PREPOSITIONS
A true sportsperson is good ______ losing as well as winning. My dad's fed up _____ working in an office. I'm very proud ______ getting a gold medal for swimming.
AT - WITH - OF
VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE
encourage __________ ______________ __________ hope ______________
please ___________ _______________
ENCOURAGEMENT - ENCOURAGING
HOPE - HOPEFUL/HOPELESS
PLEASURE - PLEASING /PLEASANT
It is not known when chopsticks first began to be used. ___________, it is fairly certain that they were invented in China.
HOWEVER
Cars are not allowed in the city centre. BAN
There is ________________ in the city centre.
A BAN ON CARS
1. This room is a mess. I'd better ________ up. 2. The council is going to ________ down the cinema and build new houses on the site. 3. I wish my sister would ________ away her things when she's finished with them.
TIDY - TAKE - PUT
The explorers succeeded _______ reaching the South Pole. The teacher praised me ______ passing my exams. I want to be a nurse and specialise ______ looking after sick children.
IN - FOR - IN
OPPOSITES- prefixes
____fit
___legal
__ understood
____ loyal
UNFIT - ILLEGAL - MISUNDERSTOOD - DISLOYAL
By the time we _________ old age, most of us have spent 20 years sleeping.
REACH
Switching off your TV at night can save you up to 40% on your energy bill. RESULT
Switching off you TV at night can _________ 40% on your energy bill.
RESULT IN A SAVING
1. We offered to ______ up some visitors in or house. 2. I always ________ up after dinner. 3. The show should have begun at 9 but the band did not _______ up until 10!
TURN - PUT - WASH - DO
PUT - WASH - TURN
KEEN - CRAZY - SHOCKED + correct preposition
1. Sam's ___________ Manchester United. He's got poster all over his room. 2. It's very fashionable to paint you walls in bright colours but I am not very ____________ the idea. 3. Visitors are usually _____ the posters students put on the walls.
CRAZY ABOUT - KEEN ON - SHOCKED BY
VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE
_______ __________ live
danger __________ ____________ ________ ___________ save
LIVE - ALIVE
DANGEROUS - ENDANGER
SAFETY - SAFE/UNSAFE
In 1930 __________ of the USA and Canada, but particularly the area of the Great Plains, was affected ______ a long-term drought, which continued for a decade.
MUCH - BY
Some people seem not to be able to change their bad habits. INCAPABLE
Some people seem to ______________ their bad habits.
BE INCAPABLE OF CHANGING
1. Some members of the band want to have solo careers, so the band will probably ____________ soon. 2. The lead singer's ill so the manager has had to ________ the show until next week. 3. Stella promised to come to the show with me but she _________ me _____ at the last minute.
LET - PUT - SPLIT
SPLIT UP - PUT OFF - LET ME DOWN
ALL - A - HEART + prep (in front)
1. They know all the songs __________. 2. It's not ______ easy to become a successful pop group. 3. When they record songs they save them ________ computer.
BY HEART - AT ALL - ON A
VERB ADJECTIVE NOUN
_________ amazing _______________
annoy ____________ _______________
envy ____________ _______________
AMAZE - AMAZEMENT
ANNOYING - ANNOYANCE
ENVIOUS - ENVY
You can borrow my phone if you give it back to me as soon as you've finished the call. PROVIDED
I'll only _______________ that you give it back to me as soon as you've finished the call.
LEND YOU MY PHONE PROVIDED
1. We need to ___________ trying to save our planet. 2. We will soon __________ all the world's oil. 3. Power stations _________ dangerous gases. 4. We should ________ the amount of carbon dioxide we produce. 5. If we _________ all our forests we will lose the 'lungs' of the world.
cut / cut / give / keep / use down / down on / on / up / off
KEEP ON - USE UP - GIVE OFF - CUT DOWN - CUT DOWN
1. The queen insisted ___ greeting all her guests personally. 2. The Beatles contributed a great deal _____ the development of pop music. 2. Please forgive me _____ damaging your phone. 3. Security fans discouraged fans _____ climbing onto the stage. 4. The actress accused the producer _____ lying.
ON - OF - FOR - FROM- OF
NOUN ADJECTIVE (-) ADJ (+) ADV
care __________ _________ ____________ profession ___________ _________ ____________ fortune ___________ _________ ____________ success ___________ _________ ____________
careful - careless - carefully
professional - unprofessional - professionally
fortunate - unfortunate - fortunately
successful - unsuccessful - successfully
It well known that people can become addicted to _________ anything. According to the writer of THE FIX, people can even get hooked on cupcakes. Here is an extract: ' The modern cupcake is case of wonder: a base of sponge under a layer of sugar and buttercream. It looks __________ a miniature birthday cake....
ALMOST - LIKE
Ray Terry said he was successful because of his teachers. OWED
Ray Terry said ___________________________ his teachers.
HE OWED HIS SUCCESS TO
1. Let's look John's address ______ on the computer. 2. My dad told me ______ because I got a bad report from school. 3. I didn't know the right answer to the question so I made something _________. 4. I cant work _______ how to do this Chemistry experiment.
up - off - up - out