Testing prepositions can be achieved with the help of three indirect test items: error-recognition,
rearrangement and completion.
Students' ability to: Express purpose = Talk about life experiences: the present perfect = Agree, disagree, and asking for opinions = Express prediction = WILL/BE GOING TO Start and end conversations = face2face pre-intermediate student book Make offers, suggestions, and requests = will, shall etc Make future plans and express ambitions = BE GOING TO/ face2face pre-intermediate student book To make comparisons = face2face pre-intermediate student book Use prefixes and opposites of adjectives = face2face pre-intermediate student book Make apologies, promises and giving reasons = face2face pre-intermediate student book