介词练习题

一、介词按其构成可分为：

1. 简单介词at, in, on, to, since, until等。如：

He's worked there since 1998.

2. 复合介词into, onto, out of等。如：

She is out of school. 她毕业了。

3. 二重介词from under, from behind, from out of, until after, except in等。如：

I'm from out of town. 我是从城外来的。

4. 短语介词because of, instead of, in spite of等。如：

I went back not because of the rain, but because I was tired.我回去不是因为下雨，而是因为我累了。

二、介词的作用：

1. 表示地点：after, along, at, below, by, of, near, over, through, under等。如：

Near the village the boys are skating on the ice. 男孩子们正在村子附近的冰上滑冰。

They lay down under the shade of a tree. 他们躺在一棵树的树阴下。

2. 表示时间：about, after, across, at, during, for, in, of, till, until等。如：

After class he will tell us about the accident. 课后他将告诉我们有关事故的情况。

A heavy rain has been falling across three days. 一场大雨下了整整三天。

The accident happened during the night. 事故发生在夜间。

3. 表示动作：at, across, around, on, over, under等。如：

The earth goes around the sun. 地球绕太阳运行。

The car is under repair. 汽车在修理中。

4. 表示比较：as, like, above, over, with等。如：

She was something like her sister. 她有几份像她的妹妹。

Chinese is much more difficult in contrast with English. 和英语相比，汉语难得多。

5. 表示原因：about, for, from, with等。如：

Don't worry about my lessons. 不要担心我的功课。

Business kept me from coming. 我因事不能来。

He was angry with what I did. 他对我所做的很气愤。

6. 表示条件：to, with, without等。如：

Without your advice, he would have failed. 没有你的忠告他可能已经失败了。

7. 表示手段、方式：as, by, in, with等。如：

He behaved as a drunkard. 他的举止如同醉汉一样。

Learn the new words by heart.记住这些生词。

We see with our eyes.我们用眼睛看。

8. 表示距离、数量：from, in, within等。如：

My house is ten miles from the school. 我家离学校十英里。

They were thirty in all. 他们总共有三十人。

9. 表示目的：as, for等。如：

I only said it as a joke. 我只是把它当作笑话讲的。

It's time for class. 到上课的时间了。

10. 表示让步：for, with等。如：

For all his effort, he didn't succeed. 虽然他做了一番努力，仍不能成功。

With all his money, he is unhappy. 尽管他有钱，但他并不快乐。

for还可以引导插入语，例如：

I, for one, shall vote against the proposal. 我也投票反对这个提议。

初中英语介词专项练习题

( ) 1 Children get gifts ____ Christmas and ____ their birthdays.A. on; on B. at; on C. in; in D. in; on ( ) 2 -There is nothing ____tomorrow afternoon, is there? -No. We can have a game of table tennis.

A. on

B. in

C. out

D. up

( ) 3 A lot of students in our school were born____March, 1981. A. in B. at C. on D. since

( ) 4 Tim suddenly returned____ a rainy night. A. on B. at C. in D. during

( ) 5 My grandfather was born____Oct. 10, 1935. A. on B. in C. at D. of

( ) 6 The train is starting___five minutes. A. in B. at C. for D.still

( ) 7 Mike does his exercises ____ seven _____ the evening. A. on; to B. at; in C. by; of D. at; on

2

( ) 1 The population of the world has grown very fast ____ four hundred years.

A. for past the

B. in the pass

C. in the past

D. for past

( ) 2 We returned to our hometown___.A. next week B. in the last week C. last week D. for a week ( ) 3 Great changes have taken place___.

A. in the last few year

B. in the last few years

C. last year

D. on the last year

3

( ) 1 Children wake up very early____the morning of Christmas Day.A. in B. on C. for D. at ( ) 2 ____ a cold winter morning, I met her in the stfeet.A. In B. On C. At D. For

( ) 3 It happened to be very cold____ the morning of our sports meet.A. at B. on C. with D. of ( ) 4 Why did you get up so early ___ this morning.A. on B. / C. at D. in

4

( ) 1 He went to Shanghai___ September 3, 1991 and came back___ a cold morning last year.

A. in; on

B. on; in

C. on; on

D. in; ia

( ) 2 Lucy was born____ the night of May 12, 1984. . ...

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. to

( ) 3 Mrs Brown came to China ____ 1996.

A.on

B. of

C. to,

D. in

( ) 4 ___ the morning of November 20, 1915, the workers came to Chicago to show their mourning___Joe Hill.

A. On; to

B. In; of .

C. On; for ,

D. At; for