TEST

Five-Minute Tests

Choose the correct preposition for the sentences below.

1.    I wrote to the manager to complain for/about/on the service.
2.    I believe to/in/of saying what I think.
3.    Lots of people are scared of/to/at spiders.
4.    My parents worry for/on/about me if I come home late.
5.    I feel sorry about/for/of Matt. He’s had a lot of bad luck.
6.    She was delighted at/with/by the present I gave her.
7.    There will be an investigation about/into/over the accident.
8.    They finally succeeded in/for/to getting the car started.
9.    When I realized I was wrong, I apologised to/on/ for my mistake.
10.    Some students were suspected of/about/for cheating in the exam.

Key: 1. about; 2. in; 3. of; 4. about; 5. for; 6. with; 7. into; 8. in; 9. for; 10. of

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

According (1)____ the theory of continental drift, the continents (2)____ not fixed in position but instead move slowly across the surface of the earth, constantly changing (3)____ position relative to one (4)____. This theory (5)______ first proposed in the eighteenth century (6)______ mapmakers noticed how closely the continents of the earth fit together when matched (7)____. It was suggested then (8)_____ the present-day continents had once (9)_____ one large continent that (10)_____ broken up into pieces which drifted apart.

Key: 1. to; 2. are; 3. in; 4. another; 5. was; 6. when; 7. up; 8. that; 9. been; 10. had

Find the missing British or American word with the same meaning as the word shown.

Key: 1. in; 2. at; 3. of; 4. at; 5 –; 6. at; 7. In; 8. At; 9. about; 10. for

By Youdif Boyarskaya,
School No. 814, Moscow