Элементарно об английских предлогах и фразовых глаголах = English Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs Elementary. Пособие

extremely urgent. We must leave ... London ... delay. 42. Who’s the woman ... the green umbrella? 43. Who’s the woman ... the green blouse? 44. This picture was painted ... Picasso; and there’s another Picasso ... the opposite wall. 45. He makes a living ... teaching. 46. You can eat anything ... fish. 47. It’s a very good plan. I’m

... you all the way. 48. Something should be done ... unemployment. 49. The weight is ... a ton. 50. I did it all ... myself. 51. The town is ... ten miles from here. 52. If you are going to the post office, could you buy me a book ... stamps? 53. He delivered a lecture ... modern English literature. 54. Last night the temperature fell to three degrees ... zero. 55. They had lost all they had ... them. 56. He stood ... his hands in his pockets. 57. Rooms cost £ 50 ...

person, ... night.

2.Complete the sentences using like (to compare things) or as (for a person’s job or role).

A. 1. I joined the company ... a secretary. 2. Their house is in a terrible mess. It looks ... a jungle. 3. Stop behaving ... a fool. 4. She works ... a reporter. 5. She ran ... the wind. 6. He joined the team ... an extra player. 7. Sarah looks a lot ... her brother.

B.Things that people said at the disco. Use as or like.

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4. Paul: ‘Ted’s with us ... our photographer. I’d like to take photos ... his! His camera’s ... a computer!’

Ways of travelling: by, on, in

Examples

I like travelling by bike.

I travelled around Italy on my cousin’s bike

Note

1It is possible, but less usual, to say in the train, etc.

3. Complete the sentences using by, on or in.

1. Annie usually goes to school ... her bicycle, but sometimes she goes ... bus. 2. The journey takes 10 minutes ... bus and about 25 minutes ... foot. 3. Robert didn’t come to work ... his car yes-

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terday morning. His car had broken down and he had to come ...

taxi. 4. Did you travel right across London... the Underground?

5. We’ve decided to travel to New York ... sea rather than go ...

air. 6.1 always travel ... Underground. 7. They went for a ride ...

a motorbike. 8. Did you go to London ... the train?

4.Ted is talking about a holiday which he had once in the United States.

Write prepositions from the table above in these blanks adding other words if necessary (e.g. the, a).

In New York I went around ... foot mainly. You can visit the Statue of Liberty ... boat, and ... boat I met another Englishman. We decided to go together to San Francisco ... bus, because it’s cheaper than going ... train or ... plane. Altogether we spent four days and nights ... bus. We wanted to go round San Francisco ... car; a cousin of mine lent me his car, but after we’d been ... car for only a few hours, it broke down. By this time it was midnight, and we started to go back to my cousin’s house ... foot, but a lorry-driver stopped and took us back ... lorry. I came back to London ... air, and I can tell you I was too tired to talk to anyone ... plane! I think it would be great to do the trip from New York to San Francisco

... motorbike. There’s a book about a man who took his small son right across the States ... old motorbike.

5. Translate into English.

1. Что вы знаете о нем? 2. Температура была выше/ниже нуля. 3. Его сбил автобус. 4. Никто не опоздал, за исключением меня. 5. Этот ящик для старых бумаг. 6. Это стоит более 50 долларов. 7. Ему меньше/больше сорока. 8. Я буду жить у друга. 9. Я приду без моего брата. 10. Что мы купим Нине на день рождения? 11. Мы были против этого предложения. 12. Там было около пятисот человек. 13. Я прочел несколько статей по этому вопросу, кроме (сверх) книг, которые вы мне дали. 14. Он улучшил свое произношение, читая вслух. 15. Я купил эту книгу за пять долларов. 16. Лектор

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говорил о международной ситуации. 17. Он слушал меня с интересом. 18. У меня нет с собой документов. 19. Многие из нас поедут на юг летом. 20. Оставьте свою собаку у меня. 21. Пошлите это авиапочтой. 22. Это фильм Стивена Спилберга. 23. Часы сделаны из золота. 24. Есть нечто забавное в этой ситуации. 25. Что ты хочешь купить на эти деньги? 26. В поезде я встретил своего приятеля. 27. Несколько лет назад я работал водителем автобуса. 28. Здание больше похоже на церковь, чем на банк. 29. Он ездит в школу на автобусе. 30. Сколько за пару?

Составные предлоги

aсcording to в соответствии с, согласно, по; Everything went according to the plan.

across from напротив; There’s a library across from the bank.

ahead of впереди; раньше; Three boys were ahead of us. We arrived in France ahead of schedule.

apart from помимо, кроме, не считая; I’ve finished apart from the last question. Apart from their house in London, they also have a villa in Spain.

as to/as for что касаетея; As to the journey, we shall speak about it later. As for me, I have a different opinion.

as far as до; I will go with you as far as the corner.

because of из-за; We didn’t go for a walk because of the rain.

by means of посредством, при помощи; I usually prepare reports by means of computer programmes.

close to рядом с; He liked to sit close to the fire.

due to/ owing to благодаря, из-за; He achieved these results due to hard work. I missed the flight owing to a traffic jam.

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except for за исключением, если не считать, если бы не; Your essay is very good except for a few spelling mistakes.

in addition to в дополнение к; In addition to a full meal, we ordered a big pizza.

in case of в случае; In case of fire ring up 101.

in favour of за, в пользу кого-л.; He was in favour of modernising the plant.

in spite of несмотря на; In spite of heavy traffic, we got to the theatre on time.

instead of вместо; I try to drink tea instead of coffee.

on behalf of от имени; He signed the contract on behalf of the manager.

thanks to благодаря; Thanks to your father’s map, we found our way to the house.

up to указывает на

1)временной предел (вплоть) до; up tо now до сих пор; up to then до тех пop; up tо January до января

2)пространственный предел до; up to here до сих пор; up to pagе fifteen до пятнадцатой страницы

3)количественный предел до; He has learnt to count up to a hundred. I can take up to seven pupils.

1.Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

1. Our family celebration was very amusing ... my brother’s jokes. 2. ... his help we finished our work in time. 3. I like all competitive sports ... rugby. 4. The football match continued ... the awful weather. 5. And ... your strange ideas, I don’t want to hear any more. 6. She was ... her knees in mud. 7. We stayed at home ...

the rain. 8. ... fire, ring the alarm bell. 9. They stayed in Moscow

... the end of the war. 10. Run on ... me and ask the bus driver to

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wait. 11. … the fog the train arrived late. 12. Each man will be paid

... his ability. 13. He is speaking ... the whole team. 14. We rode ...

the next village. 15. She has given up the inheritance ... her sister. 16. Give me the red pencil ... the green one. 17. We sat ... to the fire. 18. In big ports ships are unloaded ... cranes. 19. Thеу live just ... us. 20. They all wore black hats, ... me. 21. ... you – you must stay here. 22. They stole two valuable paintings ... the money. 23. … your support we have won this game!

2. Translate into English.

1. Мысли выражаются посредством слов. 2. Согласно расписанию поезд должен прибыть в 13.20. 3. Он напряженно работает, несмотря на плохое здоровье. 4. Я пойду вместо тебя. 5. Из-за плохой погоды наш полет был перенесен. 6. Я завершил работу к данному моменту благодаря твоей помощи. 7. Иди впереди нас. 8. Мы выполнили работу досрочно. 9. Все, кроме него, пришли вовремя. 10. Что касается моей зарплаты, то она невысокая. 11. Из-за тебя я опоздал на занятия. 12. До какого возраста вы жили в деревне? 13. За исключением нескольких местных жителей, никто не знал этот путь. 14. Напротив нашей школы находится парк. 15. Его дом находится рядом с моим. 16. Он умер от пневмонии. 17. Я говорил от имени своих коллег. 18. Вот открытка в дополнение к подарку. 19. Он проводил меня до автобусной остановки. 20. Вы за этот план? 21. Я пробуду здесь до июля.

Adjective + preposition

After many adjectives we use particular prepositions. For example, we say afraid of, interested in and bored with. Here are some common examples of these adjective + preposition combinations:

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I’m excited about having my birthday party tomorrow. Are you worried about your exam?

I’m angry about all the mess you’ve made.

I’m sorry about the noise last night. We were having a party.

good at bad at clever at hopeless at excellent at brilliant at quick at slow at efficient at lucky at

She’s good at arithmetic but slow at algebra.

You’re not bad at chess.

He was quick at translating the text.

surprised at/by shocked at/by amazed at/by astonished at/by

We were surprised at/by the size of the house. Everybody was shocked at/by the news.

famous for well known for responsible for early for late for ready for sorry for (someone) grateful for

Brazil is famous for its coffee.

Who was responsible for all that noise last night?

I feel (am) sorry for George. He has no friends and no money.

different from/to safe from absent from

He’s very different from/to his sister.

He is safe from danger.

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interested in experienced in qualified in

He is interested in computers and qualified in mathematics.

He is experienced in teaching.

Are you afraid of dogs? I’m very proud of you.

My homework was full of mistakes.

We’re a bit short of milk. Can you buy some more? Come on, let’s go! I’m tired of waiting.

nice /kind/good/friendly /polite /rude /stupid of someone

It was very nice of Simon to lend you the money.

keen on

She’s not very keen on tennis.

engaged to married to similar to

Marianne is engaged to Alan.

Linda is married to an American.

Your camera is similar to mine.

nice/kind/good/friendly/polite/rude/cruel to someone

A shop assistant should be polite to customers.

pleased with happy with patient (impatient) with satisfied with disappointed with impressed by/with bored/fed up with crowded with popular with careless with busy with

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You look very pleased with yourself.

You get bored/fed up with doing the same thing every day. Were you disappointed with your examination results? She is very patient with her children.

I wasn’t very impressed by/with the film.

angry/annoyed furious with someone for (doing) something

Are you angry with me for being late?

Compare: I won a match today. I’m pleased about that. My son has won the game. I’m pleased with him.

You are pleased (angry, annoyed, furious) about an event or situation.

You are pleased (angry, annoyed, furious) with people or things.

Note: After some of the above adjectives other prepositions are possible eg frightened by, annoyed at, disappointed in. For more information, see a good dictionary.

Practice

1. Complete these sentences with the correct prepositions.

1. They’re very proud ... their children. 2. My sister has just got engaged ... her boyfriend. 3. Are you worried ... your driving test? 4. You’re very good ... explaining things. 5. Sydney in Australia is famous ... its Opera House. 6. She’s quite capable ... doing the job. 7. We’re getting really excited ... our holiday. 8. Are you interested

... playing tennis tomorrow? 9. He’s not very keen ... football. 10. It

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was very kind ... them to give us a lift to the station. 11. We were very disappointed ... the film. 12. Are you afraid ... flying? 13. I was shocked ... the news of the accident. 14. The garden is full ... roses. 15. We’re a bit short... petrol. We’d better stop at the next petrol station. 16. I’m not very good ... drawing. 17. My grandparents are very fond ... their old cat. 18. Cricket is quite different ... baseball. 19. Your hairstyle is quite similar ... mine. 20. She was very angry

... me for losing her key. 21. It’s very nice ... you to let me use your car. Thank you very much. 22. Why are you always rude ... your parents? Can’t you be nice ... them? 23. Why do you always get so annoyed ... little things? 24. The people next door are annoyed

... us for making so much noise last night. 25. I was surprised ...

the way he behaved. 26. She doesn’t often go out. She’s afraid ...

the dark. 27. I’ve been trying to learn Spanish, but I’m not very satisfied ... my progress. 28. I can’t understand people who are cruel ... animals. 29. I had never seen so many people before. I was astonished ... the crowds. 30. Bill has been doing the same job for too long. He’s bored ... it. 31. Are you still upset ... what I said to you yesterday? 32. She’s quite nice but I wouldn’t like to be married ... her. 33. I’m hopeless ... repairing things. 34. Jane is brilliant ... languages. 35. What are you so angry ... ? 36. I don’t feel sorry ... George. All his problems are entirely his own fault. 37. I wasn’t very impressed ... the opera. 38. I’m sorry ... the smell in this room. It’s just been painted. 39. This part of town is always very lively at night. It’s usually crowded ... people. 40. Travelling is great at first but you get tired ... it after a while. 41. Who is responsible ... that? 42. I’m not ashamed ... what I did. In fact I’m quite proud … it. 43. Are you sure … her name? 44. Jeff should look after his disks. He’s very careless ... them. 45. I’m often lucky ... games. 46. Tom was verу busy … his work. 47. They were grateful ... our help. 48. Vicky is anxious … her exam. 49. I am fed up … waiting.

2.A TV commercial. A cowgirl is speaking to a cowboy. Write to, about or of in each blank.

‘Ed, darling, what’s happened ... you? You used to be rude … my

parents, but now you’re so polite ... them. You used to be nasty ...

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