Preposition Combinations Practice Worksheet | GPN

Instructions: Answer all questions in your notebook. Choose the correct option or fill in the blanks.

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Section A: Adjective + Preposition (8 Questions)

Fill in the correct preposition:

1. She is afraid ______ spiders. (of/from)

2. He is good ______ mathematics. (at/in)

3. I am interested ______ learning French. (in/for)

4. She is proud ______ her son's achievement. (of/for)

5. He is angry ______ his friend. (with/at)

6. Agra is famous ______ the Taj Mahal. (for/about)

7. Your idea is different ______ mine. (from/than)

8. The child is fond ______ chocolates. (of/with)

Section B: Verb + Preposition (8 Questions)

Fill in the correct preposition:

9. You can depend ______ me. (on/from)

10. She apologized ______ being late. (for/about)

11. He believes ______ ghosts. (in/of)

12. Listen ______ what I am saying. (to/at)

13. I agree ______ you on this point. (with/to)

14. Wait ______ me at the gate. (for/since)

15. She applied ______ the scholarship. (for/to)

16. He insisted ______ helping me. (on/for)

Section C: Nouns & Error Correction (9 Questions)

17. What is the reason ______ his absence? (for/of)

18. She has a keen interest ______ art. (in/for)

19. Do you know the answer ______ question 5? (of/to)

20. There was an increase ______ prices. (in/of)

21. He is addicted ______ gambling. (with/to)

22. What is your opinion ______ this matter? (for/of)

23. I am looking forward ______ meeting you. (to/for)

24. Error Correction: He is interested for learning Spanish.
Correction: interested ______ learning

25. Error Correction: She married with a doctor.
Correction: married ______ a doctor

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Answer Key

Note: Try all questions first before checking answers!

Section A Answers:

Q.No.	Answer	Combination
1	of	afraid of
2	at	good at
3	in	interested in
4	of	proud of
5	with	angry with (person)
6	for	famous for
7	from	different from
8	of	fond of

Section B Answers:

Q.No.	Answer	Combination
9	on	depend on
10	for	apologize for
11	in	believe in
12	to	listen to
13	with	agree with (person/idea)
14	for	wait for
15	for	apply for (scholarship)
16	on	insist on

Section C Answers:

Q.No.	Answer	Rule/Correction
17	for	reason for
18	in	interest in
19	to	answer to
20	in	increase in
21	to	addicted to
22	of	opinion of
23	to	look forward to
24	in	interested in (correction)
25	[no preposition]	marry (transitive verb)

Scoring:
22-25 Correct: Excellent! You know your combinations.
17-21 Correct: Good! Review the fixed pairs.
Below 17: Revise Common Preposition Combinations.

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