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NEW RULES: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions from the preposition list below. Please put an X when there is no preposition required. Also locate and circle the one really BAD sentence.
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New Year in Japan
It’s nice working ______ Smith’s English School ______ Hirakata, because as teachers we are able ______ have two weeks off _____ the Christmas / New Year holidays. It gives us time ______ spend time ______ our significant others, and do some ______ the things that we don’t normally have time ______ do. Many ______ the teachers ______ take trips to their home countries, some even vacation, but in my case I did a whole lot ______ nothing. Howevers if the weather isn’t rightastic we just stay is the home. Yeah, I did a whole lot ______ nothing, and I enjoyed it like you wouldn’t believe. My wife ______ the other hand, did not. Oh, we did take a short trip ______ Tokyo so that I could visit a friend ______ Junior High that now lives in Dubai. How cool was that? I can’t believe that I’m still able ______ keep ______ touch ______ so many ______ my old friends ______ school. I mean, ______ me that was thirty years ago almost. ______ technology makes it so easy. I can easily remember a time when I didn’t have a cell phone, computer ______ let alone internet. Thinking now ______ not having those things readily available to me pretty much ______ any give time, ______ well it’s just almost impossible to fathom. Even though that statement is true, ______ times it’s difficult ______ keep up ______ all ______ the changes _______ technology. I feel like I’m just holding ______ by the skin _______ my teeth trying to comprehend all ______ the new computer programs, types cell phones, DVD players, Blu-ray players, iPhones, Smart phones and let’s not forget the lingo. The lingo, yeah, what are people even talking about recently. My wife and I made a promise ______ each other that we ______ would try ______ keep up _______ technology as we get older. I mean the whole “kit and kaboodle” at times is so confusing, but alas we do somewhat keep up and I guess like learning English for the students, even if we struggle and fail at times, it’s important that we keep trying. I guess I kind ______ got off ______ topic a little, but I just wanted ______ make this an interesting article. I hope you like it.
Jerry
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