Question

D Choose the correct preposition.

16 Leave him alone; stop picking on/ at him.
17 At the moment I’m in / at charge of a team of ten people.
18 Don’t you worry; I’ll deal about/ with this.
19 Laura is picking on/ at her food; I guess she’s not hungry.
20 I’ve been working at/ in this office more than 10 years.
21 I’ll pick you out/ up from the station at 9.

G Fill in the correct word derived from the word in bold.

29 They don’t have a …… ; they do all the landscaping themselves. GARDEN
30 He usually hires a …… when he does business in China. TRANSLATE
31 The …… was busy tidying the returned books. LIBRARY
32 The drum …… received thunderous applause. SOLO

Answer 1

16. picking at
17.in
18.with
19.on
20.at       21. up   
29.gardener    30. translater    31. librarian 32 soloist