Parents and children
I was reading an article last week in which the writer described how her children had changed as they (1)........up. When they were small she had to (2)........up with noisy games in the house, or (3)........in their interminable games of football in the garden which (4).......her out. If the house went quiet, she wondered what the monsters were (5)........up to, or what crisis she would have to (6)........with next. She dreaded the fact that they might (7)........after her husband, who admitted having been an uncontrollable child who (8)........most of the time (9).......off to his friends by breaking things or (10).......into fights. What was worse was that everyone else thought he was a sweet child, and he (11)........away with terrible things! However, she had experienced an even greater shock with her children. They had (12)........out of all their naughty behaviour, and (13)........up serious hobbies such as chess and playing the piano. They never did anything without (14)........it over first, and coming to a serious decision. She had to (15)........up to that fact that they made her feel rather childish, and that in some ways she preferred them when they were young and noisy!
2. Закончите каждое предложение выражением с глаголом get.
a) When are you going to..........to writing to the bank?
b) I'm afraid I don't..........very well with my teacher.
c) I don't understand what you are........... What do you mean?
d) How are you feeling? Have you..........your cold yet?
e) Jim chased the burglar, but unfortunately the burglar..........
3. Закончите каждое предложение выражением с глаголом come.
a) Has the new book of tests...........yet?
b) It's a difficult situation and we haven't.........a solution yet.
c) I..........these old photographs in my desk yesterday.
d) Julie became rich when she..........a fortune.
e) I'm afraid we've..........a lot of problems in this project.
Закончите второе предложение без изменения смысла. используя выделенное жирным шрифтом слово.
a) I wish I could work in the evenings as I used to.
Miss
I.......................................................................................in the evenings.
b) If I take the job I'll have to move to London.
Mean
Taking the job...............................................................................London.
c) Neil wishes he hadn't sold his car.
Having
Neil.......................................................................................................car.
d) Please see that you post all the letters.
To
Please don't............................................................................all the letters.
e) Sheila has decided to take driving lessons.
How
Sheila has decided.............................................................................drive.
f) Jim said he hadn't stolen the jewels.
Stealing
Jim..............................................................................................the jewels.
g) How about going to the theatre tonight?
Like
Would...........................................................................the theatre tonight?
h) Peter will look after the children - he has no objection.
Looking
Peter doesn't.................................................................................children.
i) 'I'll definitely be here by eight,' Ann promised.
Would
Ann................................................................................................by eight.
j) We met in 1978. Do you remember?
Our
Do you remember.............................................................................1978?
Заполните пропуски одним подходящим по смыслу словом.
a) Don't go so fast! I can hardly.........up with you.
b) Don't be such a coward!..........up for yourself!
c) Please don't let me down. I'm.........on you.
d) We don't know who started the fire, but we're.......into it.
e) I must go to the dentist's and have my teeth.........to.
f) It's raining now, but I think it'll..........up later.
g) Ronnie hit his head on the shelf and..........himself out.
h) Tony's application for the job was..........down.
i) Steve woke up when the effect of the sleeping pill.........off.
j) The efforts of the United Nations could not stop war..........out.
Выберите правильный вариант.
1. Why were you so unfriendly...Tessa? Have you had an argument with her?
A of B for C to D with
2. I'm not very good.............repairing things.
A at B for C in D about
3. I don't understand this sentence. Can you....................?
A explain to me this word B explain me this word
C explain this word to me
4. If you're worried about the problem, you should do something.............it.
A for B about C against D with
5. 'Who is Tom Madely?' 'I've no idea. I've never heard.............him.'
A about B from C after D of
6. 'What time will you arrive?' 'I don't know. It depends.............the traffic.'
A of B for C from D on
7. I prefer tea.............coffee.
A to B than C against D over
8. They gave me a form and told me to...........................
A fill in B fill it in C fill in it
Выберите правильный вариант A, B, C или D.
I don't believe in ghosts!
Last year I stayed for a few days in an old house in Scotland which was famous (1).......its ghost. I don't really believe (2).......ghosts, so I'm not afraid (3)......them of course. So when my hosts suggested (4)........up all night to see their ghost, I simply laughed (5).......them. Then they told me (6)........the woman who haunted their house. She had been accused (7).......murdering her husband in the eighteenth century because she had been jealous (8).......him, but she had avoided (9).......tried, and had disappeared. She appeared quite regularly, walking through the house as if she was searching (10).......something. I agreed to watch that night, although it would (11).......sitting for hours in the cold. I expected one of my friends to appear dressed (12)........the ghost, and so when the figure of a woman finally came (13).......me, I (14).......to be terrified. You can imagine my surprise when the figure took a knife from her dress, and then vanished. I decided to disappear myself, and drove home to London as (15)....... as I could.
| 1) A) with 2) A) for 3) A) with 4) A) waking 5) A) at 6) A) for 7) A) that 8) A) of 9) A) and 10) A) like 11) A) mean 12) A) with 13) A) about 14) A) wanted 15) A) quickly | B) for B) to B) for B) getting B) with B) that B) of b) by b) being B) after B) be b) for B) towards B) imagined B) then | C) from C) at C) of C) staying C) about C) with C) for C) to C) but C) with C) have C) as C) round C) pretended C) well | D) as D) in D) by D) coming D) to D) about D) while D) for D) having D) for D) uncomfortable D) in D) through D) supposed D) though |
8. Закончите каждое предложение выражением с предлогом of.
a) Jim's boss didn't think he was........working on his own.
b) Mrs White is very........animals, and has six cats.
c) I know I shouldn't have stolen the money. I'm........myself.
d) It was very.........you to help me carry my shopping.
e) Georgina is very........anyone who dances with her husband.
9. Закончите каждое предложение выражением с предлогом about.
a) I knew I'd really seen a ghost. I was.............it!
b) Bill was very............missing my birthday party.
c) You were............the film. It was awful, just as you said.
d) I always get worried at airports. I feel............missing the plane.
e) Poor Lucy has lost her job. She's very............it.
10. Закончите каждое предложение герундием (-ing).
a) That's all right, I don't mind...........up the dirty dishes.
b) Most people try to avoid.............up words in the dictionary.
c) Can you imagine............up six small children?
d) I was considering............up golf, actually.
e) We're rather hard up. It means............without a holiday this year.
