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
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 - PULL - 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
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 your TV at night can _________ 40% on your energy bill.
RESULT IN A SAVING
TURN - PUT - WASH
1. We offered to ______ up some visitors in our house.
2. I always ________ up after dinner. (do the dishes)
3. The show should have begun at 9 but the band did not _______ up until 10!
PUT - WASH - TURN
KEEN - CRAZY - SHOCKED
1. Sam's ___________ Manchester United. He's got posters all over his room.
2. It's very fashionable to paint your 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
NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB
_______ __________ live
danger __________ ____________
________ ___________ save
LIFE - 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
LET - PUT - SPLIT
1. Some members of BOYZONE went 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.
SPLIT UP - PUT OFF - LET ME DOWN
ALL - A - HEART
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.
HEART - AT ALL - ON A
VERB ADJECTIVE NOUN
_________ amazing _______________
_________ ____________ confidence
annoy ____________ _______________
envy ____________ _______________
AMAZE - AMAZEMENT
CONFIDE - CONFDING/CONFIDENT
ANNOYING - ANNOYANCE
ENVIOUS - ENVY
As soon _________ you have found out what your learning style is, there are __________ number of strategies you can put into practice to improve how you learn. If you are a visual learner, you should take notes in class or in lectures ____________ you are not provided with handouts.
AS - A - IF
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
cut / cut / give / keep / use
down / on / on / up / off
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.
KEEP ON - USE UP - GIVE OFF - CUT DOWN ON - CUT DOWN
1. The queen insisted ___ greeting all her guests personally.
2. The Beatles contributed a great deal _____ the development of pop music.
3. Please forgive me _____ damaging your phone.
4. Security guards discouraged fans _____ climbing onto the stage.
4. The actress accused the producer _____ lying.
ON - TO - FOR - FROM - OF
NOUN ADJECTIVE (-) ADJ (+) ADv
care __________ _________ ____________ profession ___________ _________ ____________ fortune ___________ _________ ____________ success ___________ _________ ____________
careful - careless - carefully/carelessly
professional - unprofessional - professionally fortunate - unfortunate - fortunately
successful - unsuccessful - successfully
It is 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 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 can't work _______ how to do this Chemistry experiment.
up - off - up - out