125Exercises
1Feelings (A-B)
Say what these people's feelings are. Use the adjectives in brackets and a preposition.
►The children are leaving on a trip to the zoo. (excited) They're excited about the trip to the zoo.
1Vicky doesn't like the dark, (afraid)
She's ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2Nick was watching a video, but he's going to switch it off. (bored)
He's …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3Emma is reading about computers, (interested)
She's .............................................................................................................................................................
4Mark has just heard some news that he didn't expect, (surprised)
He's ..............................................................................................................................................................
5United have won a victory, (proud)
They're ........................................................................................................................................................
6Olivia's children are being very silly, (annoyed)
She's …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7The Zedco staff don't think their pay increase is big enough, (not satisfied)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2Good, bad, etc (C)
Complete the conversation. Put in at, for or to.
Sarah: You were very rude (►) to Henry when you said he needs to lose weight.
Claire: Well, it's true. Exercise would be good (1)………… . him. He started jogging and then gave it up.
Sarah: Yes, but we can't all be good (2)................ taking physical exercise.
Claire: Anyone can do a bit of jogging. You don't have to be brilliant (3)…………… it.
And eating so much must be bad (4) ............... |
you. |
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Sarah: Well, you could have been more polite. |
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Claire: Sorry. I'm not very good (5) |
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saying the right thing. |
I'll try to be nice (6) ............. |
him next time I see him. |
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3Other adjectives (A, D)
Complete these paragraphs from a letter Emma has received from her brother. Use these adjectives and put a preposition after each one: aware, different, famous, full, interested, late, ready, responsible, similar, used
Everything was strange here at first because this new job is (►) different from any I've had before. But I've
got (►) used to it now, and I'm really enjoying it. I'm mainly (1)………………………………………. controlling the costs of the project. The work is quite hard, and I must say I feel (2)……………………………………… a
holiday. The company expect people to do overtime. I wasn't (3) |
....... ………………………… that before |
I arrived because they hadn't told me at the interview, but I don't mind. |
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I've got a nice flat, which is very (4) .............................................. |
the one I had in London. |
The only difference is that my flat here is (5) ............................................. |
horrible old furniture. |
I keep falling over it! I live right by the harbour. It's a pity |
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I've never been (6) …………………………………………boats, because this is a good place for sailing. The noise of the motor boats wakes me up every morning, so I'm never
(7)………………………......................work. The area is (8) ...........…………………….. its seafood, which is great, because I love eating fish, as you know.
TEST 21 Prepositions (Units 118-125)
Test 21A
Write the sentences correctly.
► I'll see you at Monday. I'll see you on Monday.
1The doctor has been working since twelve hours.
2We had a great time in the disco.
3The woman was getting from the car.
4The players had-numbers at their shirts.
5The new manager takes over at two weeks' time.
6Anna drove at the garage to get some -petrel.
7We were sitting -in the back of the room.
Test 21B
Read Polly's postcard and write the missing words. Use one word only in each space. Sometimes more than one answer is correct.
This is our first real holiday (►) for ages, and I'm enjoying it tremendously. I love being (1)……………an island. We arrived here almost a week (2) …………, and I can't believe the time is going so fast. We finally completed the journey here (3) ……………..Friday evening (4)………… about eleven o'clock. The journey
wasn't too bad, but we had to wait ages (5) |
................. the airport for our flight. |
Our apartment here is fine. It's (6)................. |
the top floor. The beach isn't far awaywe can walk there |
(7)……………five minutes. The only problem is that we have to get (8)…………….a busy main road, which can be difficult.
We don't do much (9) …………the day, but we go out every evening. Last night's disco went on very late, and today we slept (10)................. eleven.
Test 21C
Some of these sentences are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If the sentence is correct, put a tick (V). If it is incorrect, cross the unnecessary word out of
the sentence and write it in the space. |
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The cat was sitting on top of the shed. |
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Coventry is near by Birmingham. |
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1Luckily our train arrived on the time.
2People were running away from the gunman
3It sounds as if the company is in trouble.
4The car was in the front of a bus.
5There's a meeting on next Tuesday.
6Lisa drew a plan on the back of an envelope
7I'll be exhausted by the time I get home.