Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary.
1. nobody has ever heard you. 2. people don’t go the bookseller to ask
your latest book. 3. she suggested putting an advertisement the newspaper. 4. she thought a moment and said she had an idea. 5. you should say that you recommend a butler a man who has been your service twenty years. 6. i can’t sell books pretending that i am looking for a job for a nonexistent butler. 7. it doesn’t look advertisement. 8. i repeated my orders several times a day. 9. edith went to stay a sick aunt. 10. i bought the dog thirty shillings. 11. i wanted to catch the 5 o’clock train. 12. i looked
myself the glass, i was worried. 13. i went to my bedroom and looked
the window.
Explanation: In this sentence, the preposition "of" is required after the verb "heard" to indicate what or whom nobody has heard.
2. People don’t go to the bookseller to ask for your latest book.
Explanation: The preposition "to" is needed to indicate the direction or purpose of going. In this sentence, people go to the bookseller for a specific purpose - to ask for your latest book.
3. She suggested putting an advertisement in the newspaper.
Explanation: The preposition "in" is used to indicate the location or place where the advertisement should be placed. In this case, it should be placed "in" the newspaper.
4. She thought for a moment and said she had an idea.
Explanation: In this sentence, no preposition is needed. The verb "thought" and the noun "moment" are used together without requiring a preposition.
5. You should say that you recommend a butler to a man who has been in your service for twenty years.
Explanation: The preposition "to" is required after the verb "recommend" to indicate who is being recommended. In this case, the butler is being recommended "to" the man who has been in your service for twenty years.
6. I can’t sell books pretending that I am looking for a job for a nonexistent butler.
Explanation: No preposition is needed in this sentence. The verb "pretending" is used without requiring a preposition.
7. It doesn’t look like an advertisement.
Explanation: No preposition is needed in this sentence. The verb "look" is used without requiring a preposition.
8. I repeated my orders several times a day.
Explanation: No preposition is needed in this sentence. The verb "repeated" is used without requiring a preposition.
9. Edith went to stay with a sick aunt.
Explanation: The preposition "with" is used to indicate the person she is staying with. In this case, she is staying "with" a sick aunt.
10. I bought the dog for thirty shillings.
Explanation: The preposition "for" is used to indicate the price or cost of buying something. In this sentence, the dog was bought "for" thirty shillings.
11. I wanted to catch the 5 o’clock train.
Explanation: No preposition is needed in this sentence. The verb "catch" is used without requiring a preposition.
12. I looked at myself in the glass, and I was worried.
Explanation: The preposition "at" is used to indicate the location or direction of looking. In this case, you looked "at" yourself in the glass.
13. I went to my bedroom and looked out the window.
Explanation: The adverb "out" is used to indicate the direction or action of looking. In this case, you looked "out" of the window.