Nouns and dependent prepositions: B2 Word Skills Exercises
8 B2 Word Skills exercises on “Nouns and dependent prepositions”, with answers. Complete each task and check it straight away. Free, no account needed.
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Exercise 1. Match the sentences halves.
- 1Nowadays there is a constant demand
- 2Do you have any objections
- 3Many people have a preference
- 4It’s unlikely that the existence
- 5It’s easy to develop an addiction
- 6Does anyone think our dependence
- 7The 1950s Space Age had a great effect
- a)to inviting Emma for dinner?
- b)on computers nowadays is dangerous?
- c)on people’s belief in aliens.
- d)for watching sci-fi rather than fantasy films.
- e)to video games if you play them too often.
- f)for better and faster technology.
- g)of life on other planets with ever be proved.
Exercise 2. Complete the text with the words below.
8 gaps- belief
- difference
- evidence
- increase
- interest
- need
- obsession
- reason
- A few years ago, a National Geographic Society poll revealed that 36% of Americans (about 190 million people) believe in aliens, while only 17% do not, and the remaining 47% are undecided. The figures may be surprising, but people have had an 1) in aliens since the late 1940s. A 2) in flying saucers, backed up by apparent 3) of these alien spaceships in the form of grainy black and white photos, soon turned into an 4) , with people claiming to have actually made contact with beings from outer space. More recently, there has been an 5) in this fascination with extraterrestrial life forms, thanks to detailed video footage ‘proof’ (created with high-quality 3-D computer software). It’s hard to explain the 6) for this continued fascination; to many people, there seems to be little 7) between thinking UFOs exist and believing in magic. Perhaps it’s just that we have always had the 8) for a little mystery in our lives.
VOCAB BOOST!
Use mind maps to organise groups of words that are connected. For example, you can group nouns around their different prepositions and quickly see which share the same preposition.
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Exercise 3. Read the Vocab boost! box. Then complete the mind maps with the correct prepositions.
Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
6 gaps- 1Is there really no possibility you changing your mind?
- 2This is probably a matter the police.
- 3There’s a big difference price between taking the bus and getting a taxi.
- 4Is your taste clothes the same as your friends’?
- 5There’s been a sharp rise temperatures this month.
- 6The police didn’t find any evidence a break-in.
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Exercise 5. Use a dictionary and correct the mistakes with prepositions in the sentences. Mark the two sentences that do not contain any mistakes with ✓.
6 gaps- 1No one expected the band to rise in fame so quickly.
- 2My cousin’s gap year gave her a real taste for travel.
- 3Bill and his girlfriend have had a difference in opinion and aren’t speaking.
- 4You look very pale – is something the matter of you?
- 5Customers have recently been experiencing difficulty in using this website.
- 6There’s no point of getting upset about it.
Exercise 6. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition and your own ideas.
7 gaps- 1I’ve never understood the point
- 2Where I live, there’s been a rise
- 3Most of my friends have an interest
- 4I wish we could find a solution
- 5I hardly ever have trouble
- 6I’d love to prove the existence
- 7Nowadays, there’s very little demand
Your own answers - there is no answer key for this task.
Extra exercises
Exercise 7. Choose the correct prepositions (a-c).
8 gaps- 1People are worried about the increase knife crime.
- a)of b in c on
- 2Sugary drinks can have a devastating effect a person’s health.
- a)in b to c on
- 3Most of the students expressed a preference postponing the exam for a week.
- a)for b with c to
- 4My main objection getting a part-time job is that I won’t have enough time to study.
- a)of b to c between
- 5Rosie’s obsession her favourite band takes her all over the country.
- a)for b in c with
- 6Until now, nobody has been able to prove the existence life on other planets.
- a)of b for c to
- 7The difference Asian and African elephants is that the former have smaller ears.
- a)in b with c between
- 8There is an urgent need effective measures to house the world’s refugees.
- a)for b with c in
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Exercise 8. Complete the text with the phrasal verbs below.
6 gaps- find out
- let on
- make out
- play on
- taken in
- zoom in
- Liars often try to 1) our ignorance and they put on an act in order to be believed. The best way to 2) if a person is lying is to 3) on their body language. They tend to 4) that they’re being sincere by looking very deeply into your eyes. Don’t be 5) by this and listen carefully to what they’re saying. They won’t admit their guilt directly, but subconsciously they will often 6) that they’re lying by using too many negatives: ‘I swear that I didn’t use your tablet. Never. Not once.’
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