Verbs and Prepositions (2)

Grammar exercise for B1, B2 level

Write in the correct preposition. Sometimes no preposition is needed so leave it blank. (-)

1. I bumped ___ an old friend at the cinema the other day.

2. We’d like to pay ___ the bill now, please.

3. Rafa insisted ___ driving us to the airport.

4. Maria married ___ a well-known tennis player when she was twenty-two but she divorced ___ him just two years later.

5. They are increasing nurses’ pay ___ 3%.

6. Nicole looked ___ her watch. It was after 9.30 and she still hadn’t reached ___the office yet.

7. Do you ever borrow books ___ your local library?

8. We’ll ask Matilda if she can look ___ our plants while we are away.

9. In class we are going to discuss ____ biodiversity and tomorrow we are going to talk ____ conservation and rewilding.

10. Penelope rang ____ Heidi to tell her she was getting married.

11. “Have you heard ____ Jacques Prevert? He was a French poet. We studied him at school” – “No, I’ve never heard ____ him.”

12. The man who crashed  _____ the tree had been texting on his phone.

Verbs + Prepositions (1)

Answers

1. into
2. –
3. on
4. -; –
5. by
6. at; –
7. from
8. after
9. – ; about
10. –
11. of; of
12. into