180 Mixed combinations peg chapter 38

Put in the correct prepositions or adverbs.

1 I left the milk heating for too long and it all boiled ....

2 When we had worked . . . the cost of a holiday abroad, we decided to stay at home.

3 Ring this number and ask . . . (to speak to) Bill.

4 The shop is closing down and selling . . . all the stock at reduced prices.

5 I always mix . . . the painters Monet and Manet. (confuse)

6 His description of the accident was borne . . . by other witnesses.

7 I'll do the shopping if you see . . . the lunch.

8 He read the novel, missing . . . the dull descriptive passages.

9 I have fixed . . . my holiday and I can't change the date now.

10 I asked him . . . for a cup of coffee.

11 She left the potatoes cooking for so long that the water boiled . . . and the potatoes were burnt.

12 I can see . . . her sudden friendliness; she wants me to look after her parrot while she is away.

13 You mustn't answer . . . like that when your mother scolds you.

14 Workmen don't always clean . . . very thoroughly after they have made a mess.

15 The news of his marriage to another girl was a shock to her but she bore . . . bravely and went on as if nothing had happened.

16 Ring up the station and find . . . what time the train goes.

17 He stopped to pick . . . a hitch-hiker.

18 He would like to ask her . . . but he is too poor to pay for meals in restaurants.

19 The committee left him ... ... the team as he had refused to practise.

20 I couldn't get any bread. All the bakers' shops were sold ....

21 I thought he was mad and backed . . . nervously.

22 James was asking . . . you today. He says he hasn't seen you for weeks.

23 He wasn't walking very fast. You'll catch ... ... him if you start at once.

24 It would be safer to get your solicitor to draw . . . the contract.

25 She'll be busy seeing . . . the children's clothes before they go back to school.

26 He has got mixed . . . . . . a very odd set of people. I hope they won't have a bad influence on him.

27 All passengers must fill . . . this disembarkation form before they leave the ship.

28 He supported the idea at first but backed . . . when he found he'd have to contribute towards the cost.

29 I've been invited . . . to Brighton this week-end.

30 This stove must be cleaned . . . once a week or it gets choked with ashes.

31 He got out as soon as the train drew ....

32 Everyone drew . . . in alarm when smoke began to pour out of the parcel.

33 He doesn't like being seen . . . . He prefers to go to the station alone.

34 The music faded . . . in the distance as the street players moved on.

35 Nobody backed me . . . when I complained about the food in the canteen, so nothing was done about it.

36 I'll see you . . . when you leave. It's easy to get lost in this enormous building.