Use the prepositions in the list below to complete the sentences.

at             by             for               in                on              out of               from                into                to

1.  Let’s meet ___ a drink at O’Malley’s on Friday night.
2.  “Can I call you back tomorrow? I’m ___ hurry right now and don’t have time to
talk to you,” she said.
3.  After the storm all the telephones in my neighbourhood were ___ of order and
had to be repaired.
4.  Can I speak to Mr Malroy? – I’m afraid Mr Malroy is away ___ business.
Would you like to leave a message?

5.  ___ my horror, I noticed that the lock of the front door had been broken.
6.  Customers can pay ___ cheque if they wish to.
7.  I was half an hour late for my lesson this morning. – Did you apologise ___
your teacher?
8.  During the earthquake, one of my most expensive vases broke ___ a thousand
pieces.
9.  ___ time to time she would stop whatever she was doing, look ___ the window
and daydream.
10.  Did you grow up in a city? – No, I didn’t. I spent most of my childhood ___ a
farm.