ENGLISH TESTS - FCE - NOUN vs PREPOSITION - FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH

1) Lack of money was the cause ... all her misery.

2) What was his reaction ... your stupid remarks.

3) Microsoft is said to have signed a non-disclosure agreement ... Yahoo.

4) It's time we had a discussion ... the meeting next week.

5) What's the connection .... Area 51 and aliens?

6) There's no need ... expensive screen protectors when you can make your own for less than a dollar.

7) I have no sympathy ... people who complain, but do nothing.

8) How to end cruelty ... people, animals and nature, and create a world without war.

9) Thanks ... Tom's bad behaviour, the whole class had to stay in at tea time.

10) There has been a gradual decrease ... unemployment.

NOUN	PREPOSITION	DEFINITION
CAUSE	OF (sth)	something or someone that produces an effect
REACTION	TO (sth)	what you do, say or think as a result of something
AGREEMENT	WITH	an arrangement or a contract made with somebody
DISCUSSION	ABOUT (sth)	talking about something
CONNECTION	BETWEEN (sth)	something that connects two facts, ideas, etc.
NEED	FOR	a situation when something is necessary
SYMPATHY	FOR	feelings of pity and sorrow for sb else's misfortune
CRUELTY	TO/TOWRADS	cruel behaviour or attitudes
THANKS	TO	because of
DECREASE	IN (sth)	the act or process of decreasing

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