Phrasal verbs, dependent prepositions, idioms (Spotlight 8 Module 3)

Module 3

Dependent prepositions

1. Tick the correct prepositions

2. Fill in at,by,in or under

1. He finished school ____ the age of seventeen.

2. She quits because she couldn’t work ____ pressure.

3. ____ the beginning of his career, he worked as a teacher.

4. In 1448, he was____ charge of his own printing shop.

5. He started his career ____ politics ____ the end of 1951.

Phrasal verbs: bring

bring about a) make money

bring up b) cause to recall

bring out c) cause to happen

bring round d) put on the market

bring back e) raise

bring in f) make conscious again

1) The nurse _____________ the patient _________ by using some cold water.

2) Listening to their story___________________ memories of how he and his wife had met and fallen in love.

3) We are sure that the new headmaster _____________________ important changes in the way the school works.

4) The sales of his paintings ________________________ large amounts of money in the last two months.

5) As both her parents had died, her aunt ________________ her __________.

6) Eminem ___________________ a new album last month.

Idioms

4. Complete the sentences using the correct idiom:

♥ step by step ♥ all in all

♥ again and again ♥ round and round

♥ on and on

1. Mary’s father went ________________________ about his daughter achievements.

2. I’ve told you _________________________ that you have to study harder if you want to get your degree.

3. Rather than do all the work in one day, you should do it ________________________.

4. The idea has been going _________________________ in her head all day.

5. ________________________ I enjoyed the film a lot.

5. Write down the list of new words and phrases.