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WORDPOWER: verb + to – English Grammar Exercises for A2

7 esercizi

1. Match sentences (1-2) with the replies (a-b).

  • 1)
    My chair at work isn’t very comfortable.
  • 2)
    I can’t afford to go to the cinema tonight.
  • a)
    I think you should stop lending money to your friends.
  • b)
    I think you should explain the problem to your boss.

2. Which verb + to combination in bold in 1 is a way of giving? Which is a way of communicating?.

3. Look at the sentences. Add the verb + to combinations to the table.

CommunicatingGiving
explain tolend to
  • 1)
    You have to pay a lot of money to the government when you start a new business.
  • 2)
    She wrote to the newspaper to tell them what happened.
  • 3)
    I sold my car to my brother-in-law.
  • 4)
    I always read to my children before they go to sleep.
  • 5)
    She described the building to her friend, but he couldn’t find it.
  • 6)
    She bought flowers to her mother to say sorry.

4. Where does to come in the sentences? Tick the correct answer.

  • 1)
    before the object of the verb
  • 2)
    after the direct object and before the indirect object

5. Put to in the correct places in the sentences.

  • 1)
    They sold their house some friends from another country.
  • 2)
    When Steve described his holiday his friends, they were amazed.
  • 3)
    Please bring something to drink the party.
  • 4)
    I read the joke my friend, because it was funny.
  • 5)
    Tara lent an umbrella her neighbour, because it was raining.
  • 6)
    Did you write the letter the bank like I told you?
  • 7)
    I explained the problem the company, but they didn’t help me.
  • 8)
    I paid the money for my course the school last week.

6. Write five sentences about your life using the verbs + to from the table in 3.

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

read     sold     paid     wrote     lentdescribed     explained     brought
  • 1)
    She explainedthe problem to her parents.
  • 2)
    I £200 to Jack so he could buy a phone.
  • 3)
    He lots of CDs with him to the party.
  • 4)
    Gianni an email to the school to ask for information about their language classes.
  • 5)
    We £500 to the builder who fixed our roof.
  • 6)
    She the story very quietly to her class, closed the book and put it back in the cupboard.
  • 7)
    They their car to their neighbour for £1,500.
  • 8)
    Laura her new house in Australia to me.

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