Preposition

It is Sunday evening. Mr. Lim and his family are ...... (1) home. Mr. Lim is watching television. His son is sitting ....... (2) him. Mrs. Lim is ...... (3) them. She is picking ....... (4) the toys. The baby is crawling .........​ (5) the aquarium.

     

    Answer : Blank space number (1)

• inside

• in

• on

• at

Answer explanation

1.  PREPOSTION OF LOCATION

We use prepositions of location to show us where an object is.  

Examples are shown below :

On, above, beneath, under, underneath, out, in front of, at the back of, behind, in, inside, outside, in the centre of, in the middle of, down, up, beside, near, at, between, among, below.

It is Sunday evening. Mr. Lim and his family are ...... (1) home. Mr. Lim is watching television. His son is sitting ....... (2) him. Mrs. Lim is ...... (3) them. She is picking ....... (4) the toys. The baby is crawling .........​ (5) the aquarium.

    Answer : Blank space number (2)

• beside

• behind

• between

• in front of

It is Sunday evening. Mr. Lim and his family are ...... (1) home. Mr. Lim is watching television. His son is sitting ....... (2) him. Mrs. Lim is ...... (3) them. She is picking ....... (4) the toys. The baby is crawling .........​ (5) the aquarium.

     

    Answer : Blank space number (3)

• near

• under

• below

• behind

It is Sunday evening. Mr. Lim and his family are ...... (1) home. Mr. Lim is watching television. His son is sitting ....... (2) him. Mrs. Lim is ...... (3) them. She is picking ....... (4) the toys. The baby is crawling .........​ (5) the aquarium.

     

    Answer : Blank space number (4)

• out

• up

• in

• at

It is Sunday evening. Mr. Lim and his family are ...... (1) home. Mr. Lim is watching television. His son is sitting ....... (2) him. Mrs. Lim is ...... (3) them. She is picking ....... (4) the toys. The baby is crawling .........​ (5) the aquarium.

     

    Answer : Blank space number (5)

• across

• away

• towards

• from

He lives .......... Serdang ........ Selangor.

Answer explanation

1) at

2) in

explanation : 'At' for small place, town etc. while 'In' for big place, town, city, country etc

The train will arrive .......... six .......... the morning.

Answer explanation

1) at

2) in

explanation :  'At' is used for Point of time, and 'In' is used for Period of time

1) He jumped ......... the river.

2) There are three students ........... the class.

Answer explanation

1) into

2) in

explanation :  'In' shows the existing state of things, while 'into' shows movement

He was sitting 1) ............. a chair, watching the snow fell 2) ................ the hills.

Answer explanation

1) on

2) on

explanation : 'On' can be used for both existing position and movement.

It has been raining .............. early morning.

Answer explanation

answer : since

explanation : 'Since' is often used with Present Perfect or Past Perfect Tense