1 Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions.
1 I worry before exams, but when actually faced______ an exam task I usually manage to concentrate and do well.
2 Today we’re revising the unit on the events leading______ to the drought.
3 I want to brush up ______ my German before going to Austria.
4 All students had to sign a document which set ______their rights and obligations.
5 I looked at the exam paper and I realised I was completely ______ of my depth.
1 When our parents were learning foreign languages at school, books in English were difficult to come______, and of course there was no Internet.
2 May I use your phone to call my mum? I forgot to top mine ______ and I haven’t got any credit left.
3 Take this medicine twice a day. It will take a few days for the effect to kick ______.
4 I learn more effectively when I concentrate on one thing instead of flitting ______ topics.
5 He panicked so much before the final exams, and then he just sailed ______ them.
Answers & Comments
1. I worry before exams, but when actually faced **with** an exam task, I usually manage to concentrate and do well.
2. Today we’re revising the unit on the events leading **up to** the drought.
3. I want to brush up **on** my German before going to Austria.
4. All students had to sign a document which set **out** their rights and obligations.
5. I looked at the exam paper and I realized I was completely **out of** my depth.
6. When our parents were learning foreign languages at school, books in English were difficult to come **by**, and of course, there was no Internet.
7. May I use your phone to call my mum? I forgot to top mine **up**, and I haven't got any credit left.
8. Take this medicine twice a day. It will take a few days for the effect to kick **in**.
9. I learn more effectively when I concentrate on one thing instead of flitting **between** topics.
10. He panicked so much before the final exams, and then he just sailed **through** them.