Collocations, 3. apologize compliment protect succeed arrive feel sorry rely suffer believe insure remind think care lose share charge translate prefer smell write. Collocations, 3

Collocations, 3

Complete the sentences below with a suitable verb plus a preposition. Choose from the following and make any necessary changes. Some of the prepositions will be used more than once.

apologize compliment protect succeed arrive feel sorry rely suffer believe insure remind think care lose share charge translate prefer smell write

about by in on against for into to
among from of with at

1. You should always ______your home________fire.

2. ‘Does Peter ________you_______Michael Jackson? ’ ‘No, he doesn’t look anything like him. ’

3. If I were you Julie I’d ________ very carefully _______ his offer. I don’t think you’ll get a better one.

4. She made the children _______________their bad behaviour at the party.

5. The man was arrested and ____________ murder.

6. Don’t forget to wear a scarf. It will _____ you____the cold.

7. After three attempts she finally _______________ breaking the world record.

8. Hamlet was ___________________Shakespeare.

9. ‘Does Mark really _______________flying saucers? ’ ‘Oh yes, he’s quite convinced they exist’

10. The mother told the group of children to _________ the sweets _____________ themselves.

11. She felt really pleased when her teacher __________ her __________ her homework.

12. It was largely my fault that we ___________ tennis. I played so badly.

13. We left Heathrow airport at 16. 45 and ___________ Copenhagen at 19. 30.

14. Although she had only painted the kitchen, the whole flat ________________________paint.

15. My sister _____________hay fever every summer.

16. I really _____________________ people who are tone deaf. It must be awful not to be able to sing

17. ‘Would you ______________________ another piece of cake, Frank? ’ ‘No thanks, Jill. I really couldn’t eat another thing. ’

18. Most young people _____ pop music ______ classical music.

19. Ask Mike to do it. You can ________________him. He never lets you down.

20. This book has been _______________________ five languages, including Russian

KEYS

Collocations, 3

1 You should always _insure_your home_against__fire.

2 ‘Does Peter __remind_you__of_Michael Jackson? ’ ‘No, he doesn’t look anything like him. ’

3 If I were you Julie I’d __think_ very carefully _about_ his offer. I don’t think you’ll get a better one.

4 She made the children __apologize for__their bad behaviour at the party.

5 The man was arrested and _charged with_ murder.

6 Don’t forget to wear a scarf. It will _protect_ you_from_the cold.

7 After three attempts she finally __succeeded in_ breaking the world record.

8 Hamlet was __written by__Shakespeare.

9 ‘Does Mark really __believe in__flying saucers? ’ ‘Oh yes, he’s quite convinced they exist’

10 The mother told the group of children to __share__ the sweets __among__ themselves.

11 She felt really pleased when her teacher __complimented __ her _on_ her homework.

12 It was largely my fault that we _lost at__ tennis. I played so badly.

13 We left Heathrow airport at 16. 45 and _arrived in_ Copenhagen at 19. 30.

14 Although she had only painted the kitchen, the whole flat __smelled of__paint.

15 My sister _suffers from_hay fever every summer.

16 I really _feel sorry for_ people who are tone deaf. It must be awful not to be able to sing

17 ‘Would you __care for_ another piece of cake, Frank? ’ ‘No thanks, Jill. I really couldn’t eat another thing. ’

18 Most young people _prefer_ pop music __to_ classical music.

19 Ask Mike to do it. You can _rely on_him. He never lets you down.

20 This book has been __translated into_ five languages, including Russian

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