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Prepositions Of Measurement QuantitySet 9

1Identify the preposition and the object of the preposition. However, the home team won by two runs.
2Leaving the water running while brushing your teeth is a waste ..... water, a precious resource we need to conserve.
3Can you type more than papers in Word?
4My suitcase was full ..... books.
5There's a ..... people there who could end up running their own business someday.
6The shopping turned out to be a complete waste ..... money.
7Eighty kilometers is the ..... fifty miles.
8This shop's got a wide variety ..... shoes to choose from.
9Tag questionComplete the sentenceI couldn't print the page because I ran ..... of paper.
10We have to stop somewhere soon or we'll run ..... of petrol.
11He took 10% ..... the price.
12A galaxy is lots ..... stars.
13He gave me a lovely ..... chocolates for my birthday
14The total cost of the repairs came to ..... five hundred dollars.
15My grandfather left home ..... the age of fourteen.
16King Crush won the race by a giant chrome bumper.
17Children are fond of balloons ..... different sizes and colors.
18Sara spends much money ..... food.
19This sentence has a mistake, choose the correct one.'His Porsche can go 100 miles the hour.'
20The number ..... children in our village hasn't grown bigger over the years.
21Do you spend a lot of money ..... clothes?
22This book has more than 500 drawings / pages, so I think it's too long for me to read.
23Add a preposition.His plane ticket cost a lot ..... money.
24If you have ever watched television, you have seen plenty ..... drug advertisements.A. with B. of C. for D. about
25Thanks to the recent marketing campaign, we have seen a big improvement ..... sales.
26My grandmother got married ..... the age ..... 17. (w wieku)
27The plane flew ..... a height of 27.000 feet
28Exercise 8: Complete each sentence with the correct preposition. Orange juice is rich ..... vitamin C.
29The burgers costs ..... RM5, more or less.
30The bottle is full ..... water.
31In Indonesia children normally start school ..... the age of six.
32It costs ..... money to buy a bungalow.
33The products made in this craft village are always ..... good quality.
34The cake is made ..... chocolate and vanilla.
35All natural resources on earth will be used ..... if nothing is done.
36Select the option that appropriately refers to fluid levels of the body in a medical context.
37PUT ..... WEIGHT
38They paid ..... cash.
39Divided by the sum of a number and 12
40We are running ..... of oil. Please buy a bottle on your way back later.
41It takes ..... fifty pages for the story to get going.
42The TV program lasts ..... 40 minutes.
43This room is full ..... junk. We have time this weekend, so let's clear it out together.
44The country is poor ..... minerals.
45We always buy olive oil (of, by) the gallon.
46We can expect a further decline ..... job vacancies.
47True or False: In the phrase 'a discount of 20%,' the word 'of' is a preposition used to connect a noun to a measurement.
48His English marks decreased ..... 86 %.
49Go and get me a carton ..... cigarettes.
50"There's a real lack ..... cheap restaurants around here."
51The two trains came ..... ten metres of collision.
52Complete the sentence:The movie was longer than expected, running ..... two hours. A) nearly B) close to C) well-over D) over
53Which sentence describes distance correctly?
54The sum covers the cost inclusive ..... postage.
55I have been in hospital ..... 3 weeks.
56Page 67Identify the object of the preposition in the prepositional phrases below.about a mile
57We have been here ..... four days
58How far is it ..... your house ..... the post office?
59I felt ill yesterday, so I was in bed .....
60Your purchases add ..... to RM 400
61He retired ..... the age of 60 and now he's living on his pension.