IELTS Grammar - Prepositions 1

…… the extensive coverage in the popular media of the destruction of rainforests, little formal information is available about children’s ideas in this area. (C4,T1,R)

• Except

• Beyond

• Though

• Despite

Such variation can no doubt be explained ….. the habitats in which individual species have developed. (C4,1,R)

• in excess of

• with reference to

• in view of

• by means of

….. the prominence of scientific English today, it may seem surprising that no one really knew how to write science in English before the 17th century. (C5,2,R)

• Via

• Save

• Give

• Plus

Western scientists are starting to …. this wisdom. (C6,1,R)

• relate to

• draw on

• correspond with

• arise from

….. films, further generations will know the 20th century more intimately than any other period. (C6,4,R)

• Thanks to

• But for

• Short of

• For all

The only practicable ways to resolve this problem in the longer term are economic pricing …. conservation measures. (C6,G,TA,R)

• in want to

• at variance with

• for lack of

• in conjunction with