FALL OVER

Mar 2, 2017

Study box. Read these sentences carefully.

1. I’m afraid that he might fall over again and hurt himself.
2. She still can’t walk properly—she keeps falling over.
3. I just touched the vase and it fell over.
Use the sentences in the study box to help you do these exercises.
- Complete the meaning of ‘fall over’ with a phrase below:
  
  stay standing • lie on • get up • fall to
  
  to be unable to and the ground
- Which of these are grammatically possible?
  - I fell over.
  - I fell over the ground.
  - I fell myself over.
  - The bicycle fell over.
  - The bicycle fell over it.
- Which three of these objects are the most likely to ‘fall over’?
  - a large pile of books on a table
  - an old car on a flat road
  - a tall tree in a storm
  - a chair with a broken leg
  - the wheel of a bike
- Which of the following would be logical answers to this question?
  
  Why did you fall over?
  - I was sitting down.
  - My foot slipped.
  - I suddenly felt very dizzy.
  - I was holding on to the wall.