet. I’m still … my “teens”.
6. Thank you for the compliment, I’m well … 20.
7. He is about 50, he is … the prime of his life.
8. I was born … the 5th … May … 1956.
9. What country are you … ?
10. He descends … a pleasant family.
11. They have brought … 3 children.
12. He didn’t return from the war, he died … his country.
13. Did Mrs. White divorce … her husband?
14. They say she took … her mother.
15. They still love each other, they married … love.
16. He is much younger, he married her … convenience.
17. My son is … double her age.

Answer 1

1. He goes by the name Bill.
2. I’m distantly related to her.
3. We are distantly related on my father’s side.
4. He is not of age, he is under 18.
5. I’m not 20 yet. I’m still in my “teens”.
6. Thank you for the compliment, I’m well over 20.
7. He is about 50, he is in the prime of his life.
8. I was born on the 5th of May, 1956.
9. What country are you from?
10. He descends from a pleasant family.
11. They have brought up 3 children.
12. He didn’t return from the war, he died for his country.
13. Did Mrs. White divorce her husband?
14. They say she took after her mother.
15. They still love each other, they married for love.
16. He is much younger, he married her of convenience.
17. My son is about double her age.