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            184   Complete each sentence with a preposition.
                   1  I’m looking forward  to  seeing my family again.
                   2  My uncle ran away             home when he was a teenager.
                   3  Have you ever fallen out           any of your neighbours?
                   4  How well does your brother get on           his classmates?
                   5  My dentist has told me that I must cut down         sweets.
                   6  We went up               a woman and asked her for directions.
                   7  My brother pointed his boss out           me as she came into the restaurant.
                   8  The new manager came up               several interesting suggestions.
                   9  I’ll get back           you as soon as I’ve got any news.
                  10  My brother gets away             all sorts of things I wouldn’t be allowed to do.

            185   Complete each sentence with the correct form of get + one of the words from the box.  Use
                  one of the words twice.

                       away    back   by    in  on    out

                   1  The taxi stopped and a man  got out  , holding a bunch of flowers.
                   2  We haven’t had a holiday yet this year.  We’ve been too busy to     .
                   3  What time do you think you’ll           here after the party?
                   4  The festival organisers employ security guards to prevent people     without tickets.
                   5  It’s natural for parents to wonder how their children     when they’re away
                     at university.
                   6  Modern buses are designed to make it easy for passengers to       .
                   7  I don’t earn much, but I try to        without borrowing money from anyone.

            186   Complete each sentence with the correct form of take + one of the words from the box.
                  Use two of the words twice.

                       away    down    in   off  up

                   1  The woman  took off  her jacket and began work.
                   2  I had to pay £100 to have my old car         .
                   3  Few of the criminals            by the policeman’s attempt to disguise himself as a beggar.
                   4  The students were told to           the posters which they had hung from their windows.
                   5  My mother               yoga last year to keep herself fit.
                   6  I don’t keep a lot of music on my laptop because it      too much memory.
                   7  We were offered drinks soon after the plane         .














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