PREPOSITION AND ARTICLES- WITH KEY

You should concentrate _________what the interviewer is saying and make a real effort to answer all the questions the interviewer asks.. Endangered species are plant and animal species w

PREPOSITION

I Choose the correct answer among A,B,C or D :

1 Mary doesn’t mind living her own

2 It is of great importance to create a good impression _ your interviewer

3 When are you leaving _ Hanoi?

A toward B forward C for D to

4 The children are excited going to the circus

5 While studying, he was financially dependent his

parents

6 This town is famous _ its hand-woven carpets

7 He may be quick understanding, but he is not capable _remembering anything

A at/for B of/ for C at/ of D in/ of

8 He is a lot of study pressure to win a place at

university

9 The flood was responsible damaging the crop

10 You should concentrate _what the interviewer is

saying and make a real effort to answer all the questions the

interviewer asks

11 Christmas Eve, people often have parties late at midnight

12 Are you aware the time?

about

13 Are you getting well at college?

14 She has been living in the country the beginning of the summer

since

15 Yesterday, I was talking my doctor a mysterious epidemics near here

A with/ on B to/ about C to/ out of D with/ over

16 He was happy because his poems had been translated

several languages

about

17 Damage to the building resulted an usually high wind

18 It was very kind _ you to give up so much of time to help me

19 Endangered species are plant and animal species which are danger of extinction

20 Toxic chemicals in the air and land have also driven many species the verge of extinction

21 Maintaining biodiversity is important _us in many ways

22 We benefit greatly the medicines and other products that biodiversity provides

23 Governments have enacted laws to protect wildlife commercial trade and overhunting

24 It’s is enough to dip this book

about

25 Not all books belong _this class

26 When you pick _a book for the first time, check that it

is not too difficult

27 A game is divided quarters

28 Vietnam carried _an intensive program for its athletics, which included training in facilities, both home and abroad

29 They considered women to be better suited childbearing and homemaking

30 Do you know anyone who might be interested _buying

an old car?

about

31 Mozart died Vienna in 1791 _ the age of 35

A in / on B in / at C at / in D of / for

32 Plant and animal extinction leads _ loss of biodiversity

33 The initiative for founding the Red Cross came _ a Swiss man called Jean Henri Dunant

A from B with C through D to

34 Pay attention _all traffic signs when you are travelling in the street

35 Reviewers describe books _ "hard-to-put-down", or

"hard-to-pick-up-again"

II Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition :

1 Where is Jimmy? - He is work He is busy _ his monthly report

2 She prefers carnations roses In fact, she dislikes roses

3 They held a party to congratulate _ their son's success to become an engineer

4 It is important to have someone that you can confide

5 You should pay more attention what your teacher explains

6 What did that man die ? –A heart attack

7 I keep sneezing because I got wet _ the way home

yesterday

8 His father used the money he won to set _ his own

company

9 Don't you know what happened _ the people who went

on holiday with us?

10 He worked hard a mechanic for ten years before being appointed manager

11 This organization is quick sending relief goods to the flooded areas

12 When are you leaving Singapore? This week or next week?

13 He didn’t even have the intelligence to call _ an

ambulance

14 She’s very old and can’t live alone She needs someone to

look _ her

15 A beautiful clock was given _ her by a handsome boy

19 ARTICLES

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentences below

1. I would like to live by _ sea

D Ø

2.Harry is a sailor He spends most of his life at _ sea

D Ø

3.There are billions of stars in _ space

the

0. He tried to park his car but space wasn't big

enough

D Ø

1. We often watch _ television

D Ø

2. Can you turn off _ television, please?

D Ø

3. We had _ dinner in a restaurant

4. We had _ meal in a restaurant

D Ø

5. Thank you That was _ very nice lunch

D Ø

0. Where can _ people buy everything they need?

Ø

0. Her parents are now working in Europe

Ø

12.He majors in _ English

D Ø

13.Mark Twain, _ American writer, wrote "Life on the Mississippi River."

D Ø

14.Paris is splendid by _ night

D Ø

15.We might be able to catch _ last train if we

hurried

D Ø

16 _ used razor blade is _ useless thing.

D Ø/ Ø

17.We live at _ third house from the church

D Ø

18.My aunt has _ interesting novel

D Ø

19 It was _ best film I had ever read

D Ø

20 A video lab is _ useful means for language

learning

D Ø

21 Mrs Lan went to _ school to meet her son's

teacher

the

22 The workmen went to church to repair the roof

an

23 Carol went to _ prison to meet her brother

D Ø

24 This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine

_ newspaper is in my bag but I don't know where _ magazine

A A/a B A/ the C The/ the

D The/ a

25 My parents have cat and _ dog The dog never bites the cat

A a/ a B a/ the C the/ the

D the/ a

26 We live in big house in middle of the

village

A a/ a B a/ the C the/ the

D the/ a

27 I never listen to _ radio In fact I haven't got radio

A a/ a B a/ the C the/ the

D the/ a

28 It was a beautiful day, sun shone brightly in _ sky

A a/ a B a/ the C the/ the

D the/ a

29 There is _ new English book on the desk

D Ø

30 Life is not so easy for _ unemployed

D Ø

31 Manny people were killed in the accident The

bodies of _ dead were taken away.

D Ø

32 My friends like to be _ astronaut

D Ø

33 I didn't have much success in finding _ job

D a

34 Is that present Bill gave you at Christmas?

an

Complete each of the sentences below with

suitable articles a/ an/ the or no article needed (Ø)

1 Salem doesn’t like _ talkative people

2 It’s true that _ rich lead a different life from the poor

3 Mary lives in _ Canada near Lake Ontario

4 The explorer crossed _ Pacific Ocean in a canoe

5 She has been playing _ piano for ten years

6 For breakfast we usually have _ coffee and toast

7 I like _ blue T-shirt over there than _ red one

8 Barbara hopes to go to _ university next

year

9 Carol’s father works as _ electrician

10 Sarah thinks _ life is more difficult in a

foreign country

11 The judge sentenced the thief to six months in

_ prison

12 Ben has _ terrible headache

13 A volcano has erupted in _ Philippines

recently

14 _ examinations always make him nervous

15 We went to _ cinema twice a month

KEY TO PREPOSITION

to

as

11 at 12 for 13 for 14 after 15

to

1.C 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.

A 11.C 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.B 16.A 17.B 18.D 19.B 20.

D 21.B 22.A 23.C 24.B 25.B 26.D 27.B 28.C 29.D 30.B 31.B 32.D 33.A 34.C 35.A

KEY TO COMMUNICATION SKILL MCQ

1.C 2 C 3.D 4 D 5 A 6 C 7 B 8 C 9 B 10

D 11.A 12.C 13.C 14

D

15

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18

A

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20 A 21.D 22.D 23.B 24

A

25

D

26

B

27

D

28

C

29

B

30 C 31.A 32.A 33.C 34

D

35

A

36

D

37

B

38

A

39

D

40 D 41.A 42.C 43.D 44

A

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C

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C

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C

49

B

50 A

KEY TO ARTICLES

I.

1.A 2 D 3.C 4 A 5 D 6 A 7 C 8 C 9 A 10

D 11.D 12

D

13.A 14

D

15

C

16

A

17

A

18

B

19

A

20 A 21.D 22

B

23.A 24

C

25

A

26

B

27

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28

C

29

A

30 A 31.A 32

C

33.D 34

B

35

C

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