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Verbs with particles




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confused words
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
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Passover
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
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American Slang
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 5

 
sports
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Age: 8-17
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Venice: The Historical Regatta
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
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fireflies
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
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1. Complete these sentences with the most suitable red verb. When you are asked, write the adverbs between brackets ():
 
Be fond - Be good - Be polite - Be worried -  Concentrate -  Be famous - Be proud  - Be bad - Accussed - Look forward
 
a - You must hard on the centre of the dartboard to get the highest score   
b - I really  to going to the party. I have already bought the dress!!!!
c - Mrs. Stevenson  (really) at playing golf, however, her husband  (really) at it!!      
d - My best friend's father  about his future.    
e - I don't know that mysterious man. But he always greets me when he sees me. He  (very) with me
f - Johnny works really hard everyday. Next summer he's going to go to London and he  (really) of that!!              
g - Elvis Presley  for moving his hips and singing beautiful songs 
h - It is the first time Martha wins a cup and she  (quite) of it.
i - Last year, the man   his neighour of being very noisy
 
 
2. Write the correct preposition in each gap
a - It is not nice to laugh  people, when they step on a banana split
b - Lina wears pillows to protect herself  danger    
c - That famous actor participated  the making of the film
d - All the children in the school were provided  t-shirts with the logo "I love USA"
e -That man is always complaining  the salary
f - Their friend is quite nosy. He's always listening  other people's conversations
g - Don't rely  him. He always says one thing and does another.
 
3. Tick the correct sentence
a -  Sara applied for the city police department. She wants to become a detective     
      Sara applied to the city police department. She wants to become a detective
      Sara applied in the city police department. She wants to become a detective
 
b -  Mark apologised for starting the argument    
      Mark apologised of starting the argument
      Mark apologised about starting the argument
c -  Do you agree with the conditions that the travel agent told you?      
      Do you agree about the conditions that the travel agent told you?
      Do you agree to the conditions that the travel agent told you?
d - I have to apply for a new credit card, I lost mine when I was in Vancouver
     I have to apply in a new credit card, I lost mine when I was in Vancouver
     I have to apply to a new credit card, I lost mine when I was in Vancouver
 
4. Write the verbs in brackets and their prepositions in the gaps, match each sentence with a picture and write the verbs+prep in the crossword:
 
 
                                                                         
 
 
 
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1 - When he  (arrive) the airport, he didn't know where the check-in was.
2 - Mrs. Dawnson often  (talk) his son's teacher about the marks in the last exam
3 - Yesterday morning, Johnny  (thank) his colleague the favour he had made the day before
4 - Sammy always  (throw) the ball  his dog when they are in the park
5 - Do you  (agree) her about the idea of going to London next weekend?
6 - My mother often  (approve) my boyfriends.
7 - Samuel usually  (wait) the bus at 8 o'clock every morning
8 - Little Helen always  (look forward) celebrating her birthday party