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English Prepositions Test [EPUB ebook] 

Incorrect usage of prepositions in English is like driving your car at night with the headlights off. You can’t find the way in darkness. The book illuminates the way by being the most definitive resource for English learners at all levels.
• Test with a key and helpful explanations in brackets:
I have heard
about the band Dif Juz. (I know some details and recent news about the band)
I have heard
of the band Dif Juz. (I know that such a band exists)
He was a moderator
for
the BBC site.
(He was the main or only moderator at the site, thus the preposition
for is used)
He was a moderator
of
the site. (He was one of several moderators at the site, thus the preposition
of is used)
• A scoring system helps you keep track of your progress
• Interesting, contrastive preposition usage in carefully selected contexts:
She is staying
at the Smiths’. vs She is staying
with the Smiths.
He went
to the Alps. vs He went skiing
in /
at the Alps.
I’m sorry
about the damage. vs I’m sorry
for the damage.
• Focus on enhancing the minutest differences:
be nostalgic
about sth vs be nostalgic
for sth
take the advice
of sb vs take the advice
from sb
a painting
by Monet vs the paintings
of Monet
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English Prepositions. Exercises Part 1, 2 and 3 serve as perfect complements to
English Prepositions. Test