chair

Common expressions

• sit in a chair
• lean back in your chair
• push back your chair
• get up from your chair
• fall off your chair
• flop into a chair

Complete the verb phrases with the correct preposition:

1. I put my feet up on the desk, leaned …… in my chair and tried to relax.
2. I don’t know what’s wrong with him! He just got up …… his chair and left without saying a word!
3. It was no accident. He fell …… his chair because he was drunk!
4. At the end of the meal he pushed …… his chair and got up to make a speech.
5. When I arrived my grandfather was sitting …… his favourite chair by the fire.
6. I was so tired after work, I just dropped my bags and flopped …… the nearest chair.