Question

Complete the conversation between Claire and her sister Sophie.   Put in the verbs with these prepositions: for, in, like, of, on   Sophie: Where's that little radio of yours?   Claire: Oh, it got broken. Henry knocked it off the table.     Unfortunately he hasn't succeeded (►) in getting (get) it to work again. Sophie: Oh, what a pity.   Claire: It was only a cheap thing. In fact I'd been thinking (1) ........ ……………………. . (buy) a new one.   But Henry not only apologized (2) ................................... (break) it, he   insisted (3)…………………………… (buy) me a much nicer one. It's in the dining-room. Sophie: Henry is such a gentleman.   Claire: He didn't really need to buy me a new one, but I didn't feel (4)…………………………… (argue). ​

Answer 1

Sophie: Where's that little radio of yours?   Claire: Oh, it got broken. Henry knocked it off the table.     Unfortunately he hasn't succeeded (►) in getting (get) it to work again. Sophie: Oh, what a pity.   Claire: It was only a cheap thing. In fact I'd been thinking (1) of buying a new one.   But Henry not only apologised (2) for breaking it, he   insisted (3) of buying me a much nicer one. It's in the dining-room. Sophie: Henry is such a gentleman.   Claire: He didn't really need to buy me a new one, but I didn't feel (4) like argueing.