Common mistakes in the use of prepositions
Incorrect: He went near the station.
Correct: He went to the station.
Incorrect: He reached to Tokyo.
Correct: He reached Tokyo.
Incorrect: Conversation stopped as we entered into the church.
Correct: Conversation stopped as we entered the church.
Incorrect: He is intelligent but he lacks of experience.
Correct: He is intelligent but he lacks experience.
The verbs discuss, enter, marry, lack, resemble, reach and approach are followed by direct objects without prepositions.
Incorrect: We are having the roof repaired on Easter.
Correct: We are having the roof repaired at Easter.
We use at to talk about the whole of the holidays at Christmas, Easter, New Year and Thanksgiving.
Incorrect: What were you doing in the weekend?
Correct: What were you doing at the weekend? (British English)
Correct: What were you doing on the weekend? (American English)
Incorrect: I am at home in any morning.
Correct: I am at home any morning.
Incorrect: Let's meet on one day.
Correct: Let's meet one day.
Incorrect: Are you free in this evening?
Correct: Are you free this evening?
The prepositions at/on/in are not normally used in expressions of time before next, last, this, one, any, each, every, some, all etc.
Incorrect: He told to me to go.
Correct: He told me to go.
Tell can be directly followed by a personal object. We do not use the preposition to.
Prepositions exercises and worksheets
Prepositions exercise 1
Prepositions exercise 2
Prepositions exercise 3
Prepositions exercise 4
Prepositions exercise 5
Prepositions exercise 6
Prepositions exercise 7
See also
Common mistakes in the use of nouns
Common mistakes in the use of nouns | Exercise 1
Common mistakes in the use of nouns | Exercise 2
Common mistakes in the use of nouns | Exercise 3
More CBSE English Grammar worksheets
Passive voice worksheet | Simple past tensePassive voice worksheet | Past continuous tense
Passive voice worksheet | Simple future tense
Passive voice worksheet | Future perfect tense