When do we use the prepositions between and among?

Read the following sentences and try to complete the rule in the box below.

 

1 - Complete the sentences below either with between or among.

a. Michael is standing ___________ Jonathan and Lucy.

b. Which of you two is ___________ the best students of our school?

c. The television set is _____________ the window and the door.

d. She was soon lost ________________ the crowd.

e. It happened ____________ 5 and 6 o' clock in the afternoon.

f. They talked about it ______________ themselves.

 

2 - Complete the sentences below with either between or among:

a. Jonathan is sittingh _________ is mother and his father.

b. They are __________ the best students of our class.

c. The computer is ____________ the desk and the wardrobe.

d. Spain is situated _______________ France and Portugal.

e. You must settle the matter ____________ yourselves.

f. She was standing _____________ the children.

 

 

Solutions

1 – a) between; b) among; c) between; d) among; e) between; f) among.

2 – a) between; b) among; c) between; d) between; e) among; f) among.

 

 

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