Prepositions Answers 14.2
Prepositions Answers 14.2
01.
02.
07.
1. Comply with
2. Appointed to
3. Addicted to
4. Amazed at
5. Bestowed on
6. Called at (= visit)
7. Came across
8. Agreed upon
9. Access to
10. Accused of
11. Absent from
12. Abide by
08.
1. We are very excited about our trip to Spain next week. (AT, WITH, ABOUT, OVER)
2. I am very fond of drinking green tea. (FOR, OF, ABOUT, AT)
3. Almost all politicians were involved in the scandal. (IN, AT, WITH, FROM)
4. I am looking forward to having a meeting with you next week. (WITH, AT, TO, FROM)
5. At the moment, she is recovering from her injuries. (AT, OF, FROM, WITH)
6. I’m dreaming about becoming a famous scientist one day (FOR, WITH, ABOUT, INTO)
7. My cousin is married to a famous American (WITH, FOR, TO, FROM)
8. I am responsible for training the new recruits. (AT, ABOUT, WITH, FOR)
9. Many people took advantage of the low prices offered by the new shop (OF, FOR, WITH, TO)
10.I was not quite satisfied with the exam results. (AT, FOR, WITH, ABOUT)
11.The president was thankful for everyone who helped in the campaign (TO, WITH, FOR, AT)
12.Everyone in this town will benefit from the new hospital (FROM, WITH, AT, INTO)
13.For two full days, the man was fighting for his life. (UP,WITH, AT, FOR)
14.My dad shouted at me because I didn’t do what he said (TO, AT, WITH, TOWARDS)
15.She insisted on helping me with the dishes. (ON, WITH, FOR, ABOUT)
16.Almost all car companies care about the environment (FOR, AT, ABOUT,WITH)
17.Wearing a seat belt can protect you from being killed in a car. (WITH, OF, ABOUT, FROM)
18.Ten people were killed when a bus collided with a car (INTO, WITH, AT, TOWARDS)
19.The customers came to the shop to complain about their service (ABOUT, AT, ON, FOR)
20.Our atmosphere consists of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide (INTO, OF, WITH, FOR)
21.We decided against buying the new car. (AGAINST, WITH, AT, OF)
22.Many children depend on their parents for money. (ON, AT, WITH, TO)
23.He graduated from Oxford university (ON, FROM, OUT OF, WITH)
24.The advertising campaign resulted in hundreds of new customers for the company. (TO, FOR, UP, IN)
25.As a scientist, I specialize in marine biology (AT, IN, FOR, WITH)
09.
8. She always gets up early in the morning and goes to bed late at night.
13. You have to pay for the tickets on the day you order them.
49. We have been searching for a web designer for a few weeks now.
2. Are you going away for the weekend? – I don’t know. It depends on the weather.
6. Have you been to the cinema recently? Yes I was there a few days ago.
14. I saw him standing in the queue but I don’t know if he got on the bus.
16. I’m going to Glasgow on Monday. Would you like to come with us?
19. I’m interested in basketball but I’m not very good at playing it.
23. It was embarrassing. I didn’t have enough money to pay for the meal.
32. I live in Sweden but every summer I travel to Spain for my holidays.
33. Turn right at the end of the street and then it will be right in front of you
34. My sister has a beautiful apartment. She lives on the third floor.
35. Please sit down. Mr. Brown will be with you in a moment.
37. She tried to prevent the children from jumping into the water.
11.
31. When I was younger I was always afraid of going to the dentist.
40. According to the headmaster, both of the boys got involved in the fight.
41. Except for that one, all the sentences were easy.
12.
1. There were over a thousand people at the concert.
9. We didn’t see the whole performance because we left before the last act.
11. The march started in the park. From there we moved to City Hall.
24. Both o my neighbors can take care of the cat while you are gone.
27. At first I found the work very tiring but after a few weeks I got used to it.
31. I applied for a few jobs last week, but nobody wrote back.
33. You ought to be ashamed of yourself for coming in with dirty boots.
34. There’s no point in going by car if we can’t park near the theatre.
37. The bus stopped at the corner of High Street and congress Avenue.
41. It’s 7 a.m. We need to leave for work at once or else we’ll miss the bus.
43. The great player hit the ball over the net.
45. Please turn down the volume of the radio. I’m getting deaf.
13.
1. The owner of the hotel is a qualified chef, but he rarely cooks himself nowadays. However, on
occasions he helps the head chef in the kitchen if the restaurant is busy.
2. I do have a few suggestions that should improve your presentation, but on the whole I think it was an
excellent speech.
3. We went on a trip to Paris for a day on the train and saw the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral.
4. She is supposed to be studying for her exam but whenever I go to her room she is on the phone
chatting to her friends.
5. We bought a stereo music center that was on sale because it was in the display window.
6. All the roads that led to the town centre were closed because of the flood so it was only possible to
reach the main square on foot.
8. At the beginning of the 16th century, on an expedition of the South American jungles, Balboa became
the first European to look at the Pacific Ocean.
9. The warders who are on guard at the Tower of London to protect valuable jewels are also known as
“Beefeaters”.
10. The film “JFK” is being shown on television on Monday night at 9 p.m. on Channel 4.
11. 150 passengers on board an Alpine train in Kaprun died when the train caught fire inside a tunnel.
12. While we were on a cruise our ship anchored at Istanbul, where we visited the Grand Bazaar and
Topkapi Palace.
13. Barcelona’s centre is a maze of narrow streets and medieval buildings, in contrast to the modern
apartment buildings on the outskirts of the city.
14. I am afraid the book “Little House of the Prairie” is on loan from the library at the moment. Would
you like to reserve it?
15. Do you pass a newsagent on your way to work? If you do, would you mind picking me up the Times?
16. I don’t think the baby dropped it. I think she threw it to the ground on purpose in order to gain our
attention.
17. How long have you been on a diet? – For three weeks now, but I can’t resist eating a little chocolate
so I haven’t lost much weight yet.
18. Two days after the bombing, we could still see the flames from the building on fire.
19. In 1984, the British coal miners went on strike for almost a year.
20. The number of European and American companies investing in underdeveloped countries is on the
increase as they take advantage of lower wages.