Prepositional Verbs

Question 1

Prepositional Verbs:
To learn to

Answer 1

Aprender a

Question 2

Prepositional Verbs:
To dare (oneself) to

Answer 2

Atrever-se a

Question 3

Prepositional Verbs:
To get to the point of

Answer 3

Chegar a

Question 4

Prepositional Verbs:
To start to

Answer 4

Começar a

Question 5

Prepositional Verbs:
To commit oneself / undertake to

Answer 5

Comprometer-se a

Question 6

Prepositional Verbs:
To continue to

Answer 6

Continuar a

Question 7

Prepositional Verbs:
To decide / make up your mind to

Answer 7

Decidir-se a

Question 8

Prepositional Verbs:
To take a long time to

Answer 8

Demorar a

Question 9

Prepositional Verbs:
To limit oneself to

Answer 9

Limitar-se a

Question 10

Prepositional Verbs:
To switch / go over to

Answer 10

Passar a

Question 11

Prepositional Verbs:
He got to the point of distrusting his own mother

Answer 11

Ele chegou a desconfiar da própria mãe

Question 12

Prepositional Verbs:
We’ve switched to using margarine instead of butter

Answer 12

Passamos a usar margarina em vez de manteiga

Question 13

Prepositional Verbs:
Children generally learn to walk at about a year of age

Answer 13

As crianças geralmente aprendem a caminhar quando elas têm um ano, mais ou menos

Question 14

Prepositional Verbs:
If you dare to dream, anything is possible

Answer 14

Se você se atreve a sonhar, qualquer coisa é possível

Question 15

Prepositional Verbs:
When she stroked the cat, she started to sneeze

Answer 15

Quando ela afagou o gato, ela começou a espirrar

Question 16

Prepositional Verbs:
The proofreader undertook to make the corrections

Answer 16

O revisor comprometeu-se a fazer as correções

Question 17

Prepositional Verbs:
He continued working without stopping for lunch

Answer 17

Ele continuou a trabalhar (OR continuou trabalhando) sem parar para almoçar

(The verb continuar is often followed by the gerund, especially in the spoken language)

Question 18

Prepositional Verbs:
He decided to lose weight

Answer 18

Ele decidiu-se a perder peso

Question 19

Prepositional Verbs:
She takes a long time to start any project

Answer 19

Ela demora muito a começar qualquer projeto

Question 20

Prepositional Verbs:
I limit my daughter to drinking one cup of juice per day

Answer 20

Limito minha filha a beber um copo de suco por dia

Question 21

Prepositional Verbs:
To advise someone to

Answer 21

Aconselhar alguém a

Question 22

Prepositional Verbs:
To help someone to

Answer 22

Ajudar alguém a

Question 23

Prepositional Verbs:
To convince someone to

Answer 23

Convencer alguém a

Question 24

Prepositional Verbs:
To invite someone to

Answer 24

Convidar alguém a

Question 25

Prepositional Verbs: To teach someone to

Answer 25

Ensinar alguém a

Question 26

Prepositional Verbs: To force someone to

Answer 26

Forçar alguém a

Question 27

Prepositional Verbs: He advised his client to sell his business

Answer 27

Ele aconselhou seu cliente a vender seu negócio

Question 28

Prepositional Verbs: Paulo helped me start my car

Answer 28

Paulo me ajudou a ligar meu carro

Question 29

Prepositional Verbs: His mother convinced him to return home after years abroad

Answer 29

Sua mãe o convenceu a voltar para casa depois de anos no exterior

Question 30

Prepositional Verbs: I want to teach my daughters to be independent

Answer 30

Quero ensinar minhas filhas a serem independentes

Question 31

Prepositional Verbs: You are all invited to participate

Answer 31

Todos vocês estão convidados a participar

Question 32

Prepositional Verbs: You can't force me to do anything I don't want to do

Answer 32

Você não pode me forçar a fazer nada que eu não queira fazer

Question 33

Prepositional Verbs: To have just, to finish

Answer 33

Acabar de

Question 34

Prepositional Verbs: To arrange to

Answer 34

Combinar de

Question 35

Prepositional Verbs: To forget to

Answer 35

Esquecer de

Question 36

Prepositional Verbs: To remember to

Answer 36

Lembrar de

Question 37

Prepositional Verbs: To stop, fail to, quit

Answer 37

Deixar de

Question 37

Prepositional Verbs: To stop

Answer 37

Parar de

Question 38

Prepositional Verbs: To finish

Answer 38

Terminar de

Question 39

Prepositional Verbs: To forbid someone to

Answer 39

Proibir alguém de

Question 40

Prepositional Verbs: To remind someone to

Answer 40

Lembrar a alguém de

Question 41

Prepositional Verbs: No one will forbid me to see my children

Answer 41

Ninguém vai me proibir de ver meus filhos

Question 42

Prepositional Verbs: I must remind Bruno to pay the electricity bill

Answer 42

Preciso lembrar ao Bruno de pagar a conta de luz

Question 43

Prepositional Verbs: Sorry, I forgot the write down your name

Answer 43

Desculpe, esqueci de escrever seu nome

Question 44

Prepositional Verbs: Remember to buy wine for tonight

Answer 44

Lembre de comprar vinho para esta noite

Question 45

Prepositional Verbs: Tânia finished cooking dinner and served it up

Answer 45

Tânia terminou de cozinhar o jantar e o serviu

Question 46

Prepositional Verbs: Please stop calling me

Answer 46

Por favor, pare de me ligar

Question 47

Prepositional Verbs: James is trying to quit biting his nails

Answer 47

James está tentando deixar de roer as unhas

Question 48

Prepositional Verbs: I've arranged to go to the dentist on Friday

Answer 48

Combinei de ir ao dentista na sexta-feira

Question 49

Prepositional Verbs: I've just finished cleaning

Answer 49

Acabei de terminar a limpeza

Question 50

Prepositional Verbs: To think of

Answer 50

Pensar em

Question 51

Prepositional Verbs: I'm thinking of buying a car

Answer 51

Estou pensando em comprar um carro

Question 52

Prepositional Verbs: To be happy to

Answer 52

Estar feliz em

Question 53

Prepositional Verbs: I was happy to hear that you are well

Answer 53

Fiquei feliz em saber que você está bem

Question 54

Prepositional Verbs: I'm sad to know we won't see this view again

Answer 54

Estou triste em saber que não veremos essa vista novamente

Question 55

Prepositional Verbs: To be sad to

Answer 55

Estar triste em

Question 56

Prepositional Verbs: To ask to

Answer 56

Pedir para

Question 57

Prepositional Verbs: She asked to leave the table

Answer 57

Ela pediu para sair da mesa

Question 58

Prepositional Verbs: To ask someone to

Answer 58

Pedir a alguém para

Question 59

Prepositional Verbs: I asked the children to help me

Answer 59

Pedi às crianças para me ajudarem