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Fill in the blanks with the following words. There may be more than one right answer.

as a result of despite even so in order to whereas

1. ___ ensure everything goes to plan, please read all instructions carefully.

2. ___ recent cutbacks, Marketing and Sales will be merged into one department.

3. Mary and Jeff feel we need to reduce personnel expenses, ___ I believe we should take more people on!

4. I agree with you about that; ___, I’m not going to approve it.

5. Valerie sent the report out, ___ my strict instructions not to.

Prepositions: Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word

The Spanish language can be credited with the invention 1)___ two letters. The first, which is actually no longer used in Spanish itself, is the C-cedilla, the Ç. It was created to represent the sound of “ts” 2)___ Medieval Spanish, and it got its name from the diminutive of the Visigothic name for Z, “zeda”, due to the fact that the virgule underneath the C was originally a Z. However, 3)___ the “ts” evolved 4)___ either a “th” or an “s” sound, it was decided that the letter Ç was no longer necessary, so it was dropped in the 18th century. 5)___ that time, however, many other languages, including French and Portuguese, had already adopted it.

Word Order: Un-mix the words to create real sentences.

1. messed I up know I , but didn’t to I mean !

2. Bethany doesn’t but skiing loves her husband , .

3. Although French he really speak to tries , he can’t.

4. detective loves Olivia reading stories, and at does every so opportunity.

5. as as Do do I like much strawberries you ?

Read the text and choose the best option:

Well, Christmas 1) is coming up/will come up, and we 2) should all be thinking/should all think about how we’re going to celebrate such a wonderful event. Yes, I know, 3) we’ve been having/we’ve had the decorations up since September, but now that it’s less than a month away, we’re really going to have to focus!

James, earlier you 4) had said/used to say that we should really push the discounts this coming long weekend, and I have to agree with you. So 5) could/do you write me up a report about what should go on sale and for how much and 6) get/to get it back to me by tomorrow? …

Both of these expressions are used when someone has done far, far more than was required of them. Have a look at the following examples:    – Sergeant McCrosky received a medal for Service Above and Beyond the Call of Duty for saving that drowning girl last week.    – Melanie in customer service really […]

Remember, these phrasal verbs are not “make + particle” but rather units, so learn them as such! Put these verbs in the correct sentence, conjugated as necessary.  You may want to look these words up in a dictionary, as they may have secondary meanings! (Just like in that sentence: “look up” isn’t just “turn your […]

Fix the mistake in each of the sentences: I can’t choose among the red one or the blue one. Jimmy wakes up at 5:30 all mornings–I don’t know how he does it! Believe me, that new Adam Sandler movie is not worth to watch. I don’t like chocolate.  That’s because I always get flan for […]

Remember, these phrasal verbs are not “set + particle” but rather units, so learn them as such! Put these verbs in the correct sentence, conjugated as necessary.  You may want to look these words up in a dictionary, as they may have secondary meanings! (Just like in that sentence: “look up” isn’t just “turn your […]

Un-mix the words to create real sentences.

don’t his I is know name what .

always at Cathy goes Mike night where wonders .

asked Beth cinnamon Debbie had me put the where .

– Imagine you have to give a presentation on a topic you’re fairly familiar with, but still haven’t prepared for. If you have to go in right now, without your notes or PowerPoint slides, and give it, we would say that you have to wing it. This means to just jump in and do what needs to be done even if you haven’t prepared for it.