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Dinos: Without refering to Chact 14-3, see how many of the preposition combinations A you already know by comping these sentences with an appropiate preposition and verb Exetcse | Translate the sentences into English form. L.Ocraamiit pas oro Gann, KOH BiH 9HTaB KRIKKY B 1, Alice isn't interested 4 look) lacking fora new job, ‘uuanbHoMy Gaal. 2, yn, ak eoua cnizae y cycianit xiswari, 3, ‘Mowe suycwtn verarit (10 keep). 4, Moxa Gyno yyri, ax Tee 2, Henry is excited (eave) __for Ina, vom. (om). 5, Bay suginm postr, 6 Bl ancy 3, You are capable (4) —__ bene work sualhuna nopeantwn na xycouKa (lo fear 1 serps) 7, [lo sao it 4, Thave no excuse (8) ue, ve Topyanon (10 feve; untouched), 8. Horo me rixom He aw Gaswna Taxi siymKeHum (excited), 9. Tenep moxta epaxkari 5. I'maceustomed hose) a big breakfast »aue sooner sasepuenm, (researc, ocomples) 6, The rain prevented us (comple) the work, 1, Fredis lays complaining (dass) aendache, Pxetise2 ; cos 1. Tlepernaaaown crapi raaera, sin nominas uixasy crarri mpo 8, Instead (uiy)___, Margret went to balgame with ypigepeymeny Joxgova 2, Kons ai 6ya asoaypes, wi pas y some of her friends, yrion, 3, Mpowrrasum xray, sin noaepaye if w GiGniotexy. 4, 9, Thank you (hep) ae carry ay suitcases, Tlowepxysunce aosowy, BoHa Bisa, WO ABepi BitKpui S.Bucayxapwi foro noncwena, si oupinnite, wo pin past, 6, 10, Mrs, Grant insisted —— the whole ruth, Kon wu Gyan Hepsi, ww size Epuiraw. 7. Byrsne AL, Tbelieve (be) hhonest at all times. oGepeaxni, Kom nepexogite BY.AHUND, 12, You should eke advantage (ive) here, Exercise 3 13, Fatima hed 2 good reason (3,10) —_— to dass yesterday. !-Xsoneub,Konpi npaonasy cau, noua wee we winpany. 2.Tolt snicoxnti Yononix eaaenBoe inkenepoM, KoTpUi npauosaB 14, Breryone inthe neighborhood parcpated (ward) wa mow sas acizta por Tow, forthe los hid, 3, Xaommika, sil mponaBas raneTu, ye He Gyno BHO, 15, Lpolgied Yoko —___ (nay) —_ herwsitforme, +n, xa nponasaa venonarix ian, srapanocs, vawoos araaysana Eniay fynina, Boveoume, a Gye cxwrsnit noGasura w 16, The weather is terrible tonight. I don’t blame you (oant, not) Antal, ‘pO WO KONACE YITAB. to goto the meeting 5.Novosix, korpuil_tuaa po aopory 0 Mocty Batepaoo, ecnogizano Kyaticb HH. 17, Who is esponsbie (ash) _____ and (dy) 6.Mosiowat pobirank, xonpail_ nas weue aaiaxn x npyixas, the dishes after dinner? sigaeca Neti sHaliona, 18, In addition @) toschoo! fll time, Spiro has 7 2008s, xorg npaic er si Apryp xoris norosopaTH 3 sine jah eo Hao re 8,Bin nowinms, mo crapul mxerrmen, KoTpl yamKiHo arenes 19, I stopped the child — (ren) into the street, ‘HR HbOTO, POGRTE HoMy AWBHI 3HAKH, 20, Where should we go for dinner tonight? Would you object @) 9, Bonn sero. ayuart po cools apysi,xompl mpatyorann 1a Tlanexowy Cxogi. ‘to an Italian restaurant? 10. Haui aps, opi npeuomm 2 Jatxony Css, 21. The mayor made another public statement forthe purpose larity) owepiysca 2oa0My, the new tax proposal, : oes : fee 22. The thief was cccused (ea) a woman's purse AA few participles change thelr ema eating et position: ‘a concerned exoression (= a wor expression) 25. Th jr oon Mr. dus gat (ais) _____ money fom “he people concerned ( he people who aver affected). ‘compan ewe fora (hag) ——_____ ior it {Jan ale explanation a complied explanation) 2A, Lary st used (eo) a suit and tie everyday the people iniofved (the same asthe people concemed) 25, Y'm going to vist my family during the school vacation. I'm looking forward Dan adopted stil (=a child who is bought up by people who are (cas) ______ my mother’s cooking and (sep) not s/he biological parents) ‘the solution adopted (=the solution that is! was chosen) ry own bed. ‘Ba Complete the sentences with the correct preposition and the gerund. 10 I've never approved 11 Stop talking and get on .. about: Don’t try and discourage me .fratt.dgina. (do) what I want to do. T'd like to enquire .. (enrol) on one of your for: evening courses. fon She seems very excited .. {statt) that new jot ‘Are you thinking .. (leave) him? oy I think we're all in agreement ..... sesiansenneeees (CUt) Our Costs. She lives on her own but she relies neighbours She insisted .. evens the - (help) her, (pay) the bill. expect he’s very depressed . I think you should apologize ...... +» (lose), his jab. . (not tell) me the ruth, -.-«. young people were (Stay Out) late, . (write) your essays. 12 Why do you always blame me . S (start) the arguments? 13 It's lovely here, I's a great improvement ..... esse (live) 14 I warned them 15 ‘They're planning . in that awful flat. . (buy) that car. .«. (expand) the company. 'b Complete the sentences with the infinitive or the gerund. 1 2 3 10 12 13 4 ‘She's hoping to .fif(/8!.. (finish) writing her thesis soon. Are you looking forward to .222/"4. (see) James again? ‘The Government are opposed to . public transport. Tve been waiting to (spend) more money 01 (see) you for ages. (do) it. 1's very difficult for him because he’s not used to . (speak) English. In addition to the jobs in the house. Alison has persuaded me not to .. (work) such long hours, she also does all I've been thinking about it all night, but I'm no closer to .. (find) a solution. Tt was very unfortunate that you forgot to .. ve (post) that letter. The key to (sleep) soundly is to have regular exercise, I don’t know why you object to seems very nice, . (work) with her. She When did you decide to ... (give up) the course? .. (have) problems with money: it's not a problem until you find you haven’t got any. This problem is similar to ‘Some verbs need an object before the preposition. tell... about, warn... about against: advise... against blame... for, buy. for, do. for, make... for, thank. for ban... from, discourage .. from, prevent... from, protect . from, stop... from of. deprive. of remind .. of rob .. of base... on, blame... on, congratulate .. on Complete each sentence b so that it means the same as sentence a, using a form of the verb in brackets and the correct preposition. 1a What can | do so that the birds don't steal all the berries off the tree? (stop) b How can! stop te birds from stealing all the berries off the tree? 2 a Giorgia told Cristina that Alex had a really bad temper. (warn) b Giorgia really bad temper. a Michelle told Jackie that she thought she had stolen her purse. (accuse) b Michelle her purse. a The police have said that people can't park in front of the building, (ban) b The police 5. a Theauthor used real-life events as the basis of her book. (base) b The author real-life events. 6 a Weldlike to say thanks to our families and friends. We appreciated all their support. (thank) b We'd like to all their support. 7 a Asaresult of several injuries, Williams didn’t have a long career as a professional tennis player. (rob) bb Several injuries along career as a professional tennis player. 8 a Theteacher said Well done’ to Tom when he won first prize in the school competition. (congratulate) b The teacher first prize in the school competition. ‘The participles are: a) present participles (staying, leaving, etc.), b) past participles (stayed, left, ete.) and ©) perfect participles (having leit, etc.) % Present and past participles can be used as ‘adjectives. The present participle (Ing) describes what somebody or something is (it answers the question "What kind?) The past participle (-ed) describes how somebody feels (jt answers the questian ‘How do you fee!?’). e.g. lt was an embarrassing situation (What kind of situation? Embarrassing.) He was embarrassed, (How did he feel? Embarrassed.) Parliciplas can also be used: + instead of a relative pronoun and full verb. -2.g, The woman wavirig al me i my aunt, (= The woman who és waving at me is my aunt) The new shampoo advertised on TV is very expensive. (= The new shampoo which is acvertised on TV is very expensive.) + to express reason. 2g. Feeling shy, Laura aiain? talk to Ben. (= Because she was shy, ..) Having seen the fim before, | decided to stay at home. (= Because | had seen the film belore, {decided to slay ai home.) @ to express time, eg. After takinginaving taken his Master's degree, he applied for a job Having taken his Master's degree, he applied for a job, (= Aller he had taken his Master's degree, he applied for a jab) We met John while shopping. = We met John while we were shopping.) + instead of the past simple in narratives when we describe actions happening immediately one after ‘the other. 29. Heating the news, she fainted, (= She heard the news and she fainted.) ¢ toavoid repeating the past continuous in the same sentence. e.g. He was walking down the street whistling a tune, (= He was walking dawn the sireet and he was whistling a tune.) Rewrite the sentences using par 1 Because she was tired. Katie went to bed «Being tired, Katie went to bed. 2 He was siting in the garden and he was drinking his tea, 3 Affer Janet had made dinner, she called the children. 4 The boy who is standing by the door is my brother. 5 Simon cut his hand while he was chopping some wood. & Donna had a shower before she went to bed 7 Because we were late, we took a taxi. 8 Gary opened the window and breathed the fresh air. 9 She was lying on her bed and she was reading a book. 10. The jewels which were taken by the thieves were very valuable. 11. Amy picked up her pen and slarted lo write the letter. 12 The man who is walking towards usis a relative of mine, 13. Alfer the teacher had explained the exercise, he asked the students to do it 414 Because she had forgotten to take her purse, she had \o borrow some money from a colleague. 1 Bill was listening to the lecture and he fell asleep. 2. Iwanted to finish my work, so I decided to stay in, 3 He was well-qualified for the job, so he got it, 4 When I realised how rude I'd been, 1 apologised. 5 He left early because he wanted to catch the first bus. 1 Hie sent her an email. He had tried phoning her several times. 2. Thad received an invitation. I felt | had to go to the party. 3. He couldn't get in. He had lost his key.

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