Prepositions Test 7

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1) ______________ the diet she has started this week, the number of calories she can consume in one day is limited ______________ 15OO.

2) Instead of including this subject in today’s agenda, I suggest that we discuss it ______________ in another meeting as it is apparently a matter of great significance.

3) Arnold was fired ______________ his job ______________ bad timekeeping.

4) We promise that your order will be delivered ______________ further delay.

5) The fire has spread ______________ the hills and houses there are also ______________ risk.

6) The vet operated ______________ the little kitten ______________ great care.

7) His friends played a trick ______________ Patrick and pushed him ______________ the swimming-pool, fully clothed.

8) In many places smoke from factories and cars combines ______________ naturally occurring fog, and the combination ______________ two is called smog.

9) I was ______________ the impression that they two had already met, so I didn’t bother to introduce them ______________ each other.

10) Whenever you are short ______________ money, you can always borrow some ______________ me.

11) The room I was shown into was so dark that it took me some time before I could make ______________ who was

12) ______________  weekdays, which are usually very quiet, weekends are very busy days at the shopping centre.

16) Though oranges look quite ______________ grapefruit, their tastes are completely different.

17) Many people are excited ______________ the new millennium and have already made their plans ______________ December 31st, 1999.

18) Pedro is ______________ Mexico and doesn’t speak good English ______________  living in the US for the last five years

19) When Tony got ______________ prison, he tried to forget ______________ his past and lead an honest life.

20) Most plastic is made ______________ petroleum though there are other ways ______________ making it.