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 our 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 posters 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
LIVE - LIFE
In 1930 __________ of America and Canada, but particularly the area of the Great Plains, was affected ______ a long-term drought, which continued for a decade.
MOST - 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
As soon _________ you find 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.
AS - A
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 / 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 - TO - FOR - FROM- OF
NOUN ADJECTIVE (+) ADJ (-) ADV
care __________ _________ ____________ profession ___________ _________ ____________ fortune ___________ _________ ____________ success ___________ _________ ____________
careful - careless - carefully
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. birthday cake.
ALMOST
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