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SECTION 09 · Prepositions and adverbs in context

Prepositions

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How to solve: PrepositionsA text with gaps and a bank of prepositions and adverbs.

What it tests

Prepositions in fixed phrases (by profession, face to face), after verbs and adjectives, and in time and place expressions.

In the exam: part IX, 1 tasks.

Step by step

  1. Read the phrase around the gap, not just the word before it.
  2. Think of the whole expression: in the habit of, by chance, at least.
  3. Check verb + preposition pairs: depend on, consist of, interested in.
  4. Time: in (months, years), on (days, dates), at (clock times); place: in/on/at.
  5. Use each bank word once; one is extra.

Watch out for

  • Translating the preposition from your own language.
  • till vs by: till = up to that moment, by = no later than.
  • along / across / through — direction matters.

Example

As Monsieur, watchmaker ____ profession, was strolling ____ the boulevard…

by profession (fixed phrase), strolling along the boulevard (movement following a street).

Text 13
EXERCISE TEXT

One of the most important days of the year is the first of January and it is celebrated all 1 the world. It is the time of year when people get together and eat and drink a lot and generally behave 2 warmth and affection 3 each other. In London, on the stroke of midnight before the New Year begins, people gather in Trafalgar Square and not only celebrate in the traditional way but also sometimes throw themselves into the fountain 4 Nelson's column. In Spain, people eat one grape for each of the twelve strokes of midnight. No one knows exactly how the custom 5 celebrating the New Year began. Some people believe it was the Chinese who started it; others say it was the Romans.

FILL IN USING THE WORD BANK

Choose the best word for each gap

1 except2 over3 under4 with5 of6 towards7 aside