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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).

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EXERCISE TEXT

As I turned a corner, I saw a figure move quickly 1 the trees and out of my sight. The forest was dark, so I couldn't really see if the figure was a man or a woman. It seemed to be a large figure, and he or she wore a straw hat that covered the head. Usually I would have called 2 to the stranger, but there was something 3 the forest that made me timid. I hurried to the house and kept looking 4 the right and left for another glimpse of the figure. I came into a clearing and could see the house across a lawn. It was an unusual house for the area. It was compact and rose like a tower 5 the hill. From the windows you must have a view of the entire valley.

FILL IN USING THE WORD BANK

Choose the best word for each gap

1 out2 to3 through4 of5 for6 about7 on