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WORDPOWER: by – English Grammar Exercises for A2

6 esercizi

1. Match the sentences with by (1-4) with the meanings (a-d).

  • 1)
    Have you heard the new song by Arcade Fire?
  • 2)
    Can I pay by credit card?
  • 3)
    You need to bring the car back by eight o’clock.
  • 4)
    He was standing by the window looking at the rain.
  • a)
    near or next to
  • b)
    using
  • c)
    created or written
  • d)
    not later than

2. Match questions (1-5) with replies (a-e).

  • 1)
    Are you going to read your speech from a card?
  • 2)
    Can I borrow a pen?
  • 3)
    I didn’t understand your text message.
  • 4)
    Can you recommend a good Italian restaurant here?
  • 5)
    Can I put this jacket in the washing machine?
  • a)
    There are a few, but I think Leonardo’s is by far the best.
  • b)
    No, I’m going to learn it by heart
  • c)
    Yes, of course. Oh, by the way, did you speak to Silvia?
  • d)
    No, you need to wash it by hand
  • e)
    Sorry, it was for someone else. I sent it to you by mistake

3. Which phrase in bold in 2 do we use to start talking about something different?

4. Match the other phrases in bold in 2 with the meanings (1-4).

  • 1)
    without wanting to
  • 2)
    without using a machine
  • 3)
    much more than anything else
  • 4)
    so you can remember it without reading

5. Complete the sentences with expressions from 2.

  • 1)
    Hello! Are you enjoying the party? My name’s Mark, .
  • 2)
    I’m sorry, I turned so the washing machine and now I can’t stop it.
  • 3)
    This form doesn’t work on the computer, so I’ll have to complete it .
  • 4)
    I think that is the best film in the cinema at the moment.
  • 5)
    When I was at school, we learnt poems and repeated them to the class.

6. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

bus      next Monday      hand      mistake      heartthe library      far      the way
  • 1)
    She’s waiting for you by the library
  • 2)
    By , are you doing anything on Friday?
  • 3)
    Sorry, I clicked on SEND by before I finished writing the email.
  • 4)
    I usually come to work by .
  • 5)
    Actors have to learn their lines by .
  • 6)
    These shoes were made by That’s why they’re more expensive.
  • 7)
    Usain Bolt is by the best 100 metres runner of the past ten years.
  • 8)
    Please send me your report by .

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