Question

Insert the correct prepositions. 1. What do you associate this word …? 2. How can you feel … ease with him? He doesn’t gossip much. 3. She can’t go … her nature, that’s why they think that she is putting … airs. 4. We haven’t yet figured … how to solve the dilemma. 5. Does this path run … the forest? 6. Don’t come too close … the dog; it may bite you. 7. What does the article deal …? 8. She lives … a pension … 640 lei, but she is … nobody’s debt. 9. Do you have anything … inviting Susan to our party?
10. What is the use … being so strict … him? 11. Nobody could make … the writing; it was illegible. 12. He was alone … the night-coming sky. 13. … his absence there is always somebody to put … some arguments. 14. All this haste is … no use. 15. He kept cursing … the stupid mistake. 16. The children rushed … of the school gate. 17. He was very hurt … their criticism. 18. They were travelling … full speed. 19. He searched … all the drawers … the missing papers. 20. The tie he has bought goes very well … his suit. 21. The Bartons won’t have dinner … the time Alice calls … them.

Answer 1

1. What do you associate this word with? 2. How can you feel at ease with him? He doesn’t gossip much. 3. She can’t go against her nature, that’s why they think that she is putting on airs. 4. We haven’t yet figured out how to solve the dilemma. 5. Does this path run through the forest? 6. Don’t come too close to the dog; it may bite you. 7. What does the article deal with? 8. She lives on a pension of 640 lei, but she is in nobody’s debt. 9. Do you have anything against inviting Susan to our party? 10. What is the use of being so strict to him? 11. Nobody could make out the writing; it was illegible. 12. He was alone in the night-coming sky. 13. In his absence there is always somebody to put up some arguments. 14. All this haste is of no use. 15. He kept cursing for the stupid mistake. 16. The children rushed out of the school gate. 17. He was very hurt by their criticism. 18. They were travelling at full speed. 19. He searched in all the drawers for the missing papers. 20. The tie he has bought goes very well with his suit. 21. The Bartons won’t have dinner at the time Alice calls for them.