- •Contents
- •Compounds
- •II. Complete the compounds using the appropriate prepositions.
- •III. Complete the compounds using the appropriate prepositions.
- •IV. Complete the compounds using the appropriate prepositions.
- •VIII. Fill the gaps with the appropriate compounds.
- •Prepositional phrases
- •VIII. Insert the correct preposition.
- •Situational practice
- •I. Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •II. Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •III. Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •IV. Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •V. Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •VI. Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •VII. Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •VIII. Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •IX. Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •Idioms & idiomatic expressions
- •I. Complete the idioms with prepositions. Give their meanings. Use them in sentences of your own.
- •II. Complete the idioms in this paragraph with prepositions.
- •IV. Complete the idioms in this paragraph with prepositions.
- •VI. Complete the idioms in this paragraph with prepositions.
- •VII. Complete the idioms with prepositions.
- •VIII. Complete the idioms in this paragraph with prepositions.
- •X. Complete the idioms in this paragraph with prepositions.
- •XI. Complete these idioms with prepositions.
- •XII. Complete the idioms in this paragraph with prepositions.
- •XIII. Put the expressions into pairs that mean more or less the same.
- •XV. Complete the idioms with prepositions. Give their meanings. Use them in sentences of your own.
- •Literature
X. Complete the idioms in this paragraph with prepositions.
Bill is a generous man who is happy to pick ….. (1) the bill for anything. He managed to rise to the top of his profession in the police force, but it was ….. (2) a considerable price. His marriage suffered as a result. This was largely because his dedication to his work put paid ….. (3) his wife's career as a nurse as soon as their first child came along. Unfortunately, Bill is paying the price ….. (4) his ambitiousness now as his wife has left him and taken their son.
XI. Complete these idioms with prepositions.
1. The Minister cleverly cut the ground ….. ….. her opponents' feet by announcing new tax cuts.
2. He got ….. ….. the ground floor with e-commerce and became a millionaire when it took off.
3. Good hotels are thin ….. the ground in the smaller cities; you have to go to the capital to get hotels of international standard.
4. The project has got ….. the ground quicker and more smoothly than we expected.
5. Part-time work suits me ….. ….. the ground at the moment as I'm trying to study at the same time.
XII. Complete the idioms in this paragraph with prepositions.
When Simon started work, he was at the very bottom ….. (1) the career ladder. He had quite a dead-end job doing run-….. (2)-the-mill tasks. He stayed there for a couple of years, but then decided he had to get ….. ….. (3) a rut. He pulled ….. (4) all the stops and managed to persuade his manager that he should be given more responsibility. The deputy manager got the sack for incompetence and Simon stepped ….. (5) his shoes. For several months he was rushed ….. (6) his feet and he had his work cut ….. (7) to keep on top of things. But he was soon recognized as an ….. (8)-and-coming young businessman and he was headhunted by a rival company for one of their top jobs. Simon had climbed ….. (9) the top of the career ladder.
XIII. Put the expressions into pairs that mean more or less the same.
went off the deep end gave him an earful drove him up the wall gave him a piece of her mind put his back up did his nut rubbed him up the wrong way sent him round the bend
XIV. Match the beginning of each idiom on the left with its ending on the right.
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a joke. step. the run.
the place. fever pitch. the spot. a flying start. leaps and bounds. in his mind’s eye his mind at rest |
XV. Complete the idioms with prepositions. Give their meanings. Use them in sentences of your own.
1. We’ll have to put the brakes ….. with regard to how much we spend.
2. I ‘m fed ….. ….. the back teeth with trying to live on such a small wage.
3. His lack of consideration is driving me ….. the twist.
4. I heard it ….. the grapevine that you’re thinking of leaving the company. Is it true?
5. He’s really made a go ….. that restaurant he bought. He’s extended it and he employs about ten people now.
6. I’ve got to tie ….. a few loose ends before I go on holiday.
7. Once Sheila explains why she acted as she did, everything will fall ….. place.
8. I can’t understand what people see in the exhibition. There’s no accounting ….. tastes.
9. The Health Minister risked his job by going ….. ….. a limb and criticizing the proposals put forward by the Prime Minister.
10. His comments were just not appropriate. They were not ….. keeping ….. the tone of things.
11. Harriet always seems to be the odd one ….. . She never seems to fit in socially.
12. I’m sorry I forgot your birthday. I promise I’ll make it ….. to you.
13. Nick was a naughty little boy, but I couldn’t help having a soft spot ….. him.
14. She seems to always rub her boss ….. the wrong way.
15. More people in Britain are ….. the breadline now than thirty years ago.
16. Plans for building the extension have been put ….. hold until our finances are in a better state.
17. The party was ….. full swing by the time we arrived.
18. I can’t afford a holiday this year. I’m 500 pounds ….. the red.
19. As soon as the meeting was over, we all made a beeline ….. the food. We were so hungry!
20. This trophy is the icing ….. the cake for Julie who has had a great year as a tennis player.