INTERMEDIATE UPPER INTERMEDIATE 12 prepositions after verbs Choose the best answer 1 Why did you quarrel your friends such a small matter? D) against/overaboutA) at / B)[.]
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1 Why did you quarrel _ your friends _ such a small matter?
D) against/over about
A) at / B) with / on C) with / over
2 I disagree _ you
3 He disapproves _ mothers going out to work
4 I definitely prefer traveling by air _ traveling by train
5 There is no way we can prevent people _ talking _ this
matter
D) from / about B) without / on C) from / with
/ over A) by
6 Did you finally succeed _ convincing them they were wrong?
7 The teacher suspected the student _ cheating on the test
8 You really shouldn’t boast _ your success _ other people
A) with / to B) of / to C) about / at D) over / to
9 I don’t know why you insist _ blaming me _ all my troubles
A) on/ for B) in / for C) at / on D) over / for
10 You shouldn’t rely _ getting assistance from Frank
11 Mr Green always worries _ losing his position
12 Our boss objects _ using any different method
13 My father doesn’t approve _ studying late at night
14 Forgive me _ using these pompous words
15 Why are you laughing _ me?
16 I don’t want to argue _ you _ that matter at this time
C) with / about B) with / at
over
17 Terry always depends _ his brother for assistance
18 Mary reminded her boss _ his appointment the next day
19 I am translating this book _ English _ Turkish
A) on/ over B) from / over C) to / into D) from / into
20 All of the members objected _ the chairman’s suggestion
21 Aren’t you going to introduce me _ your friend?
22 We suspected him _ stealing the tape recorder
23 A : What are you looking _? B : My pen
A) about B) after C) around D) for
24 I thought the nurse was looking _ you
25 Police are looking _ the disappearance of a quantity of uncut
gems
26 I look _ him as a friend
27 She had been looking forward _ leaving the hospital wards for
a holiday in Turkey
28 Look _ this word in the dictionary
29 A man in prison longs _ freedom
30 The canteen provides the workers _ meals
31 The canteen provides meals _ the workers
32 A queue of people were waiting _ the last bus
33 They wait _ you very well in this restaurant
34 He is thinking _ retiring _ his post several years before the normal age
A) of / from B) about / of C) of / of D) of / for
35 The child spends almost all his money _ chocolate
36 People are always mistaking him _ his twin brother
37 Mr Taylor was operated _ for a constriction of the intestine
38 He had the keys of the city presented _ him
39 In Britain milk is supplied _ each house in bottles
40 The government supplies them _ the basic necessities
41 I entirely agree _ you; that road is very dangerous
42 Will you just run _ the facts again?
43 Drug abuse brought _ his death
44 He gets _ 40 cigarettes a day
A) through B) off C) over D) with
45 He agreed _ all the proposal we made
46 He aimed his gun _ a policeman, and fired
47 People are always accusing me _ being forgetful
48 The condemned man appealed _ the court for mercy
49 Could you run _ 10 copies of this hand-out, please?
50 He has applied _ the banker _ a loan
A) at / for B) to / for C) for / for D) to / on
51 They went _ sleep for several days
A) without B) out of C) for D) off
52 I must apologize _ you _ not answering your letter at once A) from / for B) at / for C) from / in D) to / for
53 I met Mike this morning, he was asking _ you
54 Do not argue _ a newspaper editor, he can always have the last word
55 He never asked me _ anything
56 I know he is always ready to back _ his friends
57 Don’t expect him to approve _ your design at once
Book 1 Part B 93 Prepositions after verbs (Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate)
Trang 258 Beware _ the dog!
59 The dictionary belongs _ me
60 The two scientists arrived _ the same conclusion quite
independently
61 Moslems believe _ God
62 They blamed Peter _ the failure
63 The police are going to charge him _ having murdered
64 Our next-door neighbor said he’d complain _ us _ the police
if we made any more noise
A) about / to B) at / by C) of / with D) to / of
65 Paralysis has deprived him _ the use of his right hand
66 He did not die _ hunger or cholera He died _ an accident
A) from / at B) on / in C) in / at D) of / in
67 Some members of parliament voted _ the proposal
68 We all perform, and we all hope _ approval
69 Please excuse me _ being late
70 He feeds his horse _ corn and beans
71 We can call _ Mary at her office at 10 tomorrow
72 He boasted _ the big fish he had caught
73 The teacher explained the principles of nuclear fission the class
74 He insisted _ being paid the full sum
75 I introduced Terry _ Janet, 2 years before they were married
76 She would sit for hours listening _ the songs of the birds
77 They all praised her _ being brave
78 He stood looking _ the picture for a long time
A) through B) for C) after D) at
79 If you don’t know what this means, refer _ the dictionary
80 The chance which he had looked was now freely offered to him
81 Have you replied _ her letter?
82 I am intending to resign _ the committee
83 They knocked him down and robbed him _ his watch
84 I sent _ the doctor without any delay because my father had
started vomiting blood
85 Water pollution, of course, is not new We’ve worried it for years
86 The book speaks _ the writer’s childhood
87 At our next meeting Mr Mill will be speaking _ the early
development of surgery
88 In the Roman numerals, C stands _ one hundred
89 He really succeeds _ anything he really puts his mind to
90 The ice-cream tasted _ soap
91 The old lady thanked me _ helping her across the street
92 I’ll have to think _ this before I give you an answer
93 We’re thinking _ going to Spain for our holidays but we’ve not decided for certain yet
94 Whether you vote _ or against the proposal doesn’t seem to matter very much
95 Worrying _ your health can make you ill
96 He operates _ the patient in an operating-theatre
97 His accident prevented him _ riding a bike for a year
98 Everybody admired him _ saving the child’s life
99 Nothing can make up _ his rudeness
100 The teacher congratulated all the students _ passing the exam
101 The danger from any radioactive substances depends _ where they are located
102 He decided to give up sport in order to concentrate _ his studies
103 The policeman charged him _ driving a car while under the influence of alcohol
104 Government notice on each packet warns the public _ the dangers of cigarette smoking
105 I always run _ money at the end of the month
106 Pneumonia may lead _ death
A) towards B) to C) up to D) for
107 A shortage of vitamin C result _ skin infections and stow healing
108 The sun appeals _ both Labor and Conservative supporters
109 Don’t turn _ alcohol to handle pressure
110 I rely _ my wife, my two children and a small but solid group of friends
111 If you do not comply _ the traffic regulations you will get _ trouble with the police
A) with / into B) at / into C) at / with D) on / in
112 I pride myself _ the fact that I read two or three books a week
113 This town reminds me _ the place where I was born
114 Don’t blame me _ what happened It wasn’t my fault
115 When I was driving home I almost crashed _ a bus
Book 1 Part B 94 Prepositions after verbs (Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate)