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Complete the sentences with OUT, ON, OFF, UP, AFTER, IN or BACK
1. We ought to get rid of this TABLE. It takes far too much space.
3. This meat can't be fresh. It tastes awful. I'm taking it to the butcher.
8. She took her GLASSES when she had her photograph taken.
13. As the plane was taking , I realised I hadn't turned off the iron.
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B. Match the definitions on the right to the phrasal verbs on the left.
C. Put the correct form of the phrasal verb into the blank. Use the words from the BOX:
point to - look up - cheat on - get around to - look at - pick out - point out - call in - run over
- set up
2. The police chief couldnt solve the case , so he wanted to the FBI
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3. Can you the man carrying the gun?
5. Dont worry about the broken WINDOW. Ill it one of these days.
D. Put the correct form of the phrasal verb into the blank. Use the words from the BOX:
fall for - figure out - give in - go along with - look for - pay for - pull through - put on - run
into - show up - take off - talk down to
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2. I you at the party but I couldnt see you.
11. John told me that he didnt steal but I didnt his lies.
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E. Match the phrasal verb in the sentence on the left with its meaning on the right.
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F. Read the sentences on the left and match the phrasal verbs with their definitions:
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G. Fill in the correct preposition:
1. He explained the plan to us detail.
7. The post office is closed because all the workers are strike.
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8. I've been touch the manager about the problem.
11. She loves the countryside because she was brought up a farm.
Roald Dahl, who died 1990, is still one the world's best-selling authors. His
SHORT stories adults are known their unexpected endings. Alfred Hitchkock's
movie Man from the South was based a story written Dahl. However, Roald Dahl
is probably most famous the dark humour his popular children's stories, such as
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Roald Dahl was a very organised man. He always worked for two hours: 10 until 12 in
the morning and 4 to 6 in the afternoon. He always wrote pencil and when he
started writing the day, he insisted having a few sharp pencils in a BOX
his side.
Dahl enjoyed writing for children. He said that children's jokes still made him laugh . This was
also the reason his great success.
1925, when Roald was 9, he went away boarding school. There he became very
homesick and quite often found himself trouble. The world now knows that Roald was
clever making up stories. But instead seeing a future author in the young boy ,
English teachers his school were very disappointed his work. Throughout his
school life, teachers complained that he was terrible spelling and that he could not get his
thoughts paper.
I. Complete the following sentences with the correct prepositions from the BOX:
about as by for in of on to up
with
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3. The shop repaired the clock completely free charge.
J. Fill in the correct prepositions for the following time phrases . Use IN, AT or ON.
1. Saturday
2. July
3. 1985
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4. March 25th
5. Friday
6. summer
7. the morning
8. 9 o'clock
9. Christmas
11. winter
12. April
14. noon
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15. Thursday afternoon
18. spring
4. My office is the first floor. It's the left after you come out of the elevator.
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7. If the sky is clear you can see the stars night.
2. The cat is playing with the ball the corner of the room.
7. I always like to sit the front of the car, not the back seat.
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8. We travelled the whole night through and arrived 5 the morning.
9. After working hard during the day I like to relax the evening.
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AT, BY, FOR, IN, INTO, OF, OFF, ON, OUT(OF), TO, UNDER, WITH
way. I'm debt and my creditors want to be paid the end of the
3. The driver skidded the tree, the windscreen was smashed and the driver
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4. Four people were injured the demonstration. Three them are
students from the university, the fourth is here holiday. That's him over
5. This picture was painted Picasso, and there's another Picasso the
opposite wall.
6. The horse suddenly stopped and the rider fell . He couldn't get up without
strike.
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10. I'm tired working the suburbs, and I've asked to be
M.
AT, BY, FOR, IN, INTO, OF, OFF, ON, OUT(OF), TO, UNDER, WITH
1. How do I get the public library? - Go to the end this street and turn right ;
turn left the next traffic LIGHTS and then take the second turning your
right. This will bring you Brook Street, and you'll find the library your
left
2. The boy was leaning against the wall his hands his pockets. "Take you
3. When she was getting the car one her buttons fell . Although we
4. Mrs Jones is very keen punctuality. Her lessons start dead time and you
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5. Don't leave your luggage the corridor. It'll be everyone's way. Bring
6. He sits his desk all day his head his hands. It gets my
nerves.
8. I always buy a newspaper my way the station and read it the train.
10. People who drop litter the pavement are liable a fine 50.
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AT, BY, FOR, IN, INTO, OF, OFF, ON, OUT(OF), TO, UNDER, WITH
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1. I'm going Bath Monday Tom. Would you like to come
2. Much Ado About Nothing is Shakespeare, and you'll find more his
3. As the child was too young to travel herself, they arranged her to
4. I saw him standing the queue but I don't know if he got the bus or not,
6. The car stopped the traffic LIGHTS and wouldn't start again so the driver
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7. Someone threw a stone the speaker. It hit him the head and knocked his
GLASSES .
muddy boots.
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4. I have written a book Cannibal crossing the Alps
7. He tumbled a stone.
11. An while you're it , why don't you write my Christmas cards too ?
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15. The huge boulder crashed down the car.
5. The talks broke down when the enemy decide to pull negotiations and go
home.
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8. We have a good working relationship the local authorities.
10. The car went over the hill and was soon sight.
11. I was the impression that you had to be twenty-one order to vote.
14. Why have you got a pet like that in your house ? - I wanted something the
ordinary.
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3. Let Albert work it out, he is good figures.
6. Although their marriage was not happy they decided to stay together the
11. He was the sort of person who immediately made you feel ease.
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14. John has got a very strange taste CLOTHES .
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