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1
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She will finish her homework sometime between now and 6:00.

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She will finish her homeworkby6:00

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Addicted

  • She / music
  • He became / drugs
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To

  • She is addicted to music.
  • He became addicted to the drug.
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Afraid

  • I / losing you
  • Animals / fire
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Of

  • I’m afraid of losing you
  • Animals are afraid of fire
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Angry

  • She got / his decision
  • He was / story she told
  • She could not stay / him for so long
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About / With

  • She got so angry about his decision
  • He was so angry about the story she told
  • She couldn’t stay angry with him for long
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Ashamed

  • I’ve got nothing …
  • She past / children’s behaviour
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Of

  • I’ve got nothing to be ashamed of
  • She was ashamed of her children’s behaviour.
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Aware (əˈwɛr)

  • He’s not / coming danger
  • I wasn’t / the fire
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Of

  • He is not aware of the coming danger
  • I was not aware of the fire
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Bad

  • He / making decisions
  • I / playing football
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At

  • He is really bad at making decisions
  • I’m bad at playing football
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Based

  • Movie / real life incident
  • A good marriage / trust.
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On

  • The movie is based on a real-life incident
  • A good marriage is based on trust.
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Bored

  • He was / their conversation
  • I’m / this job
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With

  • He was bored with their conversation
  • I’m bored with this job
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Capable

  • You / becoming a fluent english speaker
  • I / doing a Better work than this
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Of

  • You are capable of becoming a fluent English speaker.
  • I’m capable of doing a better work than this
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Crazy

  • They / old motorbikes
  • I / you
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About

  • They are crazy about old motorbikes
  • I’m crazy about you
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Crowded

  • The warm region / birds
  • The streets past / protesters
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  • The warm region is crowded with birds
  • The streets were crowded with protesters
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Different

  • American English / British English
  • My opinion / yours
  • My approach / his
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From / To

  • American English is different from British English
  • My opinion is different from yours
  • My approach is different to his
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Enthusiastic

- I / the place

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About
- I’m enthusiastic about the place.
(ɪnˌθuziˈæstɪk)

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Excited

- I’m getting / my trip to Australia

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About

- I’m getting very excited about my trip to Australia

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Familiar

  • You are / website
  • His name seems / me
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With / To

  • You’re familiar with the website
  • His name seems familiar to me
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Famous

- This city / its apples

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For

- This city is famous for its apples

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Fed up

  • I am / my job
  • I get / television
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With

  • I’m fed up with my job
  • I get fed up with television

(fɛ dʌp wɪð)

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Good

  • She / motivating her students
  • Everything is / something
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At / For

  • She’s very good at motivating her students
  • Everything is good for something
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Grateful

  • I’m / you for helping me
  • After the earthquake we felt / be alive
  • I’m / all that you’ve done
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To / For

  • I am grateful to you for helping me
  • After the earthquake we felt grateful to be alive
  • I’m so grateful for all that you’ve done
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Identical

  • Her dress is almost / mine
  • It past / the first
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To

  • Her dress is almost identical to mine
  • It was identical to the first
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Impressed

  • We were / your efficiency
  • I / her work
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WIth

  • We were most impressed with your efficiency
  • I’m very impressed with her work
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Mad

  • She / going to dance
  • She’s not / rap battles as I am
  • She / me for being late
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About / At

  • She is mad about going to dance
  • She’s not as mad about rap battles as I am
  • She’s mad at me for being late
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Married

- He / her

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To

- He is married to her

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Opposed

- I / the death penalty

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To

- I’m opposed to the death penalty

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Patient

- She / young children

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With

- She’s very patient with young children

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Pleased

- The boss should be / you

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With

- The boss should be pleased with you

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Proud

- Her parents / her

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Of

- Her parents are very proud of her.

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Related

- Education levels / income

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To

- Education levels are strongly related to income

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Responsible

- He / recruiting at all levels

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For

- He’s responsible for recruiting at all levels

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Satisfied

  • We / these results
  • I feel satisfied / my life.
A

With

  • We are satisfied with these results
  • I feel satisfied with my life
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Sick

- I was / waiting for you

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Of

- I was sick of waiting for you

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Similar

- Your opinion / mine

A

To

- Your opinion is similar to mine

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Suitable

  • I / the job
  • Cotton / wear in summer
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For

  • I’m suitable for the job
  • Cotton is suitable for wear in summer
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Surprised

  • I / the news
  • I / Your success (səkˈsɛs)
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At / By

  • I’m surprised at the news
  • I’m surprised by your success (səkˈsɛs)
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Upset

  • She / missing the party
  • He / losing his job
  • I / you
A

About / With

  • She’s upset about missing the party
  • He’s very upset about losing his job
  • I’m upset with you
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Used

- People / pay in gold

A

To

- People used to pay in gold

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Worried

- I / my husband’s health

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About

- I’m worried about my husband’s health

39
Q

She was born ____ 1996

A

In

40
Q

He reads ___ the evening.

A

In

hi ridz ɪn ði ˈivnɪŋ

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I go to work ___ 8:00

A

At

42
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He eats lunch ___ noon.

A

At

43
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They go to bed ___ midnight

A

At

44
Q

There is hard wood ___ the carpet

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  • Beneath

- Under

45
Q

Basements are dug ___ ground.

  • Dig
  • Dug
  • Dug

Find the preposition…

Dig: to break up, turn, or loosen (earth) with an implement

  • diggingdirt with a shovel
  • machinesdiggingup the road
A

Below

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The cat is hiding ___ the box.

A

Underneath

47
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Complained

- They / the food

A

About

- They complained about the food

48
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Read

  • I / in the paper
  • I / the accident in the local paper
A

About

  • I read about it in the paper
  • I read about the accident in the local paper
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Looked

- I / her

A

At

- I looked at her

50
Q

Smile
- He shot / his wife

(ʃɑt)

A

At
- He shot a smile at his wife

Shoot: (ʃut)
Shot: (ʃɑt)

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Suffers (ˈsʌfərz)
- She / dementia
(dɪˈmɛnʃiə)

A

From
- She suffers from dementia
(ʃi ˈsʌfərz frʌm dɪˈmɛnʃiə)

52
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Search

- They’re / missing dog

A

For

- They are searching for the missing dog

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Succed

  • She will / completing her degree
  • I will / finishing it
A

In

  • She will succeed in completing her degree
  • I will succeed in finishing it
54
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Consist

- The recipe / three basic ingredients

A

Of

- The recipe consists of three basic ingredients.

55
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Smell

  • The basement / mildew
  • He / tobacco
A

Of

  • The basement smells of mildew.
  • He smells of tobacco
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Insist

- I must / following this rule

A

On

- I must insist on following this rule.

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Belong

  • Bears / the family of mammals
  • Success / the persevering
A

To

  • Bears belong to the family of mammals.
  • Success belongs to the persevering
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Contribute

  • I hope / the previous research
  • She / several magazines
A

To

  • I hope to contribute to the previous research.
  • She contributes to several magazines
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Refer

  • Please / my previous explanation
  • He / the house as his “refuge”.
A

To

  • Please refer to my previous explanation
  • He always refers to the house as his “refuge”.
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Argue (ˈɑrgju)

  • She argued / him
  • I don’t want / you
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With

  • She argued with him
  • I don’t want to argue with
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Beneficial

  • I hope your holiday will be / you
  • Fresh air is / one’s health.
A

To

  • I hope your holiday will be beneficial to you
  • Fresh air is beneficial to one’s health.
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Disappointed

  • I / you
  • She / love
A

In

  • I’m very disappointed in you
  • She was disappointed in love
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Interested

- She / space science

A

In

- She is always interested in space science

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Q

Happy

  • I / it
  • I / you
  • She seems / the new job
A

About / For / With

  • I’m happy about it
  • I’m really happy for you
  • She seems very happy with the new job
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Sorry

  • I / that
  • I / what I have done
A

About / For

  • I’m sorry about the other day
  • I’m sorry for what I have done

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