Exercises =
Level 3
1. Women in charge: prepositions
In “Women taking charge”, on pages 28 to 30, there are many examples of verbs or adjectives followed by a preposition: “connect to”, “focus on”... Here, match the verb or adjective to its preposition or prepositions! ...TO
... OF
... ON
... IN
FOCUS
AGREE
INVOLVED
DECIDE
CAPABLE
DEPEND
AWARE
INTERESTED
REACT
AFRAID
2. Inspirational speeches:
boost your word power
Adrien Coquet/Noun Project
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In the US, guest speakers give commencement speeches to graduating students. Here’s an extract from one by producer Shonda Rhimes. Find a synonym for the words or phrases in bold. “Ditch1 the dream and be a doer, not a dreamer. Maybe you know exactly what it is you dream of being, or maybe you’re paralyzed because you have no idea what your passion is. The truth is, it doesn’t matter2. You don’t have to know. You just have to keep moving forward3. You just have to keep doing something, seizing4 the next opportunity5, staying open to trying something new. It doesn’t have to fit6 your vision of the perfect job or the perfect life. Perfect is boring and dreams are not real.” (Dartmouth, 2014)
1. A. abandon 2. A. it’s worrying 3. A. advancing 4. A. dropping 5. A. occasion 6. A. differ from
B. live B. it’s not important B. dancing B. discarding B. luck B. wear
C. adopt C. it’s enormous C. believing C. taking C. decision C. coincide with Noun Project
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