FORM XI
UNIT III
1.Complete the sentences with the prepositions.
1.He came ____ a very privileged background.
2.He grumbled ___ the way he had been treated.
3.Mr.Ashby tutors me ___ Maths this term.
4.The stone struck me a blow ___ the head.
5.The old lady was mounting ___ the steep path with difficulty.
6.She struck Julian ___ his face.
7.A frigate was struck ___ a torpedo.
8.The general’s confidence ___ in his army proved misplaced.
9.Lisa stood leaning ___ the tree.
10.Albert confided his troubles ___ Olaf.
2.Complete the sentences with the suitable words in their proper form.In some cases more than one version is possible:kind-kindly(adv.,adj.), to lean-to bend, contempt-despise.
1.I always tell the truth and ___ lying.
2.A ____ person is thoughtful of others.
3.I looked for the ___ faces of my friends in the audience before I gave my speech.
4.The girl ____ out .
5.I have nothing but ___ for people who are cruel to animals.
6.Can you ___ and touch your shoes?
3.Choose the right words to complete the sentences: apart, between, down, off, up.
1.He tore the hat ___ his head and started waving to us.
2This misunderstanding is tearing their marriage ___ .
3.He was torn ___ soccer and rugby.
4.These beautiful old houses are being torn___ to make way for a new road.
5.Roberta tore ___ all the photos of Charles.
6.The children tore ___ their clothes and jumped into the river.
7.Her marriage was tearing our friendship ___ .
8.Cleo was torn ____ Max’s invitation to dinner and necessity of visiting George.
9.A lot of churches were torn ___ at the beginning o the last century in Russia.
10.She took Tom’s letter and tore it ___ .