Prepositions worksheet Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositions Our affection ……………… our children often makes us blind …………………… their defects He has a passion ……………… books He is not interested ……………… anything else The injection gave the patient relief ………………… pain We should not spend ……………… unnecessary things The officer is popular ………………… his staff, because they have easy access …………… him The members objected ………………… the offensive remarks made by the chairman The examinations are likely to be postponed …………………… May The shirting I bought …………… Bombay is superior ………………… the one I bought ……………… Madras I have succeeded ………………… making my friend give up smoking 10 We have invited the District Collector to preside ……………… the meeting 11 It is often very difficult to deal ……………… unruly children 12 We should sympathize ……………… those ………………… distress Answers Our affection for our children often makes us blind to their defects He has a passion for books He is not interested in anything else The injection gave the patient relief from pain We should not spend on unnecessary things The officer is popular with his staff, because they have easy access to him The members objected to the offensive remarks made by the chairman The examinations are likely to be postponed to May The shirting I bought from Bombay is superior to the one I bought from Madras I have succeeded in making my friend give up smoking 10 We have invited the District Collector to preside over the meeting 11 It is often very difficult to deal with unruly children 12 We should sympathize with those in distress Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)