A preposition shows what one noun or pronoun has to do with another.

Prepositions Gymnase du Bugnon CD 20123. Mixed prepositions: select the suitable preposition.IN or INTO?a. This small weed will grow a large tree.b. Many rare plants grow his garden.c. All the villagers danced a circle round the May-pole.d. Intense cold turns water ice.e. He dug the ground for an imaginary treasure.FROM or OUT OF?a. Having lost my key, I found myself locked my own house.b. He lives miles away our village.c. A last ray of sun came behind the clouds.d. He is work at present, and can find nobody willing to employ him.e. The little child ran her nurse’s arms into her mother’s.AT or TO?a. The dog was barking furiously the boy who had been teasing it.b. I shall be home all day tomorrow.c. We shall take our friend a play, as she loves the theatre.d. They arrived the concert very late.e. The wounded rabbit hopped back its burrow.ON, OVER or ABOVE?a. She was standing the bridge, looking the parapet into the water.b. The moon was rising the dark line of the trees.c. The branches of the oak, stretching our heads, gave us a pleasant shade.d. The had dinner at a nice restaurant the lake.e. She is fourteen, as her birthday was two months ago, the second of July.ACROSS or THROUGH?a. He passed his handkerchief his brow.b. We succeeded in elbowing our way the crowd.c. The explorer made his way back to the camp, many dangers.d. The startled hen was running for its life the road.e. The train was running a thick wood.PAST, BY or ALONG?a. Jack was walking my side, a busy street, when we chanced to goa confectioner’s where we had to stop.b. If you go the river, the old bridge, you will soon come to a house that standsthe riverbank.c. He passed us without seeing us.6