Fill in each gap, either with one of the verbs or one of the particles. Put the verb in the correct form.
She ___________ up three children on her own.
Fill in each gap, either with one of the verbs or one of the particles. Put the verb in the correct form.
Put ________ your warm coat. It’s rather cold.
Fill in each gap, either with one of the verbs or one of the particles. Put the verb in the correct form.
I live in Bristol now, but I grew ________ in Leicester.
Fill in each gap, either with one of the verbs or one of the particles. Put the verb in the correct form.
You can shut your television __________ as no one is watching it.
II-Fill in each gap with one suitable verb given in the box in either the gerund or the to-infinitive forms.
earn miss pay look after visit
overdraw leave find be able to buy
go work stay redecorate save
Jane is a nurse, but she is trying 1._________ a new job. Although she enjoys 2.______________ people, nursing is not very well paid, and she cannot afford 3._______ all her bills. She finds it impossible to live on such a low salary without 4.____________ her account at the bank. Her flat needs 5._____________ and she would like 6.__________ a car. She managed 7.__________ enough last year for a short holiday by 8. __________ some extra money in her spare time, and this year, she is hoping 9. ___________some friends in France. She has stopped 10. __________ to the theatre, which used to be one of her greatest pleasures. She is thinking of 11.____________ in America, where she could earn a higher salary in a private hospital, but would prefer 12.___________ in this country if possible. She likes 13.___________ see her parents whenever she wants to. A friend of hers went to America after 14.__________university, but began 15._____________ her friends so badly that she had to come back.
II-Fill in each gap with one suitable verb given in the box in either the gerund or the to-infinitive forms.
earn miss pay look after visit
overdraw leave find be able to buy
go work stay redecorate save
Jane is a nurse, but she is trying 1._________ a new job. Although she enjoys 2.______________ people, nursing is not very well paid, and she cannot afford 3._______ all her bills. She finds it impossible to live on such a low salary without 4.____________ her account at the bank. Her flat needs 5._____________ and she would like 6.__________ a car. She managed 7.__________ enough last year for a short holiday by 8. __________ some extra money in her spare time, and this year, she is hoping 9. ___________some friends in France. She has stopped 10. __________ to the theatre, which used to be one of her greatest pleasures. She is thinking of 11.____________ in America, where she could earn a higher salary in a private hospital, but would prefer 12.___________ in this country if possible. She likes 13.___________ see her parents whenever she wants to. A friend of hers went to America after 14.__________university, but began 15._____________ her friends so badly that she had to come back.
Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
1. From the clink of dishes one could tell that supper (prepare).
2. They (take) George out of the house, and he (show) the way to the office.
3. Mrs Brown (come) to inform her that dinner already (serve).
4. His phrase (greet) by a strange laugh from a student who (sit) near the wall.
5. The house where the robbery took place (guard) by the police to prevent it from (enter).
6. Anne (not see) Harry until the party (seat).
7. When the phone (ring), I (reach) for the phone, and (tell) that 1 (call) from Moscow.
8 She (want things not so much for herself as for her child, and she (be) anxious to do whatever she (tell).
9. A note (bring) in and (put) on the table (await) Eleanor.
10. Jerry (know) George (hide) by the dark
11. We (tap) on the door but it (not lock), then we (open) the door and (enter).
12. Lester (not attend) the wedding, though he (invite).
Fill in each blank with the correct form or tense of each phrasal verb from the box
grow up ,turn back, go over ,pull down, go on, put on ,get on with, cheer up, look for ,go up 1 . Jenifer ___________ her new dictionary for several days but she hasn't found it yet 2.Sofia said she __________ at the thought of walking down the streets and going shopping at Christmas.
3. Although Betty just moved to the boarding school last month, she __________ her new friends quickly. 5. Seeing the heavy traffic jam from a distance, Eric __________ and took an alternate route. 6. Prices __________ rising recently despite the government's efforts to bring them down. 7. This report ____________ the causes of rising unemployment rate and offers some solutions. 8. When university students come to the city to start the new school year, the rent ____________. 9. Nowadays most children __________ in comfort and cannot imagine the hardships of the previous generation's life. 10. Phong ________ his shoes while chewing some bread - he was late for school again.
Read the text then choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.
The Game of Squares
Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of"Mandarin's Box". They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1)……….. it into ten smallsquares called "rice fields" or "fish ponds”.
They also draw two additional semi-circular boxesat the two (2)………. of the rectangle, which are called"mandarin's boxes" - the game's name. Each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.
Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin's boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square on his or her side ofthe board, but not a mandarin's box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3)……….. with the next square in (4)………. direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right.
After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following squareand repeats the distribution (5)………... But if the following square is one of the mandarin's boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player.
If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6)……….these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7)…….. his or her turn.
Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8)……….to the other player. If all five squares on one player's side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.
The game (9)………until the two mandarins' boxes have both been (10)……….. At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points.
Question 1
A. share
B. divide
C. separate
D. leave