10. Fill in the correct word from the list below. Some words may be used more than once.

meet, introduce, polite, rude, behaviour, experienced, inexperienced, greeting, response

1. “Good morning,” I said, but she didn’t return the ___.

2. Let me ___ Mr Henry Shaw, our Marketing Manager.

3. Mum, Dad, I want you to ___ my friend Sheila.

4. He gave no ___ to my question.

5. Don’t be so ___ to your father.

6. It is not considered ___ to ask a lady how old she is.

7. I was young and relatively ___ in dealing with members of the opposite sex.

8. Paul liked to turn to more ___ people for advice.

9. His ___ towards me shows that he does not like me.

10. She’s always extremely ___ to me, but I never know what she is really thinking.

11. What a ___ man! He just ignored me when I said “Good morning.”

12. ___ managers often have problems with their staff.

11. Complete the sentences with the prepositions in the box.

at, in, on, for, from, of, about, to

1. He graduated ___ Manchester University in 1994.

2. ___ the age of 80 he still leads a very busy and interesting life.

3. When are you moving ___ your new house?

4. In her early years her family moved ___ one town ___ another.

5. Jim is very good ___ mathematics but his interests include the theatre, American literature and cricket.

6. We’re not particularly interested ___ sport.

7. She seems very keen ___ learning to drive.

8. We’re proud ___ our country and we don’t like people insulting it.

9. ___ arrival in London report to the Ministry of Education.

10. When he was at school he didn’t show much interest ___ girls.

11. When you have a problem, who do you turn to ___ advice?

12. Parents who are worried ___ their child’s education often find it hard to follow teacher’s advice.

13. What makes San Francisco so interesting is its architecture, which is completely different ___ that of other American cities.

14. Spartans were famous ___ being brave, but not for being clever.

15. His attitude ___ his new job seemed to be very negative.

16. I’ve lost all interest ___ my job and I feel constantly tired.

12. Match the sentence beginnings (a-g) with their endings (1-7).

Mr Grimshaw got up from behind his desk ... I called Steve’s name but ... I admire her – ... Andrew learned to speak Japanese in six months –... She chose that house ... Meeting Professor Kearney was an event ... The way a man behaves towards his mother ... Our doctor is very experienced in these matters; ...

1 she’s very good at her job. 2 which changed my life. 3 to greet me and offer me a chair. 4 there was no response. 5 now that’s something to be proud of. 6 you should follow his advice. 7 because she liked the garden. 8 can be a good indicator of how he will behave towards his wife.

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