verb patterns/ dependent prepositions/ verb plus preposition collocations
Inside Out Upper Intermediate Unit 2
You are parents of two teenagers. Work together, choose sentence stems from below and agree on your policies on them, starting with any you like but trying to use at least 10.
We wouldn’t let them_______________________________________________________
We’d expect them _________________________________________________________
We’d make them _________________________________________________________
We’d tell them not _________________________________________________________
We’d warn them not _______________________________________________________
We’d let them ____________________________________________________________
We’d encourage them ______________________________________________________
We’d ask them ___________________________________________________________
We’d ask them not ________________________________________________________
We’d want them __________________________________________________________
We’d ___________________________ unless they could afford to pay for it themselves
We’d offer ______________________________________________________________
We’d attempt ____________________________________________________________
We’d try to get them used __________________________________________________
We wouldn’t mind _________________________________________________________
We’d avoid ______________________________________________________________
We’d remind them ________________________________________________________
We’d teach them __________________________________________________________
We’d try to inspire them ____________________________________________________
We’d order them __________________________________________________________
We’d keep _______________________________________________________________
We’d consider ___________________________________________________________
We’d aim _______________________________________________________________
We’d refuse ______________________________________________________________
We’d insist ______________________________________________________________
We’d approve ___________________________________________________________
We’d disapprove _________________________________________________________
We’d want them to believe _________________________________________________
We’d want them to concentrate ______________________________________________
We’d forgive them ________________________________________________________
We’d object ______________________________________________________________
We’d worry _____________________________________________________________
We’d tell them to rely ______________________________________________________
We’d prevent them ________________________________________________________
We’d tell them to always apologise ___________________________________________
Try to find rules that another group hadn’t thought of but agree with. Then ask about any which are difficult to complete, doing so as a class each time.
Find verbs above which take these prepositions:
about
for
from
in
of
on
to
Find verbs above which take these verb patterns:
+ infinitive
+ to + infinitive
+ to + v+ing
+ v+ing
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