Complete the following sentences.
1He is ............... his seventeenth year.
Wrong!
Use "in" for the expression "in his seventeenth year."
2He is ............... eighteen.
Wrong!
Use "over" to mean more than a particular age or number.
3............... my opinion, it is wrong.
Wrong!
Use "In" in the fixed expression "in my opinion."
4Our house is built ............... bricks.
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Use "of" to show the material something is made from.
5He went ............... the building.
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Use "behind" to mean at or to the back of something.
6He was prevented ............... coming.
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Use "from" after "prevented" before a gerund.
7There was a match ............... Team A and Team B.
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Use "between" when referring to two teams or sides.
8There was a fight ............... John and Peter yesterday.
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Use "between" when referring to two people.
9The First World War was fought ............... 1914 and 1918.
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Use "between" with two dates joined by "and."
10He asked ............... a rise.
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Use "for" after "asked" when requesting something.
11Every day he walks ten miles ............... foot.
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Use "on" in the fixed expression "on foot."
12I shall inform them ............... this.
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Use "of" after "inform" before the thing someone is told about.
Answers
- He is in his seventeenth year.
- He is over eighteen.
- In my opinion, it is wrong.
- Our house is built of bricks.
- He went behind the building.
- He was prevented from coming.
- There was a match between Team A and Team B.
- There was a fight between John and Peter yesterday.
- The First World War was fought between 1914 and 1918.
- He asked for a rise.
- Every day he walks ten miles on foot.
- I shall inform them of this.
