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Unit 30: Reciprocal verbs | Grammar | B1
Reciprocal verbs describe two or more people or two or more groups of people doing the same thing to each other. We use each other or one another for emphasis.
E.G. My parents and Patrick’s parents met each other for the first time at our engagement party.
EXERCISE 1
Use the verbs in the box in the correct form to complete the sentences below:
laugh at listen to look at shout at
rely on crash into be fond of apologise to
1. When you work in pairs, you can't both talk at the same time; you have to ____________ each other.
2. They ____________ each other when they saw how funny they looked in their carnival costumes.
3. Mary and Jim ____________ one another and smiled.
4. It's good to have friends you can trust; I have known Ted since we were at school and we have always ____________ each other for help.
5. I don't think Sheila and Bill are happily married; I often hear them ____________ each other.
6. The boys had a row but later they ____________ each other and were friends again.
7. Fortunately, nobody was hurt when the car and the van ____________ each other on the motorway.
8. My grandparents have been married for over forty years and ____________ still very ____________ each other.
EXERCISE 2
Complete the sentences below with the correct word from the box. Use each word twice.
with against from to
1. Two students are competing _________ each other for the scholarship.
2. The two dodgem cars collided _________ each other.
3. I used to have a pen-friend but we haven't heard _________ each other for years.
4. He gave her an eternity ring to show that he never wanted them to be parted _________ one another.
5. This part of the diagram and the first floor of the building correspond _________ each other.
6. The twins have had an argument and now they are not speaking _________ each other.
7. If Costas doesn't speak English and Jane doesn't speak Greek, how on earth do they communicate _________ each other?
8. If we want to create a democracy, we must not fight _________ one another, but against the ruling party.
EXERCISE 3
Use the verbs in parentheses + each other/one another to form suitable clauses to finish the following sentences:
1. Those children don't seem to get on very well;
they're always arguing with each other. (argue)
2. I feel as though I know you, even though_______________ .(met)
3. Robert and Julia must be very much in love; ______________ .(kiss)
4. We were sorry we had quarrelled and afterwards ______________ .(apologise)
5. France and Holland have got through to the World Cup Final: that means ______________ .(play)
6. My mother and I have very different views; _______________.(not/agree)