Super Mega Awesome Prepositions Quiz!

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For today's Super Mega

Awesome Prepositions Quiz.

(happy music)

Yep, that's right.

This game show on YouTube

you can take part and, if you answer everything correctly,

you can win

absolutely nothing!

Except maybe a smile.

Sorry, I can't do smiles.

Here's how to play.

I'll give you an example situation

and some possible prepositions.

You have to choose the best preposition

to match that situation.

For each correct answer you get

give yourself one point.

Remember to count your total correct answers,

you'll find out exactly how good your English is.

And also after that I'll give an explanation

of each situation and why each preposition is used.

Are you ready?

Let's start.

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You get a message on your phone,

"Where are you?"

You want to reply,

I'm, bed.

The covers are over you,

where are you?

Which preposition should you use?

I'm on bed

or I'm in bed.

You decide.

(timer ticking)

Time's up.

The correct answer is in.

I'm in bed.

If you got that correct, give yourself one point.

You're amazing, you're brilliant,

you're a genius.

If you didn't get it correct, don't worry,

the explanation is at the end of the video.

Next question.

When you have this situation,

what can you say?

Oh no, my house is on fire, in fire or with fire.

You choose the best one.

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The correct answer is

my house is on fire.

So when your hose is doing this,

your house is on fire.

If you got that correct, well done.

Give yourself one more point.

If not, don't worry, at least you have that gorgeous face.

Oh, actually, no.

The next two questions kinda similar.

First one, I'm spending all day, blank, playing Xbox.

Which preposition?

On, for or with?

And the next question,

I'm spending too much money (snaps fingers) pizza.

Which preposition matches this one?

Which preposition matches this one?

Quickly write your answer.

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The correct answer for the top one is nothing.

That's right, I tricked you.

If you can't trust a random teacher on YouTube,

who can you trust?

And this next one,

I'm spending too much money on pizza.

Each of these is worth one point.

Add your correct answers to your total

and let's move one.

In this situation your friend has fallen in love

with a pizza.

And she says, "I'm going to marry this pizza!

"We're in love."

But you think this is a little bit strange

and you don't agree.

So, which preposition should match here?

You choose, you have five seconds.

Go!

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Your answer of course is with.

I don't agree with this.

I don't agree with you.

Your friend bought a new shirt,

and you want to give him a compliment,

you want to say, that shirt looks really good on you.

We have the verb that means that, it suits.

What should go in that blank space there?

Wow, that shirt really suits, blank, you.

(timer ticking)

The correct answer is,

oh, I got you again!

It's nothing.

Wow, that shirt really suits you.

Kinda looks cheap though.

Next example.

For some reason your friend wants you to look...

Where?

Look at my face, look in my face

or look to my face?

Or maybe there is no preposition at all?

Maybe I'm trying to trick you again.

Ha!

I wouldn't do that.

I would.

I wouldn't!

I would!

But I'm not right now.

I might be.

(timer ticking)

The correct answer is at.

Look at my face.

Look at my face, do I look strange?

Do I have something in my teeth?

I hope you got this one correct

because we're moving on to a more difficult question.

When you feel really good and determined

about improving something about your life, maybe,

you feel motivated.

Which preposition?

I'm motivated to study,

I'm motivated for study

or I'm motivated in study.

You decide which one is the best one.

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The correct answer, of course, is to!

I'm so motivated to study.

If you wrote something different, don't worry,

again, I'll explain everything at the end of this video.

This girl wants to message her ex,

but her best friend knows,

no, that's a terrible idea,

your ex is very bad for you, don't!

Don't do it.

Don't even think, blank, messaging your ex.

What is that blank?

Which preposition matches best?

You decide.

(timer ticking)

The most correct answer is about.

Now, there is another possibility,

if you wrote of,

then yeah, sure, you can have that point,

because you're special.

But if you wrote to, definitely no.

Next question.

You're watching a movie and it's really boring.

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The correct answer is of.

Ugh, I'm really bored of this movie.

Did you get that one correct?

If you did, you're amazing.

Don't worry if you didn't.

Let's move to the next question.

In this case she is going on holiday,

but she needs to get on the plane for that.

She's a bit scared,

so someone tries to help.

But she says, "No, I'm scared, flying."

What's the missing preposition here?

Is occupational therapy of, about, with or to?

What do you think?

(timer ticking)

The correct answer is,

no, I'm scared of flying!

Now, there are other possibilities,

but we need to change something first.

So, if you wrote of, you get a point.

If you wrote something different, no point.

She is very annoyed.

Why?

Because her friend stole her phone.

That's why.

So, how should we finish the sentence?

Ugh, I'm so annoyed, her.

(timer ticking)

This one, there is more than one correct answer.

So, if you wrote,

I'm so annoyed at her

or I'm so annoyed with her,

both are correct.

If you wrote either of them, you get a point.

But if you wrote to or about, nope,

no point for you.

By the way, how are you doing with your points?

Have you got everything correct so far?

If you have, you're amazing.

Like you're legit amazing.

But if you haven't, next question.

This guy is feeling very good.

Why?

Because his English has improved a lot,

so he'll say this,

"There has been a huge improvement, um, my English."

Which preposition?

In, for or about?

(whispers) Or is there no preposition at all?

I don't know, it's a secret.

(timer ticking)

Of course, the correct answer is in.

There's an improvement in something.

Okay, are you ready for the final question?

Let's do it.

Your friend doesn't feel confident

about an exam, for example.

And she says this,

"I can't do it!

I'm rubbish."

But you're a good friend,

so you want to tell her,

don't worry, you'll be great.

Why?

I have confidence, I have faith.

I have confidence or I have faith, you.

With, in, on or about,

which preposition do you think works best in the sentence?

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When you have confidence or faith

that someone can do great things,

we use the preposition in.

Don't worry, you're gonna be great.

I have faith in you.

I have confidence in you.

So that was the final question.

How many did you get correct?

What is your total?

Count your correct answers now.

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If you scored between zero and five,

you're basically an English baby.

You definitely need more practice.

But don't worry, I have faith in you.

If you scored between six and 10,

you're cool.

But you're not cool enough.

You're like Shia LaBeouf.

You're like, yeah, but still meh.

If you scored between 11 and 14, you're amazing.

Superhero-like even.

You should replace your English teacher.

And if you got a perfect 15,

you're basically royalty in English.

You are now the king or the queen of England,

and your passport is in the post,

coming to you right now.

(clapping)

You deserve it.

You earned that passport.

Well done, well done.

Welcome to being British.

Okay, you probably have questions,

don't worry, I've got answers.

Let's look in detail at each question.

Okay, that first situation.

The correct answer is I'm in bed.

A very common mistake I always see is I'm on bed.

Maybe you wrote that recently.

You can use on, but that's like,

here's your bed and you're sitting,

or standing, or jumping on your bed.

And that's when you use on.

But if you are here, like this,

you're in bed.

For this situation, yeah, I know,

prepositions are very weird.

This one it just happens to be on.

My house is on fire.

We don't say my house is in fire,

we don't say my house is with fire.

Just because English is weird, I'm sorry.

Okay, so why this and why this?

I know, it's really annoying.

Okay, when you use the verb spend,

spend time, spend money

on a thing.

But look at this one, what the hell?

There's no preposition there.

Why is that?

It's actually very, very simple.

So, we have a verb, if you spend time, if you spend money,

with the verb you don't use a preposition,

you just use that verb with the ing form,

so just keep that in mind for next time.

Also, really common mistake I hear with this,

is I'm spending all day or I'm spending time to play.

No!

Remember you have a verb, just the ing form.

No preposition, no to, verb ing.

That's it.

Okay.

The agree or disagree thing.

I don't agree with this.

I don't agree with you.

But you could add about marrying a pizza, the subject.

When we talk about agreement,

as meaning I approve of this,

or I don't approve, in this case,

just use with.

I don't agree with you marrying a pizza.

It's just strange.

Or I don't agree with the president's stupid ideas.

I don't approve of them.

But, of course, agree could mean you have

the same opinion about something.

If your opinions agree then it's a different preposition,

then it's on.

We agree on a lot of things,

but I don't agree with you marrying a pizza.

Or you could agree on a deal, a plan, a proposition.

For example, we agreed on meeting at 8 o'clock.

Or, we can't agree on anything.

Let's break up.

This one.

A very common mistake I hear is

it's suits to you.

No.

That's a really common mistake,

don't make it in the future.

There should be no preposition with the verb suits.

That shirt suits you.

Those shoes, they're awesome.

Where did you get those shoes, they really suit you.

Okay, so the look at my face thing,

a very common mistake.

For example, if Spanish is your first language,

the translation you wouldn't put a preposition, right?

Like, look my face.

That's a very common mistake that I hear often

from students with Latin languages as their first language.

So, just be careful with the verb look,

you look at something, someone, someone's face, whatever.

Yes, there is an exception here, with in.

For example, maybe it feels like something went

in your eye and it really hurts.

Can you look in my eye?

Do I have anything in my eye?

In that case, yeah, look in my eye.

Or, if you want to be romantic,

you could say, look in my eyes.

That's no, why did I think that was romantic?

That's not romantic.

Wait, is it?

No, okay, maybe if you wanted to hypnotize someone,

then you would say, look in my eyes.

Okay, to be motivated to do something,

if you have a verb, you use to.

I'm motivated to study.

I'm motivated to do something.

But let's imagine, that today you have a big day

and you feel motivated.

If it's a noun, use for.

I feel really motivated for today.

I feel really motivated for this.

Think of and think about.

Now, in general they are very, very similar

and sometimes they're used for the same contexts.

However, there is a difference in feeling and meaning.

Think of, that's just an awareness of something.

For example, think of a number.

So a number just appears.

This number thought isn't there for a long time,

so that's think of.

Think about, that implies some longer thought,

some consideration.

Like, I've been thinking about you all day.

I've been thinking about our relationship

and I hate you.

Or in this case, think about,

we use that for threats.

Don't even think about messaging your ex.

Could we say of?

Nah, yes.

But think about works better in threats.

To be bored of something.

Now, originally, we said,

I'm really bored by this movie.

Or I'm really bored with this movie.

But it has become way more common recently to say of.

So much so that if you said,

I'm really bored by this movie.

I'm really bored with this movie.

That sounds a little bit strange.

So, use of.

Now, sometimes we might hear something like,

I'm bored with this conversation, I'm leaving.

You might hear that

and it this context, to say I'm bored with it,

has that dismissive feeling, right?

So, huh, I'm bored with it.

It's like you're leaving something.

I'm bored with this,

I'm leaving it, goodbye to this thing.

But in general, use of.

Okay, to be scared of something.

You want to talk about your fear in general.

Use I'm scared of verb with ing,

in this case, flying.

Can I say I'm scared to fly?

Yes, you could,

but when you say I'm scared to do something,

that verb is in the infinitive,

I'm scared to do, I'm scared to go, I'm scared to.

I'm scared to lose you, don't leave me!

That implies that you're going to do it

and you're scared.

So, I mean in this context, yes,

that could be a possibility,

but if you wrote to here,

you didn't get a point because I wrote flying, not fly,

so it has to be of.

Okay, to be annoyed at someone,

to be annoyed with someone.

In general, just use those two.

But remember the reason that I gave,

she's annoyed because her friend stole her phone.

In this case it's better to use about.

What are you annoyed about?

I'm so annoyed about her stealing my phone.

Just remember though, you want that verb in the ing form.

I'm really annoyed about her stealing my phone.

And actually, you could use at here.

I'm so annoyed at her staling my phone.

What the hell?

Okay when we talk about improvements,

yep, use the preposition in.

This is a huge improvement in my English.

Less commonly, but still definitely okay to use,

you could say,

there's has been a huge improvement with my English.

That's completely fine too.

But I didn't give you that option, so.

And finally, having faith or confidence in someone.

Sometimes I've heard few different options in this.

I have faith with you.

I have faith about you.

I have faith on you.

No, just in.

Just because English is weird.

Sorry.

So, thanks for playing.

Remember to challenge your friends

or anyone who studies English.

And I'll see you next time

in the Super Mega

Awesome Prepositions Quiz.

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