Ejercicios Inglés Intermedio

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At once, without fail!

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Exercise 1

Add the words from the box below to the correct place in the table

warning first accident

a doubt ages leastthe impression chance control

at by for under without

last sight example guarantee fail

once age

sale exception

then the time being

Exercise 2

Choose phrases from the table above to match the definitions below.

1.

immediately ........................................................

2. true in all cases ........................................................

3. for a long time ........................................................

4. finally ........................................................

5.

accidentally ........................................................

6.

not adult or legally responsible for ones actions ........................................................

7. for now ........................................................

8. written promise by a company to replace a product ........................................................

9. with no notification (that something was going to happen) ........................................................

10.

surely ........................................................


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Exercise 3

Complete the sentences with a suitable prepositional phrase.

1. Where have you been? I havent seen you ..............................................

2. ..............................................

I thought he was really shy but now I know him better hes quiteloud.

3.

The company has said we can have a new TV because the other one is still

..............................................

4.

You cant go and buy any cigarettes because you are ..............................................

5. You dont look well. I think you should go and see the doctor ..............................................

6. Were trying to do more for the environment ..............................................recycling our bottles

and paper.

7.

Your car has been .............................................. since last year. I think its too expensive.

8. All of her friends ..............................................came to her party.

Exercise 4

Read the text and add the correct preposition.

When my girlfriend told me shed found the ideal house 1........................sale I told her to make

an appointment to see it 2 ........................once. Wed been looking for somewhere 3

........................ages and 4........................a doubt this house seemed to have everything we

wanted. 5.........................chance the next day was Saturday so we decided to make a day of it

and take a picnic. The estate agent told us that it was near the coast so we were 6........................

the impression that we would be able to eat our sandwiches with a lovely sea view. But

everything went wrong. 7........................accident I set the alarm for 7pm not 7am and we didnt

wake up until 11am. Then my car, which has started every day 8........................fail for the last

six years, refused to come to life. We took it to the garage and by 2pm we were ready to go 9

........................last. We set off determined to have lunch at the house. However, black clouds

started to appear 10 ........................warning and within ten minutes it was raining so heavily we

had to stop the car. We parked on the side of the road and waited but the rain didnt stop and we

were hungry. 11........................least we had lunch with us so we sat and ate our picnic in the

car. An hour later we set off again. 12........................then we were beginning to feel that

nothing else could go wrong. However, when we finally found the house we realised we had

made a terrible mistake. It was near the coast but the only view it had was of a horrible old

factory. We got back in the car and decided that 13........................the time being we would stay

in our flat in the city.


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Exercise 5

Complete the sentences in your own words.

1. I know him by sight but .....................................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

2.

Everything was under control and the police .......................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

3. If your camera is under guarantee ......................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

4.

Without a doubt, this is the best .........................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

5. A person who is under age cant .........................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

6. Her boyfriend arrived late at the party and by then she .......................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

7.

I hate homework, but at least ............................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................


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Teachers notes and answer key

Level: Lower Advanced

Aim: To teach and practise commonly used prepositional phrases.

Duration: 45 minutes

Students will probably know some of these phrases. Put a couple on the board that theywill be familiar with such as at last and for example.

Exercise 1

First get students, in pairs or alone, to complete the table.

Answer key:at by for under without

last sight example guarantee fail

once chance ages age warning

lease accident sale the impression exception

first then the time being control a doubt

Exercise 2

Again ask students, in pairs or alone, to match the phrases to the definitions.Answer key:1 at once, 2 without exception, 3 for ages, 4 at last, 5 by accident, 6 under age, 7 for thetime being, 8 under guarantee, 9 without warning, 10 without a doubt

Exercise 3

Again ask students, in pairs or alone, to complete the sentences.Answer key;1 for ages, 2 at first, 3 under guarantee, 4 under age, 5 at once/without fail, 6 forexample, 7 for sale, 8 without exception

Exercise 4Now ask students to read the text quickly. Explain any difficult vocabulary. Then havestudents read it again and complete with the correct preposition.

Answer key:1 for, 2 at, 3 for, 4 without, 5 By, 6 under, 7 By, 8 without, 9 at, 10 without, 11 At, 12 By,13 for

Exercise 5

This exercise is much freer and lets students use their own ideas. When they have donethem, go around the class collecting ideas.

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