Prepositions
Quiz
Choose the correct word to complete the gaps.
The temperature went a little ...... zero degrees Celsius last night.
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The mountain rescue service is located almost six hundred metres ...... sea level.
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The young girl's exam results are well ...... class average.
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The company's profits were almost twenty-five per cent ...... the previous year's.
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This morning, the temperature in the capital climbed to a record 42 degrees which is 11 degrees ...... normal for this time of year.
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The students attending our school have scored well ...... average in the vast majority of subjects when compared to the national average.
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The sales figures are seven per cent ...... last year's.
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We've had about two hundred visits so far -- approximately twenty visits ...... normal.
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The metres show readings ...... the normal. You should contact Mr Gresham immediately.
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This winter the temperatures have not climbed ...... zero yet.
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