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Prepositions III
Choose the correct preposition.
1
The students felt excited
about/for
going on
a field trip.
2
Maria depends
on/at
her parents to pay her
house bills.
3
Ruth has always had a dream
of/about
becoming a doctor and helping children in
underdeveloped countries.
4
Alice was fed up
of/with
commuting all the
way to the centre of London every morning.
5
The professor explained
at/to
the students
the importance of being on time for lectures.
6
Joy felt guilty
about/for
not going to her
best friend’s wedding.
1
Fill in the correct preposition.
• for • of • to • from • in • with
1
We were dissatisfied ............. the service at
that restaurant.
2
Karen was very grateful to Paul .............
helping her move house.
3
The train to Leicester departs ...............
platform 5 at 7:00 pm.
4
He’s very fond ................. going on ski trips.
5
Sally managed to get the job as she was
very experienced .............. school nursing.
6
Jenny failed ............. get an A in the exam.
2
Word formation
Fill in the correct form of the words in bold
forming
nouns
referring to
people
.
1
George is so funny he could be a
professional ......................... .
COMEDY
2
The two monkeys’ aggressive behaviour
worried the ......................... .
ZOOLOGY
3
After years of acting, he decided to try his
luck as a film ........................... .
DIRECT
4
A team of ............................... discovered
some important ancient artefacts during
excavations in the Arabian Desert.
ARCHAEOLOGY
5
Damian was selected to be a(n) .................
in a popular TV quiz show.
PARTICIPATE
6
The interviewer was kind and relaxed and
made all .......................................... feel
comfortable.
INTERVIEW
7
The young children looked in amazement
when the .............................. pulled a rabbit
out of his hat.
MAGIC
8
The ............................... of Fairview were
upset when the local council went back on
its promise to build another park.
RESIDE
9
The young boy felt sorry for the
............................... in the street and
bought him a loaf of warm bread.
BEG
10
Ed’s .............................. advised him to lose
weight and practise harder.
TRAIN
3
D
(in)capable of sth
(adj)
damage to
(n)
deal with
(v)
decide on/against
(v)
(take) delight in doing sth
(n)
delighted with sth
(adj)
demand for
(n)
depart from
(v)
departure from
(n)
depend on sb/sth
(v)
describe sb/sth to sb else
(v)
description of
(n)
die of/from (an illness)
(v)
die in an accident
(v)
difference between two
things
(n)
different from/to sb/sth
(adj)
disadvantage of
(n)
disagree with
(v)
disappointed with sth
(adj)
discuss sth with sb
(v)
discussion about/on
(n)
dissatisfied with
(adj)
divide sth into
(v)
dream about sb/sth
(v)
dream of being/doing sth
(= imagine) (v)
dressed in
(adj)
drive into sb/sth
(v)
E
engaged to sb
(adj)
enthusiastic about
(adj)
envious of
(adj)
escape from
(v)
excellent at sth
(adj)
exchange sth for sth else
(v)
excited about
(adj)
excuse for
(n)
experienced in
(adj)
explain sth to sb
(v)
F
fail to do sth
(v)
failure in an exam
(n)
fall in
(n)
familiar to sb
(adj) (= known to sb)
familiar with sth
(adj) (= have
knowledge of sth)
famous for sth
(adj)
fed up with sth
(adj)
fond of sb/sth
(adj)
forget about
(v)
forgive sb for sth
(v)
(un)friendly to sb
(adj)
frightened of sb/sth
(adj)
full of sth
(adj)
furious with sb about/at sth
(adj)
furious with sb for doing sth
(adj)
G
generous to sb
(
BUT generous of
sb to do sth
) (adj)
good at sth
(adj)
good to sb
(
BUT good of sb to
do sth
) (adj)
grateful to sb for sth
(adj)
guilty of/about doing sth
(adj)
