Prepositions Level 3 Practice Set: Collocations and Superfluous Usage
This set builds precision with English prepositions: fixed verb and adjective collocations, look-alike pairs such as accused of and charged with, and sentences that carry a preposition they do not need. Aptitude360 frames the items as error spotting, fill in the blanks and sentence improvement, the formats used in competitive English papers.
Preposition usage covered in this Level 3 set
- Accused of a crime versus charged with a crime
- Comparatives that take 'to' rather than 'than', such as superior to and senior to
- Verbs like discuss and attack that take a direct object with no preposition
- Between paired with 'and', not 'to', in time ranges
- For versus during when stating how long something lasted
- Fixed collocations such as well versed in, fond of, insist on, and responsible to a person and responsible for a task
Key preposition concepts to revise
- Transitive verbs that never need a preposition before their object
- Latin comparatives ending in -ior that pair with 'to'
- Insist on followed by a gerund, not an infinitive
- Adjectives whose meaning shifts with the preposition that follows
Revision tips for advanced prepositions
- Keep a running list of verb, adjective and noun collocations and test yourself on them aloud
- Before adding a preposition after a verb, check whether the verb is transitive
- In error spotting, scan comparatives first, since 'than' and 'to' mix-ups are easy to miss
Who should take this prepositions practice set
Learners who already know the basic preposition rules and want sharper practice on collocations and error spotting for competitive English sections will benefit from this level.