english 12 - review: prepositions after verbs

I have not heard __________ my brother for ages.

                                                                            

• A. of

•    B. for  

•   C. from      

• D. to

   Mrs. Liz was accused ______ having stolen the car.

                                                               

• A. of    

•    B. with   

•      C. in    

•           D. upon

You can __________the new words in the dictionary.

                                            

• A. look for

• B. look after       

• C. look up

• D. look at

The letters UNESCO                  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

                                             

• A brings about     

• B gets across        

•    C stands for   

•   D sets up

   She tries to study hard to  ________her classmates.

                      

•           A catch up with

• B catch sight of   

• C pay attention to

•   D make use of

  The shoes felt too tight so I took  _______ and tried a larger size.

                                                                 

•        A away them   

• B off them  

• C them away   

• D them off

The society tries to deal ____ young offenders ____ a variety of ways.

                                                          

• A. to - by    

•   B. about - to     

• C. with - in

• D. around - from

You can never rely ____ Anna to provide you ____ information.

                                                         

• A. of - with    

• B. for - to   

•    C. on - with

• D. on - by

  We couldn't figure ____ why the editor-in-chief had changed his mind about the article.

                                                                 

• A. out

•   B. up    

• C. down   

•     D. through

   The windows of the class were covered ____ so much dirt that we couldn't see ____ them.

                                                      

• A. in – about 

•    B. with - through   

•   C. of – with     

• D. up-across