What’s Up in the English-speaking world?

Drag and drop the following prepositions into the correct place in the text.

sometimes

throw

last

happening

win

replies

at the top

steep

at the bottom

catches

“What is _________?”

The woman _________, “Every year on the _________ Monday in May, we have a cheese-rolling competition in Gloucestershire. Hundreds of people wait _________ of a hill. The organisers _________ a cheese down the hill, and the people run after it. The person who _________ the cheese wins the competition – and the cheese.”

“But the hill is very _________. Do people have accidents?” you ask.

The woman says, _________. But there are people called “special catchers” who help you to stop _________ of the hill. It’s a lot of fun! It is a race for men, women and children. Will you participate?”

You smile and you say, “Yes! I want to _________ the cheese.”