First for Schools Exam Trainer Chapter 2 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What preposition(s) go before these words: __ account of, __ favour of, __ all costs, __ other words

ON account of, IN favour of, AT all costs, IN other words

What preposition(s) go before these words: __ speed, __ my own, __ chance

AT speed, ON my own, BY chance

The friends you end up making have a lot of _______ on your life

influence

Even though she lives overseas, I still keep in ___ with her.

touch/contact

Famous people are very out of _____ with what the average person's life is like

touch

In ____ of the fantastic marks you got on your test, we think you should move up to a more difficult level.

view

I have to go home and finish my project in ____ to hand it in on time

order

I have a bad cold but in ____ of that, I'm going to the restaurant with my friends

spite

James _____ that the new Marvel movie is out at the cinemas next week. a) tell b) consider c) mention d) say

mentioned/said

I'm not going to ____ her the bad news until she gets home a) tell b) consider c) mention d) say

tell

My family and I are from Spain but we have ____ in New York and have been living here for 5 years. a) settle b) establish c) plant d) uncover

settled

Athletic Bilbao was _____ in 1898. a) settle b) establish c) plant d) uncover

established

It gets / goes without saying that Lugo won't win the league.

goes

The house is a mess! There's so much rubbish to _____ rid of.

get

It's _____ sense to wear a jacket if it's cold

common

The patient thanked the Doctor on _____ of her parents who weren't there

behalf

The students _ advantage of the teacher leaving the classroom to copy the answers from each other

took

FROM / AT FIRST the game was fun, but then it became boring

At first