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Verbs & Prepositions

Verbs & prepositions CEFR B2 Topic: Verbs and their dependent prepositions across different areas of daily life

Verbs and Prepositions: Everyday Situations

What this tests: dependent prepositions — the preposition a verb needs before what follows it.

Instructions

For questions 1–8, write the one preposition that completes each sentence.

1. After arriving an hour late for the dinner party, Tom apologised his terrible timekeeping.

2. Several staff members have objected the new attendance policy introduced last month.

3. During her postgraduate course, Maria chose to specialise marine biology rather than general zoology.

4. The guided tour consists a city walk, a boat trip and a visit to the old fortress.

5. She is slowly recovering the flu that kept her in bed all week.

6. Excessive use of smartphones late at night can interfere normal sleep patterns, researchers warn.

7. Her closest friend accused her ignoring every message she had sent over the past month.

8. Many young professionals are choosing to invest cryptocurrency despite the risks involved.

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