Prepositions
Kids easily pick bad words ___.
Kids easily pick bad words up.
the way someone pronounces the words of a language
an accent
He added that he will go there the following day.
He added that he WOULD go the the following day.
May I borrow your dictionary/vocabulary?
May I borrow your DICTIONARY?
Chinese is his mother/native tongue.
Chinese is his MOTHER TONGUE.
My cousin got ___ University last year.
My cousin got into University last year.
to read, memorise facts, attend school.
to study
He asked me where had I spent the previous night.
He asked me where I had spent the previous night.
"I must tell him the truth" - She said she must/had to tell him the truth.
"I must tell him the truth" - She said she HAD TO tell him the truth.
Did you hear? He was expelled ___ college.
Did you hear? He was expelled FROM college.
My boyfriend is doing his degree ___ medicine.
My boyfriend is doing his degree in medicine.
to give a test, essay, paper to your teacher.
to hand in
My teacher says she is unhappy with me doing the same mistake again and again.
My teacher says she is unhappy with me MAKING the same mistake again and again.
I passed/failed the exam. My mum is going to be so proud of me!
I PASSED the exam. My mum is going to be so proud of me!
The pronunciation of the word "jargon"
[ˈdʒɑːɡən]
She was fluent ___ English, French, and German.
She was fluent in English, French, and German.
to study facts again, in order to learn them before an examination.
to revise
She said he had been there an hour ago.
She said he had been there an hour BEFORE.
Some people study/learn best by reading books and others study/learn best by listening to lectures in class.
Some people LEARN best by reading books and others LEARN best by listening to lectures in class.
to learn a skill or a language so well that you have no difficulty with it
to master
Her mother will never allow her to drop ___.
Her mother will never allow her to drop out of college.
the ability to do something in an exact way without making a mistake
accuracy
The yacht's crew said that they were making a relatively slow progress.
The yacht's crew said that they were making relatively slow progress.
What can be caught but never thrown?
a cold
"I'm not going to sit here with you anymore" - She said me that she wasn't going to sit there with me anymore.
"I'm not going to sit here with you anymore" - She said TO me that she wasn't going to sit there with me anymore.