Prepositions: discussions and interactive exercises

Prepositions are words which are usually followed by a noun or pronoun, and which express relationships, for example, of time or place For a better understanding of what prepositions are, please surf to the websites listed below. Clicking the blue links will take you to the specific pages where the definitions, classifications or interactive exercises are located, while clicking the website name will take you to the home page.

[1] Prepositions: Locators in Time and Place, from Capital Community College Guide to Good Grammar
[2] Prepositions, from Grammar Monster (British English)
[3] Prepositions, from English Daily
[4] Prepositions, from Interlink Language Centers
[5] Problems with prepositions, from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuations
[6] Prepositions, from Using English
[7] Prepositions and Nouns, from English Language Centre Study Zone
[8] Lesson 8 - Prepositions, from My English Grammar
[9] Index to articles on Prepositions, from Learning English Online www.englisch-hilfen.de (English version)
[10] Prepositions, from The OWL at Purdue)

Listed below are links to interactive quizzes and exercises in prepositions from the best ESL and EFL resources on the Internet. Clicking the blue links will take you to the specific pages where the quizzes or exercises are, while clicking the website names will take you to the home pages. Take time to browse these excellent websites; they are consistently good and fast loading. Besides the activities and exercises listed below, these sites generously offer, free of charge, a tremendous range of valuable resources for ESL and EFL teachers and students.

In answering the interactive exercises, you should follow carefully the prompts and directions. You should read each sentence or part aloud before clicking the answer you think is right. After the correct answer is displayed, think it over as to why it is the correct answer. (Please take note that the correct answer may depend on whether the exercise comes from an American English or a British English website.) After doing so, read the complete sentence again aloud with the correct answer.

To train yourself to think in English, try to recite the sentences with the correct answers from memory and at your full speaking volume. Or you can ask a friend to read out loud the sentences with the correct answers and you repeat them without looking at the computer screen.

[01] Exercises in prepositions from Activities for ESL Students

Prepositions: At, In and On (Nuala Ivic)
Prepositions (Vera Mello)
Prepositions: At, In & On (Jack Bradshaw)
In, At or On (Douglas Gilbert)
Prepositions (Charles Kelly)
Prepositions 1 (Ilker Utlu)
Prepositions 2 (Ilker Utlu)
Prepositions (Barbara Donnelly)
Prepositions I (Vera Mello)
Prepositions II (Vera Mello)
Prepositions III (Vera Mello)
Prepositions - Level 1 (Vera Mello)
Prepositions (Yanti Nading)
In-At with Places (Letitia Bradley)
In-On-At (Letitia Bradley)
Prepositions (Edmilson Sa)
Prepositions - Type in the Answer (Charles Kelly)
After, For or Since (Vera Mello)
Prepositions (Charles Kelly)
Correct or Incorrect - Prepositions (Vera Mello)
Prepositions (Charles Kelly)
Pick a Particle: In, On or Up (Richard Davies)
Prepositions (Cheryl Newman-Marris)
Prepositions - Level 2 (Vera Mello)
Prepositions - Level 3 (Vera Mello)
Astronomy (Preposition Quiz) (Joan M. Diez)
The Manatee (A Quiz on Prepositions) (Alexandra Sanchez)
Particles in Conversation Questions - 1 (Ted Power)
Particles in Conversation Questions - 2 (Ted Power)
Particles in Conversation Questions - 3 (Ted Power)
Particles in Conversation Questions - 4 (Ted Power)
Particles in Conversation Questions - 5 (Ted Power)
Particles in Conversation Questions - 6 (Ted Power)
Particles in Conversation Questions - 7 (Ted Power)
USA Celebrations & Holidays (Vera Mello)