Verb + Preposition — Lost in Translation? Not Quite.
Grammar: Verb + preposition (dependent prepositions)
Free ESL grammar exercise on verb + preposition themed around lost in translation? not quite.. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on culture, practising verb + preposition (dependent prepositions). The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Meyer had stumbled onto something linguists had long argued about: that communication style is infrastructure. In high-context cultures, meaning depends heavily on what is not said.
Grammar: Verb + Preposition
- Depend / rely + on
- Use on after depend and rely. She depends on context. They relied on trust. Never depend of.
- Refer / respond + to
- Use to after refer, respond, listen, react, contribute. He referred to the grid. She responded to the silence.
Sample items
- The new employee struggled ______ the indirect feedback she received from her manager.
- The study focuses ______ communication patterns in Southeast Asian workplaces.
- No single framework can account ______ every regional variation in communication style.
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