GI024 Gerund with Prepositions

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Choose a correct preposition that goes with the verb at the end of the sentence and put them into the gaps.


  1. Thank you me from my most powerful enemy. (SAVE)
  2. Please let me apologise so impolite to you. (BE)
  3. Can you eat an apple your hands ? (USE)
  4. Many young girls dream a model (BECOME).
  5. We thought to another place next year (MOVE).
  6. The young man was charged goods over the border. (SMUGGLE)
  7. There are many advantages your own flat. (HAVE)
  8. Please concentrate the basic words in your book. (LEARN)
  9. The teacher insisted to my parents. (SPEAK)
  10. He thanked us him in so late at night .(LET)
  11. The manager succeeded the deal. (MAKE)
  12. The group of technicians specialize on difficult problems. (WORK)
  13. Let me begin you a short introduction of what we do. (GIVE)
  14. If I were you I wouldn't brag three girls in one week .(DATE)