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10.22. Choose the correct option. One or two options may be
correct.
1. Jenny has always been interested in … .
A acting B becoming an actress C to act
2. … to her joining a theatre company.
A Don’t oppose B have no objection C Don’t object
3. There is something strange about … to play villains.
A he wants B him wanting C his wanting
4. Many people discourage their children … actors.
A to become B from becoming C become
5. Be nice to the critics. Our success depends on … .
A them B their reviews C get a good review
6. When I started acting, I dreamt of … an Oscar.
A win B me for winning C winning
7. I’d like to discuss … .
A the plot with you B about the plot with you C you with the plot
8. He’s accustomed to … in rehearsals.
A spend hours B spending hours C the hours he spends
10.23. Complete each sentence with a preposition that can be
used with all three verbs.
1. Both my children hope / long / yearn … a part in the school play.
2. Mike and Jeff are bound to fall out /quarrel / squabble … who
gets the best part.
3. If I know Nicole, she’ll boast / brag / rave … getting the leading
role.
4. The preparations and rehearsals culminate / end / result … a
huge show for the public.
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5. William was suspected / accused / convicted … stealing instru-
ments from the theatre.
6. We are planning to campaign / demonstrate / protest … the clos-
ing of the old theatre.
10.24. Complete the sentences below with one of the following verbs plus a preposition. Remember to use the correct form of the
verb.
APOLOGIZE ARRIVE BELONG COMPLAIN CORRESPOND DIE
DISTINGUISH EXPERIMENT FILL HEAR KNOCK LOSE
PRAY RHYME SUFFER VOTE
1. Did you … Tom and Sally? They’ve decided to move to New
Zealand.
2. It was almost midnight when we … the station.
3. Do you know who this book … ?
4. I … taking so long to reply to your letter.
5. Could you … this form, please?
6. If you don’t agree with the proposal, you can always … it at the
meeting.
7. Some people find it difficult to … an American accent and a
Canadian accent.
8. He … the manager about the poor service at the restaurant.
9. Would you say that the British House of Lords … the American
Senate?
10. I think there’s someone … the door.
11. “Can you think of a word that … ‘sing’?” – “Yes, ‘bring’.”
12. Do you think scientists should be allowed to … animals?
13. The priest said he would … us.
14. For years, her husband had … migraines.
15. I don’t know why, but 1 really hate … cards. It puts me in a bad
mood all day.
16. Although he had survived the battle, the soldier later … his
wounds.
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10.25. Complete the following sentences using ABOUT, FROM,
INTO, ON or TO.
1. She intended to post my letter, but she forgot all … it.
2. The film The Magnificent Seven was based … a Japanese story
about the samurai.
3. Don’t you kiss the prince or he might change … a frog.
4. Today I feel really miserable because I can’t find anything to
complain … .
5. John was about to take his wife out to dinner when it occurred
… him that he was not married.
6. There’s a man over there with binoculars. Do you think he’s a
birdwatcher, or is he spying … us?
7. If I have problems with my homework, I know I can always call
… my older sister to help me.
8. Resulting … their exhaustive research into the matter, scientists
can now confirm that we are all getting older.
9. Do you pride yourself … looking smart, or are you simply trying
to impress me?
10. When Tom told me … his quarrel with Jerry, I asked him not to
involve me in his personal affairs.
15-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOUND ASLEEP ON CRANE
Yesterday a 15-year-old girl was discovered lying (1) on / at top of a
30-metre-high crane. A passer-by saw her when he was walking (2) past /
along a building site in south-west London, and immediately called the
fire brigade. The police and fire brigade arrived (3) in / at 1.30 in the
morning.
At first they thought the girl was suicidal but when a fireman climbed
up the crane he realized she was drunk. The fireman crawled (4) across / along
the arm of the crane and carefully put a safety harness on the girl. Then
the girl used her mobile phone to call her parents, who came quickly
(5) at / to the building site. The rescue took two hours and the girl was
brought safely down (6) off / from the crane on a ladder.
(7) After / Before talking to her parents, the police discovered that
the girl had been sleepwalking. She had left her house (8) at / during the
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night, and had been able to get (9) into / in the building site because the
security guard was asleep. Her parents said that it wasn’t the first time
that she had sleepwalked, and that she had left the house (10) in / on
several other occasions.
10.27. Fill in the gaps in these newspaper articles with suitable
prepositions.
THE INTERNET ROMANCE
The wedding took place last Saturday of a couple who fell (1) … love
through the internet. Penny and Peter communicated (2) … email for six
months until they discovered (3) … accident that they worked (4) …
the same building.
“Actually, I had noticed her before and liked her, but I was too shy to
speak to her (5) … public”, said blushing Peter. “When I realized she was
my internet friend, at first I suspected her (6) … laughing (7) … me, and
I was quite angry (8) … it. But luckily she succeeded (9) … persuading
me that I was wrong. Now we’re looking forward (10) … spending our
lives together”.
A ROBBER FINALLY CAUGHT
A French bank robber was arrested yesterday (11) … Edinburgh, two
years after his crime. A former cashier recognized him (12) … chance in
the hotel where she was staying (13) … business and reported him to the
security guard (14) … duty.
The guard accused him (15) … using a false name and insisted (16)
… taking him to the hotel manager’s room. The robber threw a lamp (17)
… the guard and ran (18) … the hotel. Fortunately, he was not very good
(19) … running and the police soon caught him.
A FAMILY REUNION
An elderly brother and sister were reunited today for the first time
since they were children. Freda and Cecil Brown’s parents had been
(20) … debt and the children had been put in children’s homes until
their family was (21) … difficulties. But the country was (22) … war, the
children were separated, and their papers were lost. Cecil’s granddaughter began trying to find Freda five years ago.
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“It was hard, but (23) … last I found the daughter of the woman
who had been (24) … charge of the home where Freda was. She said that
some of the girls were sent to Canada to be (25) … danger (26) … the war
and many of them never returned. When I thought I’d found Freda, I
wanted to tell Dad immediately, but I decided to meet her (27) … secret
first, (28) … case I was wrong. But I was right”.
Two days ago, Cecil traveled (29) … air for the first time (30) … his
life. “We’ve got a lot of catching up to do”, he said.
10.28. Complete the following article with the most appropriate
prepositions. The preposition may consist of more than one word.
END OF THE ROAD
It was late afternoon when we drove into the little town. We had
driven (1) … 400 kilometres in the morning and most of it had been (2)
… thick fog. We were tired and decided to find a hotel as we didn’t know
how far it might be to the next town. We parked, got (3) … the car and
stretched – a walk would be very welcome. We left our luggage (4) … the
car boot and walked (5) … the already empty car park to a narrow but
fast-flowing stream.
A five-minute stroll (6) … a tree-lined avenue (7) … the stream took
us (8) … the town square. It was a beautiful old square with a fountain (9)
… the middle and arcades (10) … three sides. We looked up at terraces of
interesting-looking restaurants (11) … the arcades and then back down
at entrances to fascinating little shops (12) … them.
We had no idea where to look for a hotel or a pension in this sleepy
town, so we walked (13) … an old man sitting (14) … a bench by the
fountain. He pointed us in the direction of a narrow alleyway and told
us we’d find the best hotel (15) … the little road. It seemed unlikely, but
we followed his advice and sure enough, (16) … the other end of the alleyway, (17) … two picturesque old houses, was a sign saying “Hotel”.
Just (18) … the hotel, (19) … the other side of the street, was a house
covered in the most colorful flowers, and I immediately hoped that we
might be able to see the house from our bedroom window.
(20) … the hotel reception, a cool, dark room with a bar (21) … one
corner, we asked about a room. Our satisfaction was complete when we
realized that even the best room in the hotel was (22) …$50.
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We looked at the room, decided to take it and went down to the
lounge, where we stopped for a delicious cappuccino. Soon dusk was
falling, so we handed the room key (23) … the receptionist and told him
we’d be back with our luggage in ten minutes.
As we walked (24) … the narrow streets, we discussed what we would
do the next day and how long we’d stay in the little town. Imagine our
horror when we arrived (25) … the car park to find it completely empty.
Our car and our luggage had been stolen!
10.29. Prepositions are missing from the following three stories.
Use the prepositions in the box above each story to fi ll the gaps.
ACCORDING TO ACROSS BETWEEN BY FROM IN ON TO
A BAD EXPLORER
A man (1) … Kentucky, USA, had a dream that would take him away
from the rolling hills of his home state. The dream: to row (2) … the icy
Bering Strait (3) … Alaska and Russia, (4) … a bathtub! Unfortunately,
the dream was not completely fulfilled. (5) … the explorer, he took four
gallons of peanut butter along, but (6) … the morning of the fourth day,
it had gone solid. (7) … late afternoon, although the sun was still high,
the sea went rather thick. Next morning he was frozen in. No problem.
He abandoned the bathtub and walked (8) … land.
OFF AT BEHIND IN INSTEAD OF INTO
LIKE UNDER WITH FOR
SOME STUPID THIEVES
(9) … the town of Vang, Norway a group of professional thieves was
carrying out a carefully planned robbery. Everything was going (10) …
clockwork. They broke into a company (11) … night, located the safe
and set up some explosives that would blow the door of the safe off, allowing them to get to the money inside. After setting the fuse, they ran
(12) … the next room, crouched (13) … the wall and waited (14) … the
explosion. It came a few seconds later. The safe door was blown (15) … .
So was the roof. In fact, the entire building collapsed, trapping the robbers, still crouching in the next office, (16) … the rubble of the destroyed
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building. There had been just one problem they had not foreseen: (17) …
money, the safe had been filled (18) … dynamite.
ABOUT AGAINST ALONG AT BETWEEN DURING IN IN
INTO OF OFF ON ON ON ON WITH
SELF-HELP CRIME PREVENTION
A Western businessman living (19) … Japan had been warned (20) …
pickpockets in the Tokyo subways. These notorious thieves operated
(21) … the crowded rush hour. They had a habit (22) … grabbing wallets
just as the subway doors were closing, leaving the victim helpless (23) …
the train while they disappeared with the loot.
One morning the businessman was (24) … his usual subway stop
when the train pulled in. He got on, and sure enough, just as the train
doors were about to close, he felt a man rub (25) … him. In a panic, the
businessman reached for his wallet. It was gone! He looked up as the
doors began to close and saw that a man had just got (26) … the train.
The man was looking at him triumphantly. Thinking fast, the businessman pushed his hands (27) … the closing doors and grabbed the thief’s
jacket. The doors closed, with the thief still (28)… the platform but (29)
… the lapels of his jacket trapped (30) … the tight grip of the businessman.
As the train began to pull away, the expression (31) … the thief’s
face changed. He began screaming as he ran (32) … the platform with
the train. Finally, he held onto a post and his lapels tore away from his
jacket. As the train moved (33) … the tunnel, the businessman was satisfied that at least he had frightened the thief.
When he reached his office, he called his wife to get his credit card
numbers so he could cancel them. “But honey”, she said, “I’ve been
waiting to call you. You left your wallet (34) … the dressing table when
you went (35) … work today”.
10.30. Put in these verbs to complete the story and add a prep-
osition after each one.
AGREE APPLIED ASK CARE CARING CONCENTRATE
DECIDED PAY SUFFERING
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A NEW JOB
I’m working in a hospital now. I (1) … a nurse’s job last July and
started in August. I don’t earn much money, and I even had to (2) …
my uniform out of my own money. Perhaps I should (3) … a pay rise.
But I don’t really (4) … the money. The work is the important thing. Of
course, it’s very hard work (5) … the patients and at the moment I’m (6)
… backache. But I knew it would be like this when I (7) … a career in
nursing. I just try to forget all the problems and (8)… the job. I think it’s
a worthwhile thing to do, and I’m sure you (9) … me.
10.31. Add prepositions where necessary to complete the story.
A BAD EVENING
Mark and Sarah had accepted an invitation to Mike and Harriet’s
party. Sarah had to stay late at work to see (1) … one or two things. Her
boss really relies (2) … her. It’s usually Sarah who deals (3) … all the little
problems. Sarah didn’t really feel (4) … going to a party but thought she
ought to keep Mark company. She decided to go straight to the party
instead of going home first.
She reached (5)… the house just after nine. Mark was sitting in his
car outside waiting for her. He was listening (6) … the radio. Sarah apologized (7) … being late. At the party Mark talked to a strange woman
who believed (8) … ghosts. Sarah met a man who kept laughing (9)…
his own jokes. She managed to get away from him but couldn’t avoid a
woman who wanted to discuss (10) … house prices. Mark and Sarah left
(11) … the party early and drove home feeling exhausted.
10.32. Complete the conversation with suitable prepositions.
DON’T EVER GO THERE
David: Did you hear (1) … my experience (2) … the Quick Burger
cafe?
Harriet: No. And I’ve never heard (3) … the Quick Burger cafe.
David: Oh, it’s near the station. I was just talking (4) … Melanie (5)
…it. They took (6) … least twenty minutes to bring me a burger. I don’t
call that quick. I complained (7) … the waitress, and she poured a can of
cola over me.
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Harriet: Really? She must have had a bad day.
David: The manager wasn’t there, so I’ve written (8) … him to com-
plain (9) … the service. It was terrible. I wouldn’t go there if I were you.
Harriet: I wouldn’t dream (10) … going there. I hate those burger
places.
10.33. Complete the text with one word in each space.
ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
Nowadays we are all well (1) … of the problem of global warming,
and it is generally agreed that we are all at (2) … from rising temperatures, climate change, and changes in sea levels. Massive consumption
of fossil fuels, such as oil, coal and wood, is (3) … for greatly increasing
the amount of CO in the atmosphere. Many people believe that we are
(4) … with possible catastrophe if we cannot bring this situation under
(5) ….
However, there is another side to the fact that we are a world (6) …
to the use of petrol, oil, coal and wood. In (7) …, there is enough oil and
gas to keep industrial societies going for several centuries, but in practical terms, we might have to get (8) … to looking for energy elsewhere,
as resources dwindle and become more expensive. There is no (9) … for
complacency when, on (10) …, an American home uses more than 30
times as much electric light as an Indian one, and 1.6 billion people have
no electricity at all.
10.34. Write an appropriate preposition in each space.
A
John had been missing (1) … home for two days now, and I was beginning to feel afraid (2) … his safety. He had left because I was annoyed
(3) … his poor exam results and had shouted (4) … him.
B
When she was at school, Catherine was very keen (5) … music and
languages. She was involved (6) … the school orchestra and I remember
that she was responsible (7) … setting up the German Society. She was
always very popular (8) … her fellow pupils.
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C
It was important (9) … me to get home early as Maggie and Colin
were coming over for dinner. But when I got to the station I saw that it
was crowded (10) … people waiting (11) … trains that were delayed because (12) … the bad weather. Just then a car pulled up and a man inside
shouted (13) … me offering a lift. My first reaction was to be suspicious
(14) … him, until I realised that it was Maggie’s brother. He said he was
going my way and he’d be glad (15) … the company on the drive home
through the snow.
D
Before the interview started Gill felt confident (16) … getting the
post. She knew that she was qualified (17) … the job, that she was good
(18) … children, and was interested (19) … taking on the challenge that
the new job would present. However, the interview panel didn’t seem
to care (20) … her qualifications or teaching experience, but were more
concerned (21)… her ability to do administrative work.
10.35. Read the text and choose the correct preposition in
each pair.
NO ACTING CAREER FOR ME
Years ago, I secretly dreamt (1) of / about becoming an actor. When
I heard (2) of / from friends about a local drama group that was putting
on a play, I went along for an audition. When I arrived at the theatre, I
asked (3) for /after the show’s director and was introduced to a young
man called Gavin, who was known locally (4) for / by his modern interpretations of Shakespeare.
The audition seemed to go well and I was pleased (5) with / at my
performance. A couple of days later, I heard (6) about / from Gavin and
he told me that I would be just right (7) about / for the part of a fairy.
I didn’t really care (8) about / for the role, but had to accept it
gratefully. Gavin was anxious (9) for / about us all to learn our lines as
quickly as possible so we could get started with the rehearsals. I was
slightly disappointed (10) in / at the news that I had only one line to
learn. I was, however, most impressed with my costume, which was
made (11) of / from some old silk curtains, as wearing it really helped me
to get (12) out of / into the character.
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