1. Match the verbs and prepositions as they occur together in the text. Make up your own sentences with them.
1). come
2). dive
3). get
4). stick
5). tone
6). bring
7). track
8). get
a). on with
b). to
c). down
d). up
e). off
f). down
g). into
h). out of

2. Use an appropriate verb and preposition to complete each sentence.
1). If you get … with an activity, you start doing it or continue doing it.
2). If you ask how someone is ……… … with an activity, you are asking about their progress.
3). If you dive … an activity, you start doing it enthusiastically and without any preparation.
4). If you ……… something …, you make it less strong or offensive.
5). If you are talking and ……… … a subject, you talk only about that subject, and not about anything else.
6). If you ……… … someone or something, you find them after searching for them with effort.
7). When you ……… … a child, you look after it until it is grown up and you try to give it particular beliefs and attitudes.
8). If you ……… … of a place, you leave it.
9). If it ……… … as an awkward situation it means that it is interpreted in this particular way.