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Verb Preposition CombinationsSet 31

1Choose the correct preposition: She succeeded ..... solving the problem.
2Hold .....
3My mom is trying to give ..... sweets and chocolate-she says she's a bit overweight.
4With reference ..... your email ..... 3 June .....
5A great many houses were knocked ..... by the earthquake.
6"My India" by Corbet deals ..... the author's familiarity with love and of India
7The old manager has just retired, so Tom takes ..... his position.
8The inscription on the coin had worn ..... and was practically invisible.
9Thanks for looking ..... me when I was ill.
10Her latest novel is coming ..... in paperback soon.
11I was tired, so I decided ..... go to sleep..
12The scientist looked ..... the microscope.
13Have it out ..... sb
14I hope you are working ..... the project assigned to you last month. George is incharge ..... the thecnical aspects. Please do get in touch with him if you have any doubts.
15If you don't know what it means, look it ..... in the dictionary.
16I like to listen ..... music when I wake up.
17By the time the call operator succeeded ..... getting the call through, it was too late.
18Global warming will result ..... crop failures and famine.
19Complain to boss about salary
20We have focused our resources ..... developing new products.
21We asked the waiter ..... some water.
22Anna has returned ..... her home town.
23These day we rely heavily ..... computers to organise their work.
24Which verbs go with preposition "with"
25She always knows how to come ..... creative solutions to complex problems.
26To depend ..... somebody / something
27We wanted to order new stock so we decided to sell ..... the old items first in a quickfire sale.
28PREPARE + ..... + VERB
29The old town becomes full of people dressed ..... in exotic costumes and bands that sing carnival songs.
30We must refrain ..... making hasty decisions.
31The researchers carried ..... a study about people's attitudes towards their cities.
32All my answers depend ..... your questions.
33Don't shout ..... me, lower your voice.
34Complete the sentence with the correct preposition: She really came ..... of her shell when the singing started
35I succeeded ..... finishing my assignment on time.
36A few members broke ..... and started their own club.
37You are so silent. What are you thinking .....?
38Cut the tomato ..... small pieces.
39She doesn't approve ..... using phones during dinner.
40Choose the examples that are true for:Verb + Preposition collocations
41My friends insist ..... speaking more often.
42We should not deviate ..... our objective.
43Vinod was in hurry and just glanced ..... the Zoom meeting.
44Involved .....
45My hometown is known ..... the city of dreams.
46EXERCISE 1: See how many of the preposition combinationsyou already know by completing these sentences with an appropriate preposition and verb form.22. The thief was accused ..... (steal) ..... a woman s purse.
47Is there a person in your life you can always rely .....?
48He couldn't deal ..... so many problems.
49Countries should switch ..... clean sources of energy.
50Who are you laughing .....?
51Argue ..... somebody
52Fill in the blank:I'm looking ..... my keys.
53Nowadays/ teenagers/ rely/ technology/ more/ the past/./
54Students can't concentrate ..... their lessons today because of mobile phones.
55She focused ..... her studies.
56Teens really care ..... what their friends think about them.
57Fill in the blank with prepositon: Harish was put ..... by kiran's boastful nature.
58My oldest son doesn't care ..... anything except online gaming.
59Frank is a very cheap person. He finds it very difficult to part ..... his money
60Avoid/prevent ..... doing sth
61Being a teacher doesn't bring ..... much money