UNIT 35 Prepositions Used with Verbs TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 35

Prepositions Used with Verbs

 

EXERCISE A Choose the correct preposition goes with the verb before it, and write its number in the brackets.   1 Tom, can you help me look _________ my dictionary? I can't find it. (1) in (2) on (3) at (4) for 2 Children, please listen _________ me carefully. (1) in (2) to (3) at (4) for 3 Anne, you must write _________ your aunt and thank her for your present. (1) to (2) at (3) about (4) for 4 Oh, look _________ that beautiful pony! (1) up (2) for (3) to (4) at 5 Liza, Mrs Gill wants to speak _________ you. (1) for (2) at (3) to (4) of 6 Wait _________ me, Dad! (1) on (2) for (3) at (4) to 7 Last night I dreamt _________ being lost in the jungle. (1) to (2) for (3) about (4) at 8 Mary, does this pen belong _________ you? (1) for (2) by (3) of (4) to 9 Does everyone agree _________ me that we buy Mrs Gill some flowers at the end of term? (1) for (2) of (3) with (4) at 10 Did you walk _________ school this morning? (1) to (2) for (3) at (4) of 11 My father works _________ an international company. (1) for (2) of (3) by (4) about 12 This morning the principal is going to speak _________ the new end-of-term tests. (1) by (2) of (3) about (4) at   EXERCISE B Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition from the box. You may use some prepositions more than once. about through at for by into on to           A nature walk Yesterday my class went on a nature walk. We went (1) ____ coach and drove (2) ___ a forest about 50 kilometres from the city. When we arrived our teacher divided the class (3) groups of four. Each group had a different task to work (4) . Our group had to look (5) ___ 20 different types of leaves. Another group had to look for 10 different wild flowers. Before we started, a man who worked (6)___ the Forest Agency spoke to us (7) ___ the importance of respecting the countryside. He told us to look (8) ___ the trees and plants carefully when we walk (9) ___ the forest. He encouraged us to try to learn their names. He also told us to listen (10) ___ the birds singing. He said that sometimes we could see eagles flying in the sky above the forest, but that depended (11) ___ the weather. When he finished talking, we started to work in our different groups. lt was great fun! My group quickly found 20 kinds of leaves, and helped another group to look for mushrooms. We then talked (12) ___ the leaves and mushrooms we collected. At the end of the afternoon we all went back to the coach with our collections. We were all tired, but very happy. I slept all the way back to the city!   EXERCISE C Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition from the box. You may use some prepositions more than once. about for to at of   Party games Do you play games when you have a party? Here are some games that I like to play. The first one is 'Guess That Tune'. You listen (1) ________ the first five seconds of a popular song and you have to guess the song title. Another game that I like is 'Whose Is This?'. Everybody brings something small that belongs (2) ________ them. All the objects are put in the centre of the room. Everyone looks (3) ________ the objects and thinks (4) ________ who they could belong (5) ________. The winner is the person with the most correct answers. In another game 'Hunt the Thimble', one person hides a thimble or any small object in the room. Everyone else has to look (6) ________ it. The winner is the person who finds it first. Another good game is 'Who Am I Thinking (7) ________?'Somebody thinks (8) ________ a famous person and everyone else has to guess who it is. You can ask (9) ________ information, for example "Is this person a man?" But the only answers are "Yes" or "No". Sometimes it takes ages to guess the person. I hope you like these ideas. I can't wait (10) ________ my next party!

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