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English Grammar Exercises:
Can You Use Prepostions
Like This?

Do you want English grammar exercises that you can listen to? Listening is a great way to learn. After listening to these stories, try to answer the questions using this grammar point.

If a verb is followed by a preposition, then the preposition will come after that verb in a relative clause.

Example: Joan plays chess with Jack.


Who is Jack?


Jack is the boy (that) Joan plays chess with.

Carvers



1. Who is Carlo? (hint: Carlo is... talked ...)

2. Who's John?(hint: John is... works..)

3. Where is the fire? (hint: The fire is... stay...)

4. What is not in the photo? (hint: The tent they... sleep...)

Answers

1. Carlo is the man I talked to.

2. John is the man Carlo works with.

3. The fire is in the campsite they stay at.

4. The tent they sleep in.

Maizan Festival



Yvonne is wearing a green dress. Now she is working very hard, but she can remember her school days. She used to play games with the woman in the yellow dress. They used to go every year to the Maizan festival. At the festival they would listen to many songs. The songs about love were the ones they would listento. but now she does not think of love. Her father is the only man she will talkto. She doesn't like the other men in her village.

Who is the woman in the yellow dress?

What's the Maizan festival?

What is special about Yvonne's father?

What is important about love songs?

Answers

She's the woman Yvonne used to play with.

Its the festival Yvonne used to go to.

He's the only man Yvonne will talk to.

Love songs were the only songs Yvonne would listen to.

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