1: Prepositions and Adverbs

Read the sentences and choose the right answer. A pop-up box will tell you whether you were right or wrong. Good luck!

1. My boss told me that the report was to be completed _____ 4pm on Thursday afternoon.

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2. I told my boss that the report wouldn’t be ready _____ the next morning.

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3. I had been unwell ______ several days.

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4. Where have you been? We have been waiting for you _____ lunchtime.

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5. John slept ______ the English lesson.

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6. _____ I like him, I do not necessarily want to marry him.

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7. I would love to have it, but ______ I have no money, I can’t buy it.

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8. _____ John was asleep, the teacher allowed the other pupils to leave the classroom.

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9. I have lived in the same town ______ I was born.

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10. I have lived here _____ twenty years.

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11. Jane chopped the carrots _____ John peeled the potatoes.

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12. When I was a child I was not allowed to talk ______ mealtimes.

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