Grammar

 

A) Complete with the correct prepositions… or  nothing…

1)     She was looking _______ the statue.

2)     The man addressed _______them.

3)     These Irish men  wanted to enter _______ the USA.

4)     Nobody  told ______ them it would be so difficult.

5)     They can’t put up_______ racist people.

6)     _____________ the text  we see how difficult their parting was.

7)     Her mum had been living there _____________years.

8)     _____________ line 1 __________line 5 we can see how difficult it is.

9)     She arrived in New York ________ a single friend.

10)  She will not go back _____ home.

 

B)     Add a phrasal verb :

 

1)     They told her to _____________ ________ because it was late.

2)     You should _____________ ___________ a coat; it is cold.

3)     I’m  __________ _______________ to hearing from you.

4)     The man is mean, nobody can ___________ _________ with him.

5)     When you apply for a job you never _______ ___________ the interview.

6)     She had a younger brother and she _______   ______  well with him.

7)     Many teenagers should __________ _________ smoking.

 

C)     Find a phrasal verb with a similar meaning:

 

-        surrender: _________       ________

-         stop functioning: ____________   _______

-        end a relationship: _________  _________

-        complete (the blanks): _______ ___________

-        discover: _______  ________

-        examine:  ________  _________

-        die: _________  _________

-        faint:  ____________ _________

-        choose: ______ _______

-        explain: ___________ ____________

-        despise : ______________ ___________ (on)

 

D)     Translate :

 

1)     Pourrais-tu allumer la lumière?

 

2)     Tu peux l’éteindre maintenant.

 

3)     C’est quelqu’un à qui on peut faire confiance.

 

4)     Comment pouvons-nous expliquer cette nouvelle tendance ?

 

5)     On peut compter sur lui.

 

6)     Ecoutez-le !

 

7)     Ils le regardaient fixement.

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