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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 15
EXERCISE TEXT

I went on watching the sky. It was still getting lighter. A blood-red light was spreading 1 the sky. Maxim began to drive faster, much faster.

We reached the top of the hill. The road to Manderley lay 2 us. There was no moon and the sky 3 our heads was black. But the sky in front of us was full of dreadful light. And the light was red, red like blood. The wind blew 4 us from the sea. The wind smelt 5 smoke and it was grey with ashes. They were the ashes of Manderley.

FILL IN USING THE WORD BANK

Choose the best word for each gap

1 above2 across3 after4 before5 of6 from7 towards