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1 JOBS 2 SHOPS
Prepositions Prepositions
A A
1 into 1 of
2 with 2 of
3 for 3 on
4 for 4 in
5 on 5 for
6 with B
B 1 in
1 to 2 for
2 for 3 for
3 in 4 of
4 in 5 into
5 towards 6 for
6 on
C Word families
1 competitive
2 relaxing C
3 presenter 1 comfortably
4 interviewees 2 designer
5 application 3 jeweller
6 signature 4 reduction
5 recommendation
Collocations 6 annoy/annoyed
7 inspiring
D
1 scientific Collocations
2 organised
3 energetic D
4 national 1 selection
5 political 2 bargain
6 balanced 3 material
E 4 pair
5 stock
1 played
6 fee
2 draw
3 come out E
4 sign 1 complicated
5 keep 2 light
6 make 3 thick
4 unique
Nouns 5 damaged
6 tight
F F
1 d 1 c
2 a 2 a
3 f 3 d
4 e 4 f
5 c 5 b
6 b 6 e

Phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs

G G
1 on 1 back
2 up 2 back
3 out 3 into

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3 GETTING THERE 4 EAT

Prepositions Prepositions
A A
1 to 1 of
2 at 2 for
3 for 3 for
4 with 4 of
5 of 5 with
6 on 6 in
B B
1 into 1 of
2 for 2 about
3 in 3 of
4 in 4 for
5 for 5 of
6 about 6 with

Word families Word families

C C
1 cross 1 chose
2 criminals 2 roast
3 introduction 3 grill
4 excited 4 complaint
5 cyclist 5 booking
D D
crash, test, load, charge, repair ban, spread, link, snack, offer

Collocations Collocations
E E
1 stretch 1 book
2 charge 2 keep
3 hired 3 left
4 cycle 4 complained
5 afford 5 pay
6 set 6 make
F F
1 f 1 delicious
2 e 2 baked
3 d 3 generous
4 c 4 damp
5 a 5 mixed
6 b 6 healthy
G G
1 council 1 stone
2 crossing 2 link
3 service 3 shell
4 lane 4 terrace
5 lights 5 meat
6 park H
H 1 playing
1 off 2 to order
2 in 3 to show
3 off 4 to land
4 through
5 up

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5 RELAX Word families

Prepositions C
1 frustrated
A 2 combines/combined
3 founder
1 at 4 inspired/inspires
2 from 5 tidily
3 from
4 on D
5 with shout, welcome, control, post, comment

Word families Collocations

B E
1 drew 1 determination
2 fish 2 success
3 lose 3 patience
4 laziness 4 confidence
5 mess 5 expectations
6 supporter 6 removal
7 earnings
8 crowded
F
C 1 submit
2 warm
draw, kick, score, throw, cheat 3 next-door
4 ceremony
Collocations 5 hostile
6 school
D G
1 beats 1 e
2 drew 2 c
3 kicked 3 d
4 scored 4 b
5 supported 5 a
6 won
E 7 YOUR PLACE
1 bitter
2 mild
3 main
Prepositions
4 bronze
5 keen A
6 bad 1 from
F 2 from
3 into
1 gear 4 for
2 court 5 with
3 racket 6 to
4 pitch
5 pool B
6 medal 1 between
2 on
3 on
6 FAMILY AND FRIENDS 4 through
A 5 in
1 to
2 on Word families
3 with
4 with C
5 between 1 farmer
6 with 2 industry
B 3 finance
1 in 5 murderer
2 at 6 treatment
3 to
4 with
5 at

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D Collocations
bite, repeat, lock, kiss
E F
1 sharp 1 emotions
2 liberal 2 technology
3 secure 3 income
4 rural 4 advantage
5 financial 5 desire
6 historic G
F 1 doing
1 bank 2 conducting
2 farm 3 put
3 Desert 4 make
4 port 5 claimed
5 plant 6 took
6 sink
G Patterns
1 rural H
2 last
3 home 1 to help
4 industrial 2 to get
5 green 3 studying
4 learning
5 to like
8 EDUCATION
Prepositions
9 MIND AND BODY
A
A 1 to
1 in 2 of
2 at 3 with
3 in 4 from
4 to 5 on
5 into 6 on
6 about B
B 1 for
1 to 2 for
2 to 3 from
3 from 4 on
4 on 5 for
5 on 6 at
6 on
Word families
Word families
C
C 1 depression
1 tempting 2 react
2 earnings 3 treat
3 resignation 4 mixture
4 qualified 5 operated
5 graduate 6 Decide
D D
promise, test, copy, approach, tax sneeze, cough, ache, damage
E
Collocations
1 fail
2 optional E
3 disadvantage
4 patient 1 injury
5 private 2 illness
3 recovery
4 appetite
5 temperature

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F 4 on
1 playing 5 down
2 have 6 off
3 done
4 Take
5 make
11  SCIENCE AND NATURE
6 made
G Prepositions
1 playing A
2 to give up
3 giving away 1 from
4 to go 2 on
3 about
4 to
10  PLACES TO STAY 5 of
B
Prepositions 1 to
2 of
A 3 of
1 to 4 to
2 about 5 of
3 for
4 of Word families
5 of
6 with C
B 1 cruel
1 with 2 environment
2 of 3 funded/funds
3 of 4 investigating
4 at 5 explosion
5 about 6 extinction
D
Word families forecast, bark, boost, witness

C Word building
1 available
2 receptionist E
3 electrical
4 sightseers 1 explosion
5 ambition 2 reaction
3 insistence
D 4 detector
doubt, rent, climb 5 investigation
6 funding
Collocations
Collocations
E
F
1 full-time
2 fond 1 broke
3 expiry 2 becoming
4 electrical 3 appear
5 roaring 4 sent
5 protect
F 6 facing
1 make 7 conducting
2 going G
3 suffered
4 realised 1 power
2 forecast
3 witness
Phrasal verbs 4 hearing
5 importance
G 6 prize
1 up
2 out
3 around

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12  ON THE PHONE 13  CULTURE

Prepositions Prepositions
A A
1 from 1 for
2 on 2 in
3 to 3 in
4 for 4 of
5 of 5 of
6 in B
B 1 of
1 about 2 in
2 to 3 on
3 in 4 of
4 on 5 of
5 to 6 of
6 of
Word families
Word families
C
C 1 romance
1 confirm 2 tired
2 swelling 3 depressed
3 describe 4 talented
4 proof 5 invasion
5 owner 6 awareness
6 accident D
D 1 romantic
code, grab, transfer, text 2 talented
3 illegal
Collocations 4 fictional
5 tasteful
6 aware
E
1 Send Word building
2 pay
3 undid
4 give E
5 address 1 rehearsal
6 had/has 2 invasion
F 3 promotion
4 history
1 b 5 depression
2 f 6 prisoners
3 a
4 e
5 d Collocations
6 c
F
G
1 abstract
1 irrational
2 leading
2 inconvenient
3 productive
3 scary
4 valuable
4 expected
5 tiring
5 fortunate
6 predictable
H G
1 off
1 f
2 up
2 a
3 through
3 e
4 up
4 b
5 c
6 d

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14  STUFF 15  MONEY

Prepositions Prepositions
A A
1 in 1 of
2 of 2 of
3 on 3 in
4 from 4 in
5 to 5 against
6 of 6 to
B B
1 in 1 with
2 of 2 for
3 of 3 to
4 to 4 on
5 on 5 of
6 on 6 to

Word families Word families

C C
1 staple 1 elected
2 embarrassed 2 investment
3 exhausting 3 earnings
4 tinned 4 argument
5 miner 5 unemployed
6 influential
D Collocations
nail, hammer, bin, mine, estimate
D
Collocations cover, transfer
E
E 1 goods
1 c 2 equipment
2 f 3 wage
3 a 4 currency
4 e 5 salary
5 d 6 account
6 b F
F 1 make
1 bucket 2 pay
2 mortgage 3 had
3 deposit 4 take
4 estimate 5 set
5 site G
G 1 up
1 tinned 2 out
2 store 3 up
3 water 4 out
4 waste 5 into
5 efficient 6 up

Phrasal verbs 16  EVENTS

H
Prepositions
1 of
2 away
A
3 to
4 up 1 in
5 of 2 into
6 up 3 to / with
4 of

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5 of F
6 on 1 funeral
B 2 wedding
1 with 3 special
2 by 4 racial
3 under 5 Roman
4 of 6 nuclear
5 with G
6 against 1 holding
2 launched
Word families 3 give
4 conduct
C 5 have / had
6 made
1 invasion
2 occupation
3 establishment Phrasal verbs
4 independence
5 economy H
6 controversy 1 up
D 2 at
regret, trade, chat 3 up
4 down

Collocations
Patterns
E
I
1 background
2 drop-dead 1 to buy
3 religious 2 to go
4 key 3 sending
5 political 4 taking
6 rapid 5 to give

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