WORD BUILDING
VERBS + PREPOSITIONS
GAPPED SENTENCES
CONDITIONALS
LANGUAGE TRAPS
100
On our ............. we were greeted by the head of the department. (ARRIVE)
arrival
100
It’s not nice to laugh .... someone.
laugh at
100
1. That girl wraps her father round her little ........ and he does anything she asks of him. 2. There was something familiar about him, but I can't put my ......... on where I know him from. 3. Sally didn't lift a ........ to help when we were clearing up after the party.
FINGER
100
If I (to be ).... in your shoes, I (to ask) ..... to see the manager.
If I WERE in your shoes, I WOULD ASK to see the manager.
100
The police has caught the thief.
The police HAVE caught the thief.
200
It is amazing how .......... she looks at her age! (YOUTH)
youthful
200
Most people do not object .... helping someone in need.
object to
200
1. Tom seems to have a chip on his .... about his lack of education. 2. It was nice that everyone put their ..... to the wheel and helped to repair the damage after the storm. 3. She never speaks to me now that she's back with her boyfriend and doesn't need a .... to cry on any more.
SHOULDER
200
I (to belive) ... you unless you (to show)...... me the evidence.
I WILL NOT BELIEVE you, unless you SHOWS me the evidence.
200
I asked them to not disturb us at all.
I asked them not TO disturb us at all.
300
I find his insistence ................. (TROUBLE)
troublesome
300
The decorator insists ..... blue drapes.
insist on
300
1. Unfortunately, Jake and I got off on the wrong ... from his first day in the company, so our relation is not good. 2. When it comes to letting the children go out in the during the week, their mother always puts her .... down. 3. I really put my .... in it when I let slip we'd been to the cinema together before, didn't I?
LEG
300
If my parents (not to work) .... for the same company, they never (to meet) ....
If my parents HADN'T WORKED for the same company, they WOULD HAVE never MET.
300
As usually, he arrived late.
As USUAL, he arrived late.
400
She rose to .......... in no time, they say. (STAR)
stardom
400
We do not approve ..... his behavior.
approve of
400
1. Would you mind casting your ... over this report before I submit it to the committee? 2. I have my ... on a really nice jumper I saw in Benetton last week. 3. My manager usually turns a blind ... if I'm a bit unpunctual in the mornings.
EYE
400
If my parents (not work) ... for the same company, they (never meet).
If my parents HADN'T WORKED for the same company, they WOULD HAVE NEVER MET.
400
Nobody else wants to go, but me and you can go together.
Nobody else wants to go, but I and you can go together.
500
The Grand Canyon is a place of .......... beauty. (SCENE)
scenic
500
He arrived ..... a conclusion quickly.
arrive at
500
1. They have been living a ... to mouth existence since he list his job. 2. He no longer competes in tournaments, but he keeps his ... in by playing regular games with friends. 3. I don't have a pen at .... at the moment, so I'll call back later from the office to get the address.
HAND
500
You (to wait)..... for me at the station yesterday, if I (to tell) ... you I was coming?
WOULD you HAVE WAITED for me at the station yesterday, if I HAD TOLD you I was coming?
500
Each lesson is to stress on some grammatical rule.
Each lesson is to stress some grammatical rule.
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