Prepositions Part 3 grammar Exercise

Challenge yourself with extended scenes that weave together direction, timing, and placement so you can select the perfect preposition every time.

Exercise Guide

How to complete:

Read the full situation, visualize each action, and choose the preposition that keeps the sentence natural. Ask whether the idea expresses motion, location, sequence, or comparison before you decide.

  • Match movement verbs with destination prepositions (into, onto, toward) that fit the direction.
  • Look for time signals such as "before", "by", or "during" that anchor the timeline.
  • Notice tool phrases like "with a scanner" or "by flashlight" to pick the correct helper words.

Success tips:

  • When two choices feel close, substitute each one aloud and keep the option that sounds like everyday speech.
  • Remember that "on" usually marks surfaces, "in" or "inside" show enclosure, and "at" points to precise spots or times.
  • Pair "with" to show the tool or companion, while "through" and "across" focus on the path taken.
  • Review the explanations so you can transfer the same reasoning to your own conversations and writing.

Knowledge:

Part 3 blends workplace, travel, and creative scenarios so you can feel how prepositions connect several actions in one narrative. You will practice shifting quickly between expressions of direction, placement, and timing while keeping the rhythm of natural English.

Focus on the relationships each pair of words expresses: carts roll into docks, charts sit on clipboards, updates travel to teammates, and notes spread across shared pages. The more closely you observe those relationships, the easier it becomes to select the small but powerful prepositions that make sentences precise.

Complete the Exercise

Paragraph 1

0/4 completed
Before sunrise, delivery drivers roll carts the loading dock, lift boxes the truck, stack parcels numbered shelves, and confirm routes a handheld scanner.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 2

0/4 completed
Throughout the semester, students collaborate group projects, upload drafts the shared drive, discuss ideas messaging channels, and fine-tune slides the deadline.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 3

0/4 completed
At the coastal village, fishermen drag nets the shore, empty catch wooden crates, sell seafood the market stalls, and return home dusk.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 4

0/4 completed
During the tech expo, engineers set displays the exhibit hall, connect sensors laptops, broadcast updates live screens, and gather feedback survey tablets.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 5

0/4 completed
On the mountainside, the rescue team secured ropes metal anchors, guided hikers the narrow ledge, radioed updates base camp, and descended the valley at dusk.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 6

0/4 completed
In early spring, gardeners line trays compost, tuck seedlings the soil, arrange pots the sunniest shelves, and mist leaves a spray bottle.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 7

0/4 completed
Before opening day, curators transport artifacts padded cases, mount plaques the gallery walls, adjust spotlights each display, and record descriptions the catalog.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 8

0/4 completed
At rehearsal, musicians tune instruments the conductor's pitch, arrange chairs semicircles, mark cues their scores, and perform passages a steady tempo.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 9

0/4 completed
Each lunchtime, the food truck parks the plaza, posts menus the service window, hands orders waiting customers, and restocks ingredients short breaks.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 10

0/4 completed
During the charity run, volunteers set cones the course, cheer athletes the sidelines, hand water passing runners, and log times shared tablets.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 11

0/4 completed
While surveying the site, architects review plans clipboards, measure distances laser tools, stake markers the perimeter, and meet contractors afterward.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 12

0/4 completed
On location, the film crew rigs lights the scaffolding, runs cables protective mats, positions cameras the marked spots, and call scenes the director's signal.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 13

0/4 completed
At the writers workshop, participants brainstorm rotating partners, jot ideas notebooks, share drafts the circle, and revise paragraphs guided prompts.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 14

0/4 completed
On the night shift, nurses chart vitals secure tablets, check medications the schedule, rotate rounds the ward, and hand off reports the morning team.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Paragraph 15

0/4 completed
After sunset, the astronomy club sets telescopes the hillside, aligns lenses north, records observations shared logs, and compares notes warm tea.
0 of 4 blanks filled

Share this exercise

Help others learn grammar by sharing this exercise

Related Exercises

Modal Verbs of Obligation (must, have to, should)
Fill Option

Modal Verbs of Obligation (must, have to, should)

Practise choosing “must”, “have to”, or “should” to express obligation, necessity, and recommendations in real-life contexts.

Modal Verbs of Permission (may, can, could)
Fill Option

Modal Verbs of Permission (may, can, could)

Practise choosing “may”, “can”, or “could” to ask for permission, give consent, or describe rules politely.

Modal Verbs of Ability (can, could)
Fill Option

Modal Verbs of Ability (can, could)

Practise selecting “can” or “could” to express ability, requests, and possibilities in everyday situations.

To Be: Is, Am, Are
Fill Option

To Be: Is, Am, Are

Practise choosing the correct form of the verb “to be” — is, am, or are — in present simple sentences about people, places, and things.

Have got vs has got
Fill Blanks

Have got vs has got

Practise choosing between "have got" and "has got" to express possession, relationships, and characteristics accurately.