Prepositions with Spanish idioms 1

Free Spanish exercise on prepositional expressions and idioms. Fill in the correct preposition. Intermediate level.

📚 Quick grammar review

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A + fixed expressions — Many high-frequency Spanish expressions are built with a: a veces (sometimes), a tiempo (on time), a menudo (often), a mano (by hand), a pie (on foot), a propósito (on purpose / by the way), a partir de (from / starting from), a pesar de (despite). Treat each as a vocabulary item.

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De + fixed expressions — Common idiomatic phrases with de: de repente (suddenly), de vez en cuando (from time to time), de hecho (in fact), de acuerdo (agreed/OK), de todos modos (anyway), de nada (you're welcome), de nuevo (again), de pronto (suddenly/right away).

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Por and en — more fixed phrases — Por: por fin (finally), por eso (that's why), por lo menos (at least), por supuesto (of course). En: en seguida (immediately), en serio (seriously), en realidad (actually), en cambio (on the other hand), en cuanto (as soon as). These phrases are the glue of natural Spanish speech.

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Complete each of the idioms below with the correct preposition (from the three choices given):
Example: más vale pájaro en mano, que cien volando (en, de, a)

1. un clavo saca otro clavo (en, de, a)✓

2. salirse la suya (en, con, por)✓

3. ver todo color rosa (en, de, a)✓

4. no tener pelos la lengua (en, de, a)✓

5. estar la espada y la pared (encima de, entre, detrás de)✓

6. tirar la casa la ventana (en, por, a)✓

7. llover cántaros (en, de, a)✓

8. falta de pan, tortillas (por, en, a)✓

9. consultar la almohada (con, de, por)✓

10. estar hasta la sopa (en, de, a)
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Special characters (click to insert):
á é í ó ú ü ñ Á É Í Ó Ú Ñ✓