annoyed-annoying
bored-boring
confused-confusing
depressed-depressing
frustrated-frustrating
surprised-surprising
terrified-terrifying
worried-worrying
1a. Sorry, can you explain that again? I’m still a bit ……………about it.
1b. I find English grammar really……….. especially the present perfect.
2a. He’s this really ………..habit of tapping his foot all the time!
2b. I’m a bit …………that he didn’t phone me! He promised me he would!
3a. I wish it would stop raining! This weather is really…………..
4a. The film was really …………. I jumped out of my seat about five times.
4b. Sorry, but I can’t look down. I’m absolutely………….of heights!
5a. Don’t you think they should be here by now? Isn’t it a bit……… that they haven’t even phoned?
5b.I’m a bit……………about my exams next week.
6a. I was really………..when I arrived in Chicago. I thought it’d be much cleaner than it is!
6b. I thought the end of the film was really…………. I mean, I wasn’t expecting him to really be a woman.
7a. I get really ………….when I can’t say what I want to say. It drives me mad!
7b. I find talking to her very…………...She never listens to anything I say!
8a. It was so………. that I fell asleep halfway through!
8b. I’m really………..with this! Can’t he do something else?
Insert the right preposition if necessary
1.Don’t cry ___ this red-haired girl!
2.Put ___ your glasses and you’ll see that he has a scar.
3. Listen ___ your intelligent friend very attentively!
4. I always feel ___everyone, but nobody feels ___ me.
5. I want to apologize ____ you ____ my irritation.
6. Let’s talk _____ that woman with a turned-up nose.
7.Show your uneven teeth ____ our doctor.
8.Iwas fed __ ____ my job, so I decided to relax.
9.Sorry I shouted ____you.
10.Don’t criticize her ____ her rudeness.
11.Look ____this energetic person! We all admire him!
12.Why is she smiling ____ me?
13.All my sons took ____ their father.
14.Oh, sorry. I took you ___ my old mate.
15.Try not to fall in love ___ her. She is very selfish and narrow-minded.
16.Don’t worry ____ me, I’m quite clever not to do this stupid thing.
17.I am fed up ___ your pessimism and weakness.
18.Be polite ___ other people and they will be polite ___ you.
19. I am ___ stupid and lazy people at work.
20. I felt rather exhausted ___ last week.
21.This red folder is not available ____ the moment.
23.Let’s ask our reliable neighbor ___ help.
24.We are quite old and earn much money, so we don’t depend ____ our parents.
25.We entered ____ this university ____ last year.
26.Let me introduce our new accountant _____ our employees.
27.His bad character influences _____ his business seriously.
28.Meet _____ my new colleague Mary Thomson.
29.Your home task is to translate this article ____ Russian ____ English.
30.This young handsome man proposed _____ me yesterday.
