PREPOSITIONS
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Do you need to refer to a specific
time? If so, is the preposition ...... ?
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Do you need to refer to a specific day? If
so, is the preposition ...... ?
Do you need to refer to a specific date?
If so, is the preposition ...... ?
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Do you need to talk about a specific
city? If so, is the preposition ...... ?
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Do you need to talk about a
specific month/year/season?,
If so, is the preposition ...... ?
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1. The mail carrier left the
mail ..... the secretary’s desk.
(A) to
(B) on
(C) at
(D) above
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2. The software company
offers training ..... Atlanta
(A) at
(B) on
(C) by
(D) in
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3. There will be a holiday .....
Monday
(A) on
(B) from
(C) at
(D) in
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4.The presentation starts .....
9:30 A.M. in the conference
room.
(A) on
(B) at
(C) in
(D) for
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5. The doctor will not give the
patient the test results .....
tomorrow.
(A) on
(B) until
(C) from
(D) at
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6. That clerk stands ..... a
counter all day.
(A) on
(B) in
(C) behind
(D) above
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Counter (n) a long flat surface
over which goods are sold or
business is done in a shop /
store, bank, etc.:
I asked the woman behind the
counter if they had any
postcards.
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7. Please hand in that
report ..... Friday afternoon.
(A) by
(B) at
(C) in
(D) over
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To hand to pass or give sth to
sb:
She handed the letter to me.
She handed me the letter.
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8. Have you read this
article ...... our competitors?
(A) over
(B) above
(C) for
(D) about
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An (this/the) article about sth
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Competitor (n) a person or an
organization that competes
against others, especially in
business:
our main / major competitor
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9. We do almost all our
corresponding ..... e-mail.
(A) in
(B) by
(C) on
(D) with
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To correspond (with sb)
(formal) to write letters to sb
and receive letters from them
corresponding (n)
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10. The sale goes on ..... the
16th.
(A) through
(B) into
(C) towards
(D) for
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To go on through
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THANK YOU!
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