EXPRESSIONS
PREPOSITIONS IN/AT/ON
REWRITE THE SENTENCE
WORD FORMATION
CORRECT THE MISTAKE
100

You can..........on travelling if you don’t take time to seek out the bargains. 

s_ _ _ _ a f_ _ _ _ _ _

SPEND A FORTUNE

100

I’ll be waiting ..... the news stand when you arrive. 

AT
100

Dieter missed the plane because he overslept.

WOULD

If Dieter had.............missed the plane. 

NOT OVERSLEPT, HE WOULD NOT HAVE

100

People working on Antarctica can combat.......... by forming strong friendship bonds with their co-workers. LONELY 

LONELINESS
100

Over a hundred thousand people participated with yesterday’s marathon.

WITH / IN

200

If you want to travel cheaply, you should be prepared to..............occasionally, for example by camping rather than staying in a hotel. 

r _ _ _ _  i_

ROUGH IT

200

id you see Ferenc..... the conference? 

AT
200

Nelson didn’t get the job because when he came to his job interview, he arrived late.

TIME

If Nelson..............his job interview, he would have got the job. 

HAD BEEN/ARRIVED ON TIME FOR
200

In the 1980s, CFC chemicals were.............acknowledged by scientists as being responsible for much of the damage caused to the Earth’s ozone layer. WIDTH 

WIDELY

200

Whether we go skiing or not depends to the weather and the state of the snow

TO / ON

300

It’s important to be able to......... if you have a problem when you’re travelling.

k_ _ _  y_ _ _  c_ _ _ 

KEEP YOUR COOL

300

I’d love to spend my holidays.....a Pacific island! 

ON
300

You should have sent me a message saying you’d arrived as I would have picked you up.

CONTACT

If only you.............with me, I would have given you a lift.

HAD MADE CONTACT 
300

I’d be a famous pop star by now if it weren’t for my complete........ to sing a single note in tune. ABLE 

INABILITY

300

Do you have anything useful to contribute in our discussion?

IN / TO

400

When I’m on holiday, I much prefer being........., on beaches or in the mountains, to being inside. 

O_ _ _  i_  t_ _ _  o_ _ _

OUT IN THE OPEN

400

Samya is.....her third year.......university. 

IN/AT

400

We would have gone swimming if Bruno hadn’t advised us not to.

FOR

If it................we would have gone swimming. 

HAD NOT BEEN FOR BRUNO'S ADVICE

400

My mum says she often misses the days when she was young and......., without a single worry in the world. CARE 

CAREFREE

400

You needn’t fill in that section of the form – it doesn’t apply for you.


FOR /TO

500

If you travel with a group, you miss .......travelling, which is to have completely new experiences and meet completely new people. 


 T_ _ _ W _ _ _ _ P_ _ _ _ O_

THE WHOLE POINT OF

500

We do all our shopping..... that big new shopping centre......the outskirts of town. 

AT/ON
500

Eva couldn’t apply for the job in IT because she knows that her computer skills aren’t good enough.

BETTER

Eva knows that if her computer skills.............for the job in IT.

WERE BETTER, SHE COULD HAVE APPLIED

500

The TV documentary grossly.......... the complex science behind the climate change debate. SIMPLE 

OVERSIMPLIFIED
500

 If the phone doesn’t work properly, I’d take it back to the shop and insist for a refund.

FOR /ON

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