Question

We were very surprised _____ the news. on at For the test sentence ‘We were very surprised _____ the news.’ we need to chose a preposition after the adjective ‘surprised’ that means ‘having the feeling that you get when something unexpected happens;feeling or showing surprise’. In accordance with dictionaries, we can use two prepositions after the adjective ‘surprised’: (1) at (We were very surprised at her result.) and (2) by (I wasn't surprised by the news.).Therefore, among the test variants we are to choose ANSWER 3: at. 1

Accepted Answer

3 in of adjective pluse preposition

Task	We were very surprised _____ the news.
Answer	3
a	on
b	in
c	at
d	of
comment	For the test sentence ‘We were very surprised _____ the news.’ we need to chose a preposition after the adjective ‘surprised’ that means ‘having the feeling that you get when something unexpected happens;feeling or showing surprise’. In accordance with dictionaries, we can use two prepositions after the adjective ‘surprised’: (1) at (We were very surprised at her result.) and (2) by (I wasn't surprised by the news.).Therefore, among the test variants we are to choose ANSWER 3: at.
topic	adjective pluse preposition
level	1

Surprised Adjective Test Preposition News Sentence Chose Means