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Complex prepositions and

prepositions after verbs

Complex prepositions; verb + preposition: common patterns;
phrasal verbs: word order

Context listening

MEI Osman is flying tomorrow afternoon to visit
his friend Sofia in the south of France. What do you
know about this part of France?

MEI OR listen to their telephone conversation.
Which of these instructions best represents the
advice Sofia gives to Osman?
Take a taxi from the airport to Montpellier station. Take the bus from Montpellier to Perpignan. Take a taxi
1
from Perpignan station to the hotel. Eat at Café Mathis on Wednesday evening. Be in the hotel foyer at two
o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
Take the bus from the airport to Montpellier station. Take the train from Montpellier to Perpignan. Walk
2
from Perpignan station to the hotel. Eat at Le Metropole on Wednesday evening. Be at Café Mathis at two
o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
3
Take a taxi from the airport to Montpellier station. Take the train from Montpellier to Perpignan. Walk from
Perpignan station to the hotel. Eat at Le Metropole on Wednesday evening. Be in the hotel foyer at two
o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
Take a taxi from the airport to Montpellier station. Take the train from Montpellier to Perpignan. Take a taxi
4
from Perpignan station to the hotel. Eat at Café Mathis on Wednesday evening. Be in the hotel foyer at two
o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
m DR Listen again and write the exact words from the recording. The number of words you should
write in each space is given in the square brackets.
1 Up [1]
I'm really sorry, but I've messed
[2] for tomorrow.

our Plans
2
So I won't be able to pick [1] [1] at the airport after all.
3
I've found [1] [3] from the SNCF website
4 You'll need to buy a ticket before you get
[1]
[2]
5 [1]
... so when you've checked
(2), I suggest you get a meal there
[1]
6 [2] when I pick you up on Thursday afternoon.
I'll sort
7 [1]
[1).
Relax on Thursday morning and walk
1.4 In which of the extracts can you reverse the order of the words in the first space and the words
in the second space?
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