Welcome to our free grammar exercise which looks at prepositions before nouns. We have plenty of puzzles to reinforce your learning so you feel confident to use them when exam day arrives.
Prepositions before Nouns
Instructions
The words used in the quiz are commonly found in formal writing. Learning how to spell and use these different prepositions properly will help improve your chances of being successful in your exams.
Some verbs and adjectives are followed by a certain preposition. To find which preposition(s) follow(s) the verb or adjective, look the verb or adjective up in an online dictionary, such as the Cambridge Dictionary, or use a corpus, such as the British National Corpus. Memorising these phrases instead of just the preposition alone is the most helpful.
Some common verb + preposition combinations + noun
About: worry, complain
- She worries about the future.
- He complained about homework.
To: contribute, refer
- I hope to contribute to the research.
- Please refer to the other example.
Some common adjective + preposition combinations + noun
Of: aware, capable
- She is aware of exam time.
- He is proud of his results.
To: accustomed, opposed
- You must get accustomed to the register.
- I am opposed to this view.
More grammar points available:
- Customs and Traditions
- Entertainment and Leisure
- Environment and Nature
- Family and Lifestyle
- Fitness and Sports
- Science and Technology
- Shopping and Consumer Society
- Travel and Adventure
- Work and Education
Exploring the way humans and animals live, adapt and change on our planet
- City or Countryside Living
- Transport Systems
- Dangerous Spiders and Snakes
- Extreme Weather
- Taking photos
- Natural World Puzzles
- Changes in the weather
- Seas and Oceans Puzzles
- Geography Exercises
- Natural World Word Search
- Exercise 2 Weather Reports
- Exercise 3 Managing Waste
- Exercise 1 Keeping Bees in the City
- Exercise 4 Reducing Noise Pollution
- Exercise 6 Important Developments Article
- Exercise 6 Recycling Centre Report
Explore the way we use technology and science in the modern world
- Exercise 4 Shipwrecked
- Ancient Structures
- Exercise 6 Eating Out in Berlin Travel Report
- Exercise 2 Different Cultures
- Exercise 1 Walking to the North Pole
- Exercise 4 Travel Writing
- Exercise 2 Time Travel
- Exercise 2 Train Journeys
- Exercise 2 Different Summer Camps
- London Travel Guide
- Riding a Motorbike Listening Exercise
- Adjective Suffixes
- Exercise 5 Returning Home
- Travel Puzzles
- Great Ship Adventure Listening Exercise
- Exercise 6 Living in Different Places
- Exercise 5 Interesting Meeting
- Exercise 1 & 2 (Extended)
- Exercise 3 & 4 (Extended)
- Exercise 5 & 6 (Extended)
- Listening Questions 1-5
- Listening Exercise 3 & 4
- Listening 5 (Extended)
- Videos (Extended)
- Speaking Test
Exercise 1 - Read a text and answer a series of questions.
Exercise 2 - Read a text and answer a series of questions testing more detailed comprehension.
Exercise 3 - Make brief notes related to a piece of text.
- Exercise 3 Being Bilingual
- Exercise 3 Extended Video introduction
- Exercise 3 Finding time to do things
- Exercise 3 Frozen Caveman
- Exercise 3 Kite Surfing
- Exercise 3 Life in 2069
- Exercise 3 World’s Sporting Champions
- Exercise 3 Young Mountaineer
Exercise 4 - Write a summary.
Exercise 5 - Write an informal email.
- Bonfire Night
- Exercise 5 Birthday Party
- Exercise 5 Cousin Visiting (Description)
- Exercise 5 Favourite Film
- Exercise 5 Going for an Interview (Advice)
- Exercise 5 Going on Holiday
- Exercise 5 Interesting Meeting
- Exercise 5 New Attraction
- Exercise 5 Restaurant Visit (Narrative)
- Exercise 5 Returning Home
Exercise 6 - Write a report, review or article.
- Animal Sanctuary
- Becoming Vegetarian Article
- Ed Sheeran Concert Review
- Exam Advice Article
- Exercise 6 Career’s Talk Report
- Exercise 6 Dangerous Shopping Book Review
- Exercise 6 Eating Out in Berlin Travel Report
- Exercise 6 Important Developments Article
- Exercise 6 Living in Different Places
- Exercise 6 Recycling Centre Report
- Exercise 6 Subject Choices Article
- Exercise 6 Thai Restaurant Review
- Mission Impossible – Fallout Review
- Online Gaming Article
- Smartphone Review
- Snack Machine Article
- Sports Lessons Article
- Work Experience Day Report
- Working in the Summer Holidays Report
Exercise 1 (Questions 1 -4) - Short answer exercises
Exercise 2 - (Question 5) Gap-filled exercises
Exercise 3 - Matching
Exercise 4 - Multiple Choice
Exercise 5 - Gap Fill Part A
Exercise 5 - Gap Fill Part B
Here are videos to help you with the reading and wrting sections.
- Exercise 1 Extended Video introduction
- Exercise 2 Extended Video introduction
- Exercise 3 Extended Video introduction
- Exercise 4 How to write a Summary (Extended)
- Exercise 5 How to write an Informal Advice Email
- Exercise 5 How to write an Informal Descriptive Email
- Exercise 5 How to write an Informal Narrative Email
- Exercise 6 Becoming Vegetarian
- Exercise 6 How to write a Film Review
- Exercise 6 How to write a report
- Exercise 6 How to write a review
- Exercise 6 How to write an Event Report
- How to write a school magazine article
- Report Writing with Subheadings
Speaking Test Examples:
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