Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions or conjunctions:

#1. Eating well helps your body fight (…) disease and illness.

1) for; 2) against; 3) at.

#2. I can't eat peanuts because I'm allergic (…) them.

1) with; 2) on; 3) to.

#3. I don't have a job (…) the moment.

1) in; 2) on; 3) at.

#4. Bill is completely fed (…) with his job and is thinking of leaving.

1) up; 2) out; 3) over.

#5. (…) our being late, we didn't think for a second we wouldn't make it on time.

1) Despite; 2) In spite; 3) Though.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions or conjunctions:

#1. Mr. Williams travels a lot (…) business.

1) in; 2) on; 3) from.

#2. I had a cold and couldn't sleep (…) night.

1) at; 2) in; 3) for.

#3. ‘(…) was she angry?’ ‘Because someone had stolen her bag’.

1) Why; 2) Where; 3) How.

#4. Don't blame Carl (…) being late. It wasn't his fault.

1) on; 2) for; 3) in.

#5. Have you ever been stung (…) a bee?

1) with; 2) by; 3) at.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions or conjunctions:

#1. I only glanced (…) his face, so I can't really remember what he looks like.

1) to; 2) on; 3) at.

#2. Have you always been keen (…) motorbikes?

1) with; 2) on; 3) in.

#3. (…) conclusion, I would say that having a pet has many advantages.

1) In; 2) On; 3) By.

#4. That's the girl (…) grandfather helped to develop the Internet.

1) which; 2) whose; 3) who.

#5.Crossword puzzles, (…) became popular in the 1930s, were invented in 1913.

1) what; 2) whose; 3) which.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions or conjunctions:

#1. Did you know that the antibiotic penicillin was discovered (…) chance?

1) with; 2) for; 3) by.

#2. Did you see that the house next door is (…) sale?

1) with; 2) for; 3) in.

#3. It’s a quarter past five. Let’s meet (…) half an hour.

1) through; 2) in; 3) over.

#4. Do you think we'll all have flying cars (…) the future?

1) to; 2) at; 3) in.

#5. She doesn’t get on well with people (…) are stubborn.

1) who; 2) whom; 3) what.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions or conjunctions:

#1. This painting can't possibly be an original. I think we have been taken (…).

1) out; 2) in; 3) away.

#2. The teacher asked the pupils who had broken the chair, but at first no one owned (…).

1) up; 2) for; 3) on.

#3. We don't know who's staying where. The secretary has mixed (…) the hotel bookings.

1) out; 2) into; 3) up.

#4. Do you know what this word means? I haven't come (…) it in our English books before.

1) round; 2) across; 3) with.

#5. I couldn't persuade Tim (…) my begging him to come with us.

1) in spite of; 2) however; 3) though.

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