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Adjective + preposition pREposrrroN
1 We weren't aware _ the problem with our ticket until we got to the airport
2 The film, which is set in Sweden, is based _ a best-seliing novel.
3 I cant eat prawns because I'm allergic _ seafood.
4 Are you familiar _ the computer software we use?
5 As marketing manager I am responsible all our publicity campaigns.
6 Her dress was identièal _ mine. It was so embarrassing!
7 I'm fed up
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waiting for the electrician to come. I'm going out.
8 My grandmother is especially fond _ her eldest grandchild
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9 My wife is not very keen _ me buying a sports car.
l0 My cousin is a great linguist - she's fluent _ four languages.
I I We're very dissatisfied the service we received at your establishment.
12 She may be old, but she's quite capable _ looking after herself.
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13 The flight was delayed for two hours due _ a technical fault.
14 My younger brother is absolutely mad _ motor racing.
15 My family are hooked _ that new series - we never miss it.
f 6 I m sick listening to her compiain about how many hours she has to work.
17 lack is very upset the way the company treated him when he was ill.
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18 My wife's name is Fran, which is short _ Francesca.
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Ptepositiofi + 11s91
1 theory it only takes two days to renew the visa, but practice it takes a week. .
2 The travel agent has asked us to pay 50% of the cost of the holiday _ advance.
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3 I'm quite sure that he did that purpose, because he knew it woulC annoy her.
4 The teacher makes us learn lots of phrases heart and then tests us on them.
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5 I need a definite answer from you by the end of next week _ the latest.
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6 We didnt arrange to meet. I just saw her on the bus _ chance.
7 I saw the interview with the President the news last night.
8 Climate change is always _ the news these days - on TV radio, and in the
newspapers.
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9 Be careful with Nora today. She's _ a very bad mood.
l0 It was very difficuit at first but everything worked out well _ the end.
l l I sent a very romantic email to my boss instead of my girlfriend _ mistake.
12 I did all that work _ nothing. The teacher forgot to collect in our essays.
l3 My sister and her husband broke up last year, but they are still _ good terms.
14 I dont eat in that restaurant principle. i ve heard they treat their staffvery badly.
15 principle, they have agreed to rent the house to us, but we need to work out
the details.
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16 'Ihe company are heavily _
debt and may have to close down.
17 In California smoking on beaches is _ the law.
18 a rule I'm usually in bed by 11.00 during the week. At weekends I stay up later.
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7 When u/e went to ls--* wedding we couldn't park near 16-_**- church, so we had to get
l,_._-_ ta-xi.
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10 1 Jan'r usuaily enjoy:5 nlms with subtitles but i absolutely love<i:5.*'-- German film
-*.- Foreign Language Film' this year.
-uvhich won lhe Oscar fbr'Best
1i The m{n was sent to rr-.*. prisor lbr robbing 28-_-___ bank in London.
12 te---.* -- Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in 30---__. Alps.
13 Whenever I go to London, 1 alway go shopping at 3r.-.----_-. Harrods'
14 When we went to Morocco on our honeymoon, we camped in 3z**.- Sahara desert.
It was sù rCImanticl
15 She decided not to go to the top of 33*_** EitIel Tower because she's so scared of heights.
16 My brother ioves eating at 3a--*- Maria's. He thinks it's the best ltalian re§taurant in the city
centre.
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In this paragraph there are no definite articles, no thes. Put thern in lvhercvcr you
think they are really nece$sary.
§fomen's role in socier,v has changecl greatly. For example, they now have equal
rights in law, and marriage and children are no longer their only option in life,
rhey can also achieve important positions at work, Yet there is a long wa), to go.
If a woman chooses to combine marriage wirh a career) her problem wiil
probat:ly tre time. If she chooses a career instead of marriage, people (even
friends) will sornerimcs conside r her strange. Moreover she will need to u'ork
veia hard to achieve success, since public opinion stili sees women as less capable
rhan men, at least at work"
Capìtalùzatùon Here are some important rules for capitalization.
Rules
RULES EXAI'{PLES
Capitalizs;
l. The first word of a sentence. Mother Teresa is admired for her work
all over the world.
ar
BUT NOT a title without a name. the general, the. prime ministeri the inath
professoq, the prince, the king
BUT NOT the names of compass Drive east for two blocks, and then
. .:l directions. turn south.
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Punctuation
tuttstop (BrE) Period tNAmE) r before or after'he said', etc' wheniir,riting
§ down conversation:
at the end of a sentence that is not a
question >'Come back soon' she satd'
n
or an exclamadon: a before a shofi quotadon:
:, I knocked at the door. There was no reply' * Disraelt said" 'Little things affect little minds',
z' Iknackedagain-
E sometimes in abbreviadons:
i" Jan. e.g. A.m. et'c' ffi colon
q in internet and email addresses (said'dot') r tointroduce a list of items:
v hxis://www.oup.com > Thue are our opti"ons: we go by train and
leave before the end of the show ; or we take
ffi ."**,
thecar andseettall.
s in formal wridng, before a clause or phrase
6 to separate words in though a list, that gives more inforrnadon about the main
they are often ornitted before and: clause. (You can use a semicolon or a ftrll §top,
t' abouquet of red, pinkandwhite roses butnota comma, instead of acolonhere.)
b mik ar hot chocolate
t ea, coffee, > The gard"enhadbeen neglectedfor along
time: it was overgrown andfull of weeds.
s to separate phrases or clauses:
* lf youkeep calm, takeyour ttme, concefltrate s to introduce a quotation, wNch maybe
pas$
and think alTead. then you're likely to indented:
your te§t. > As Kenneth Morgan witu :
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v W or-a a ut after all the ucitement of Ùte p arty' Tlw tnlJh was , p erhaps, that Britain in the
the chtldren s o o n f ell aleeP' yearsftom 191 4 to 1983 had not changed
gives atl that fiindamentallY.
q before and after a clause or phrase that
additional, but not essential, information Athers, how ever, hav e challenged this view "'
about the noun it follows:
> The Pennine Hills, which aretery popular
with w alkers, ar e s iruated b etw e en
ffi sennicolon
L ancashir e and Yo rkshir e' r instead of a comma to separate parts of
after a sentence that already contain commas:
(do not use commas before and the
a clause that defines the nounitfollows) * Sluwas determined to succeedwhatever
;ould achiev e her atm, who ev er
cost she w
> The htlk that sep arete Lancashirefrom
ennines' mightsuffer onthewsY'
Yo rkshir e ar e c'tlle d the P
in formal writing, to separate Rvo
main
E to separate main clauses, especially long
r
0 by a
clauses, especially those notjoined
on"t, link dby a conjunction such as cnd,
conjunction:
as,but,for, or: s§;
» lhe sun was alreadY low inthe
e' W e iad b e en Lo o king f o rw ar d to o ur holiday
itwauld soonbe dark'
olly eor, b ut unfo r tunately it r aine d ev ery day'
E to separate an introductoryword or phrase'
or an adverb or adverbial phrase that applies @ ouestion mark
to the whole sentence, from the rest of the
r at the end of a direct question:
se[tence:
> Where's the car?
v Ah, so that's where itwas'
again' > Y o u' r e av ing alr e a dY ?
As tthappens, however, I never saw her
Le
"> By theioy, didyouheor aboutsue's car? Do not u§e a question mark at the end of an
indirect question:
x to separate a tag question from the rest
» He asked if I wos leavtng'
ofthe sentence:
doubt:
v l{ s quite uP ensiv e, isnt it ? n especiailywith a date, to express
Y ouliv e in Bristol ight? *'J ohn Mar sto n (? 5 7 5'L ffi 4) 1"
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ital§cs
B toshowemphasis:
» frn not going to do it-You are.
s . . proposals which we cannot accept under
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anycirc.mstances
a to indicate the titles ofbooks, plays, etc:
r Joyce's Ulysses
» the title role in Puccini'§ Tosca
È aletterinlheTtmes
a for foreign words or Phrases:
» the English oak (Quercus roburi
p' I had to rerrew myperntesso di soggrorno
(residenee permit).
!.) Thsre are a number of brain diseases associated with old age/
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are Just two of the most well-known.
a) §7e normally use 's when the first noun is a person or an animal:
the manager's office (not "ùte office of the manager')
Mr Evans's daughter the horse's tail a policeman's hat
Otherwise (with things) we normall,v use ... of -..:
the door of the room (rof 'the room's door')
the beginning of the story (not'the story's beginning')
Sometimes you can use 's when the first noun is a thing. For example, you can say:
the book's title or the title of the book
But it is safer and more usual to use ... of ... (but see also section b).
b) You can usually use 's when the first noun is an organisation (: a group of people). So you
can say:
the government's decision or the decision of the government
the company's success or the success of the company
It is also possible to use 's with places. So you can say:
the city's new theatre the world's population
Britain's system of government ltaly's largest ciry
c) After a singular noun we use 's. After a plural noun (which ends in -s) we use only an
apostrophe ('):
my sister's room (one sister) Mr Carter's house
my sisters' room (more than one sister) the Carters'house \Mr and Mrs Carter)
lf a pÌural noun does not end in -s, we use 's:
a children's book
Note that you can use 's after more than one noun:
Jack and Jill's wedding Mr and Mrs Carter's house
But we u'ould not use 's in a sentence like this:
us the money. ('the man who lent us the
- I met the wife of the man who lentby's)
money'is too long to be followed
Note th a t'":'ilH:,'; :
I',',n;x'.l i:i;;ll: 1H,,,,. ( Ann,s n a t)
d) You can
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- Have you still got last Saturday's newspaper?
You can also say: yesterday's ... today's ... this evening's ... next week's ...
Monday's... etc.
we arso,i. ''_,.,1,1Jir":::ili:.,"fj;:f:'" prurars) with periods or time:
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LVork in pairs. You shouid read ONE of the twc extracts each and explain to each
other what you understand of Ji!!'s opinion of Jack.
Debr ilack ,
g want a. ?harr whe knowa what ].ove ie a].l alrout,. you. are
gfen,erous, kind, thoughtful. people who are not l.ike ]rou
adrait to being rrseJ.ese and inferior. You have rrxi"ned re for
other m€!r. r yearn for you. r have no feerings whatso€vsr
when w€Ire'apart. § can be forever happy -will you" Let ma
be yours?
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OEgte§hde_ard_teare§, LyrrreTruse, LorÉon, Fmffe Booka, &3
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Dear ,3ack,
I rsant a mé,m who ]enowe vrhats love ie. P.11 aboub you are
genererus, kind, thoughtful people, who are nsè l-i-ke Y§u"
prdnLit èo beinE ueeleee and j-:aferior"' You have ruàned rae'
§'or othres m@rr 3 Xr@arcl ! For You I trave no f,eelinge
whabsoever. ffiren w@' Ee apart §" ean be foreven happy " WiL:*
yors le€ sae be?
Ycurs u
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ftead thc §olÉ*w"amg§entens€ amd pwr,xtuat* §t s* "Ét,ffza'#*§
seri§€" flqerresmfuqr t?** awmtwat *tgt,*
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T*rnee pwwpieane ?m1yosryc d-§*fum,Fc?*r
amd 'afue siass teaefuer"
Peter wrhere i*§tm had hmd h*d fuad had had had
had had had
tfue t*aehen's appr*vag