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Grammar verb and prepositions
For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.
1. Do you believe _____ ghosts?
a. to
b. on
c. in
d. of
2. I seem to spend all my money _____ rent, bills and food.
a. about
b. to
c. for
d. on
3. I prefer tea _____ coffee.
a. to
b. at
c. for
d. from
4. Southern Rail would like to apologise _____ the late running of this train.
a. for
b. to
c. about
b. at
5. I’ve never heard _____ him, is he on the telly?
a. from
b. to
c. of
d. in
6. You look worried. What are you thinking _____?
a. to
b. about
c. in
d. from
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Verb + preposition
Quiz topic: Verb + preposition
1. In Mr Smith's class we often discuss _________ really interesting topics, you know -
politics, religion, the environment!
a) about
b) of
c) to
d) --- (no preposition)
2. I love listening _________ classical music, I find it really relaxing.
a) about
b) at
c) to
d) --- (no preposition)
3. I don't understand what this means - can you explain ___________?
a) me this word
b) this word me
c) this word to me
d) this word at me
4. She asked __________ me to help her with the homework.
a) --- (no preposition)
b) to
c) at
d) on
5. I applied _________ 10 jobs last week, but I haven't got one interview!
a) to
b) for
c) at
d) about
6. What did you think ________ the film? Did you like it?
a) about
b) of
c) in
d) all of the above
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Verb and Prepositions
For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer:
1. You've been talking about asking her out for weeks, what are you waiting ____?
a. to
b. in
c. at
d. for
2. Yeah, Mr Bennett is our history teacher, he's nice but I never know what he's talking
_______.
a. of
b. on
c. about
d. over
3. I've finally decided to call ______ Simon, I want to know how he feels.
a. ---
b. to
c. at
d. in
4. People say he works _____ the CIA, and he carries a gun!
a. at
b. for
c. with
d. in
5. What kind of music do you like listening ____?
a. to
b. at
c. ---
d. for
6. What did you discuss _____ at the meeting?
a. on
b. over
c. about
d. ---
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 2
For each question, choose which of the four possible answers fits the space best. Also think
about why the other three answers are not possible.
1. How can you possibly work in a zoo if you are terrified ___________ snakes?
a. at
b. of
c. with
d. in
2. Are you ___________ on foreign language films?
a. enthusiastic
b. excited
c. keen
d. liking
3. This government should be using far ___________ policies in an attempt to beat
unemployment.
a. crueler
b. meaner
c. tougher
d. harder
4. Homeschooling, which involves ___________ children at home, is becoming ever more
popular.
a. training
b. managing
c. bringing up
d. educating
5. Can you put me ___________ for two days if I come and stay with you?
a. up
b. about
c. in
d. out
6. The floods were caused by two days of ___________ rain.
a. pouring
b. drowning
c. flowing
d. shattering
7. It was only a minor accident and we all escaped without ___________.
a. damage
b. wounds
c. injury
d. hurt
8. By 10pm it was very dark and the black car was ___________ almost impossible to see.
a. so
b. therefore
c. that
d. such
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That's Not A Noun!
Look at the list of verbs in the box below. They are also all, incredibly, nouns.
Try to select the correct ones to fill the spaces
go drive hold try
swim count climb fly
play stand pull drop
1. The very tight election was only decided after the fifth ____________ when
the challenger accepted defeat by only 38 votes.
2. I had hoped the sore muscle was just a strain but the physio confirmed that
it was a ____________.
3. A touchdown in American football is the equivalent to a ____________ in
rugby.
4. Our company was really helped when we managed to get a ____________
at the local trade fair.
5. There is a ____________ in the room. It has been buzzing around annoying
me for more than an hour.
6. It is illegal to put any type of pressurized gas container in luggage which will
be put into the ____________ of an aircraft.
7. After lunch, I went for a ____________ in the lake, but the water was too
cold.
8. We had a recruitment ____________ at my local sailing club and eventually
signed up more than twenty new members.
9. You need hardly any of that lotion on your hands - just a ____________.
10. Getting to the summit from where we had started in the morning involved
a ____________ of about 8000 feet in total.
11. Shakespeare wrote over twenty ____________ in his writing career.
12. Can I have a ____________ on your motorbike if I promise to be really
careful?
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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 1
For each question, fill the space or spaces in the sentence using the base word
given in bold at the end. The required word may be a noun, adverb, adjective
or verb and it may be either positive (e.g. helpful) or negative (e.g. unhelpful).
1. The Sultan spent over fifty million dollars making the capital city's main
hotel the most ______________ in the country.
luxury luxurious
2. Police working on solving the bank robbery have by chance
______________ a plan to murder a leading politician.
cover
3. We should go and eat at "Franco's" which is ______________ a great little
restaurant.
suppose
4. I left the house at 8am and stared at the empty garage in
______________. My car was nowhere to be seen. Someone had stolen it!
believe
5. If you have any problems finding things, just ask Roger. He is very
______________ and will tell you where to find what you want.
help
6. You paid $25 for a simple breakfast?! They have certainly ______________
you! You should go back and complain.
charge
7. The gang robbed three banks in the same city and all at about the same
time. Not ______________, they were caught by the police during the fourth
attempt.
surprise
8. Sarina is only my half sister because we have ______________ mothers.
differ
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