Fill in prepositions or adverbs. 1)...the football match fighting broke...the rival groups...fans.
2)The night was cool and the air smelled...spring rain.
Ann did her best but couldn’t close her heart ... the evil news. 6.Alex tried to express his feelings but only a little word broke ... his lips. 7.The criminal broke ... ... the policemen who were holding him. 8.She was drinking ... life ... the open window as if it was her last day ... earth. 9.The instructor closed the day saying they would carry ... ... the workshop the next day. 10 the result ... mass cutting ... many species ... trees have nearly died ... . 11.The journalist reported that five people were injured ... a car crash ... the highway. 12.There is statistics that most men die ... heart attack. 13.We were all listening ... him though we knew his stories were always ... belief. 14.She got carried ... ... the music ... the concert and started to whistle it herself. 15.He broke ... the shop and stole the money ... the cashier’s desk. 16.During the trial he behaved as if he was ... ... his mind. 17.The breaking news left us all speechless ... shock.
2 He did some experiments and came to the conclusion that smoke had the power to lift things up and carry them through the air.
3 The Montgolfier brothers quickly realised that it was heat and not smoke that had the power to lift things.
4 On 19th September 1783, they presented their first hot-air balloon, which was made from paper and cloth.
5 They burned some straw underneath it and the heat helped the balloon to float.
6 A sheep, a duck and a chicken were in the basket that hung below the balloon for the two-mile journey and they landed safe and sound.
7 Shortly afterwards, the brothers asked the king for permission to send men up in the balloon.
8 The king agreed, and the first flight consisting of human passengers took place in Paris on 21st November 1783, with great success