* Escrito por Rosangela Souza, fundadora e sócia-diretora da Companhia de Idiomas

Não há como aprender preposições em inglês sem praticar o máximo possível. A seguir, você verá um exercício sobre esse tema a partir de 20 frases do livro Happiness is… 500 Things to Be Happy About, da Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar.

As preposições (ou phrasal verbs) foram retiradas das frases para você completar. Além das preposições, você também vai poder relembrar vocabulário do cotidiano - coisas simples, mas fundamentais para a felicidade.

1. A drink _____cold water _____ a long run

2. A long walk _____ a friend

3. Already having all the ingredients _____a recipe

4. Blowing _____ birthday candles

5. Bumping _____and old teacher

6. Chatting _____ grandma

7. Falling asleep _____ the sound _____your cat purring

8. Falling ____ love

9. Finding the perfect pair _____ glasses

10. Joining a line just _____ it gets really long

11. Kids eating their food _____ complaint

12. Laughing _____a bad movie

13. Licking  cake batter ______ _______the bowl

14. Living _____ your favorite city

15. Recovering data _____ a dead computer

16. Remembering something hilarious ______a silent situation

17. Spinning ________an office chair

18. Warm clothes straight ______  _____ the dryer

19. Watching the trailers, looking _____________ ____ the movies

20. When a ladybug lands _______ you

 Respostas

1. A drink OF cold water AFTER a long run
2. A long walk WITH a friend
3. Already having all the ingredients FOR a recipe
4. Blowing OUT birthday candles
5. Bumping INTO and old teacher
6. Chatting WITH grandma
7. Falling asleep TO the sound OF your cat purring
8. Falling IN love
9. Finding the perfect pair OF glasses
10. Joining a line just BEFORE it gets really long
11. Kids eating their food WITHOUT complaint
12. Laughing AT a bad movie
13. Licking cake batter OUT OF the bowl
14. Living IN your favorite city
15. Recovering data FROM a dead computer
16. Remembering something hilarious IN a silent situation
17. Spinning ON an office chair
18. Warm clothes straight OUT OF the dryer
19. Watching the trailers, looking FORWARD TO the movies
20. When a ladybug lands ON you