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This exercise tests your ability to use prepositions. The following paragraph describes a recent study that was awarded the Ig Nobel prize in Chemistry (like the real Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel prizes are awarded each year to recognize actual research; unlike the real prizes, though, the Ig Nobel prizes go to studies that stand out because they are bizarre, ridiculous, or extreme in some unexpected way). Fill in each of the blanks in the text with an appropriate preposition, selected from one of the prepositions shown below (note: each of the provided prepositions is used at least once, and some are used multiple times).
Before you get started, take this quick quiz to practice the vocabulary that you will encounter in the paragraph. When you are finished, you can see the complete text with all of the prepositions by clicking here.