Prepositions – Linking Words Test B1 Grammar Exercises

1. Peter had left his guitar ..... the bed before he got ............ his room.

2. It takes about ten minutes to drive ..... this tunnel.

3. Our next chemistry class is ............. 11 o 'clock ......... Tuesday.

4. As the truck was going slowly ........ the slope, I was driving right ....... it.

5. Because he works ..... a farm, Carl always goes to bed very early and gets up ..... dawn.

6. Farmers are usually ..... the fields from early ........... the morning ..... late ..... night ........... the summer.

7. ............ we didn't have many toys when we were kids, we used to enjoy ourselves a lot.

8. I still have a terrible toothache ..... the drugs I have been taking for days.

9. Melinda never misses the concerts of her favourite band ........... they give one near her hometown.

1o. Whether or not you join me, I will be ..... our neighbour's barbecue party ..... this afternoon.

11 . ..... wealth ..... fame makes me happy. I only want my freedom and privacy.

12. My grandfather turned up the volume of the TV ........... hear the news.

13. You can get over diseases ..... the common cold without taking any medicine.

14. It is hard to get a good job ....... you speak a second foreign language fluently ........... English.

15. The car looked all right ..... a few unimportant scratches.

16. Can you wash the dishes ..... I am doing the ironing?

17. It was snowing heavily, ............. we decided to cancel the trip.

18. The Johnsons have been living right ......... us .......... I was born.

19. ..... security reasons, you see cameras .... you go in the city.

20. There is a lot of traffic on the roads ..... the high number of people going on holiday these days.