ENGLISH TESTS - FCE - Use of English - VERB PREPOSITION

Verb + Preposition 2

Put in the correct preposition. ANSWERS

1) She doesn't care ... money; she's more concerned about her health.
2) Have you finished that report yet? 'I'm working ... it.'
3) Twenty one vehicles were involved ... the pile-up.
4) The boss explained the problem ... his employees.
5) Students have heard that relying ... grammar and spell checkers is a bad idea.
6) They finally succeeded ... completing the project plan for the trade show.
7) The explosion turned the building ... a blazing inferno.
8) Would you care ... a drink?
9) There were ten of us to begin ... , then four trainees left.
10) The professor presented some of the results ... the public.

VERB	PREPOSITION	DEFINITION
CARE	ABOUT (sth)	to think that sb or sth is important
WORK	ON (sth)	to be in the process of making
BE INVOLVED	IN (sth)	to cause sb to be included in some activity
EXPLAIN (sth)	TO (sb)	to make clear or easy to understand
RELY	ON (sb)	to depend on sb or sth
SUCCEED	IN (sth)	to achieve the correct or desired result
TURN (sth)	INTO (sth)	to become something different
CARE	FOR	to want something
BEGIN	WITH	as the first thing to be thought about
PRESENT (sth)	TO (sb)	to describe or show sth in a particular way