VB035/10
Adapted from Mann, Malcolm and Steve Taylore-Knowles. Destination B2. Macmillan. 2013.
Mann, Malcolm and Steve Taylore-Knowles. Destination C1&C2. Macmillan. 2012.
Jones, Leo. New Cambridge Advanced English. Cambridge. 2000.
Will, Warsaw. “Random Stories – Prepositional Verbs” Random English Idea. Web. http://random-
idea-english.blogspot.cz/
---. “Prepositional Verbs Revisited.” Random English Idea. Web. http://random-idea-english.blogspot.cz/
2) Complete each sentence with a pronoun and a suitable particle from the list below.
Apart, away, back, down, off, out, round, up
1) I need my recipe book again, so could you bring it back to me, please?
2) While your friends are here, bring __________ to have a meal at my place.
3) There’s a bottle of wine upstairs, could you please bring __________ to me?
4) When our glasses were empty we took __________ to the kitchen.
5) I’m upstairs and I’d like some tea - could you bring __________ to me, please?
6) We don’t need these plates any more, you can take __________ .
7) It’s not a good idea to take __________ if you don’t know how to reassemble it.
8) There’s a box of empty bottles by the back door, could you carry __________ , please?
9) The dog picked up the bone and carried __________ .
3) Fill the gaps with correct preposition. You may use each preposition more than once.
She bumped ___________ (1) him one day at the university library where she was working ___________ (2) her
thesis. She was studying part-time, working ___________ (3) her Master’s degree. He recognized her and asked
___________ (4) the health of one of her colleagues, saying that he hadn’t seen him around recently, and asking
what had become ___________ (5) him. And so they got chatting.
He wasn’t really the type she usually went ___________ (6) , but there was something in his smile that she really
warmed ___________ (7) . They went for a coffee and she soon fell ___________ (8) the spell of his charm. He
invited her to the cinema and suggested that he call ___________ (9) her with his car after work. His infectious laugh
began to grow ___________ (10) her, and after a few more dates she had completely fallen ___________ (11) him.
But it didn’t take long for it to dawn ___________ (12) her that his charm was just a facade, and that he wasn’t what
she had imagined at all.
VB035/10
Adapted from Mann, Malcolm and Steve Taylore-Knowles. Destination B2. Macmillan. 2013.
Mann, Malcolm and Steve Taylore-Knowles. Destination C1&C2. Macmillan. 2012.
Jones, Leo. New Cambridge Advanced English. Cambridge. 2000.
Will, Warsaw. “Random Stories – Prepositional Verbs” Random English Idea. Web. http://random-
idea-english.blogspot.cz/
---. “Prepositional Verbs Revisited.” Random English Idea. Web. http://random-idea-english.blogspot.cz/
4) Complete the sentences with an appropriate word.
Viktor applied ________ the job, or so I have heard.
In the end, Bořivoj decided ________ the white car.
I was told that William depends ________ his mother.
She stared intently ________ the target.
The government approved strongly ________ the increased production of Pribináček.
The calls for a decrease ________ company’s spending were ignored.
Thinking deeply ________ her, Luděk realized he had fallen in love.
He invested heavily ________ the training of Penguin, his pet hedgehog.