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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

Have you ever seen a flying fish? Some fish can come up out of the water and “fly” 1 the air. They can fly right 2 small boats! The flying fish does not fly the way birds do, for the fish doesn't really have wings, the flying fish throws itself from the water with a strong flick of its tail. Once in the air, it spreads its large fins. It uses them 3 the wings of a glider. The bigger the fish, the farther it can “fly.”

But no flying fish can stay in the air very long. It soon drops 4 into the water. Flying fish live in all warm seas. Many are found 5 the coast of southern California. Sometimes large schools of fish are seen, all “flying” together.

FILL IN USING THE WORD BANK

Choose the best word for each gap

1 back2 forward3 like4 over5 through6 off7 among