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Complete the aspiring supervillain's annual performance review by matching the correct prepositions to their verbs.

Employee: Henchman #42 Reviewer: Dr. Chaos

"As a professional minion, you rely too heavily on dramatic monologues instead of actual lasers. Your evil plans mostly consist of stealing office supplies from the hero's headquarters. You cannot blame the superhero for your own mistakes, nor can you prevent me from firing you if you don't step up your game!"

...you rely too heavily on dramatic monologues...

The verb "rely" is always followed by the preposition "on" (or "upon") when talking about depending on someone or something.

Your evil plans mostly consist of stealing office supplies...

The verb "consist" pairs with "of" to describe what something is made of or composed of.

You cannot blame the superhero for your own mistakes...

The structure is "blame [someone] for [something]". (Note: You can also "blame [something] on [someone]", but the object order here requires "for").

...nor can you prevent me from firing you...

We use "prevent [someone/something] from" followed by an -ing verb to talk about stopping an action.

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