IU_Gram_Essential_1st
.pdfUNIT 100 look at... listen to... etc.
(verb + preposition)
These verbs and prepositions (to/of/at etc.) usually go together:
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Listen to this music. It's beautiful. |
talk/speak to somebody (about something) |
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Did you talk to Jack about your problem? |
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(on the phone) Can I speak to Kay, please? |
write (a letter) to somebody
- I never get letters. Nobody writes to me. but (tele)phone somebody (not phone to . . .):
- Can you phone me tomorrow? (not 'phone to me')
belong to . . . |
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Does this book belong to you? (= Is this your book?) |
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happen to . . . |
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I put my pen on the table five minutes ago and now |
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it isn't there. What's happened to it? |
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wait for . . . |
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Don't go yet. Wait for me. |
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thank somebody for . . . |
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Thank you very much for your help. |
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ask (somebody) for - . . (= ask somebody to give you . . .) |
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- A man stopped me and asked me for money. |
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think a b o u t / o f . . . |
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He never thinks about (or of) other people. |
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I'm thinking of (or about) buying a new car. |
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depend on .. . |
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Do you like eating in restaurants? |
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Sometimes, yes. It depends on the restaurant. |
You can say it depends what/where/how (etc.) with or without on:
-A: Do you want to come out with us?
B:It depends (on) where you're going.
look at
-She's looking at her watch.
-Look at those flowers. They're beautiful.
-Why are you looking at me like that?
look for . .. (= try to find)
-He's lost his key. He's looking for it.
-I'm looking for Ann. Have you seen her?
look after . . . (= take care of, keep safe)
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Mary goes to work every day but she has a young child. When she is at work, a |
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friend of hers looks after her child. |
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Don't lose this book. Look after it. (= Keep it safe.) |
UNIT 100 Exercises
100.1 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with a preposition (to/for etc.).
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She's looking |
her watch. |
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Bill is talking |
Jane. |
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He's listening |
the radio. |
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They're looking |
the picture. |
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They're waiting |
a taxi. |
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She's looking |
Tom. |
100.2 Complete the sentences with a preposition (to/for/about etc.) if necessary.
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Thank you very |
much |
your help. |
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This is not my bicycle. It belongs |
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a friend of mine. |
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(on the telephone) Hello, can I speak |
Mr Davis, |
please? |
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(OH the telephone) Thank you |
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phoning. Goodbye! |
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What happened |
Mary last night? Why didn't she come to the party? |
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Jack's brother is thinking |
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going to Australia next year. |
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We asked the waiter |
coffee but he brought us tea. |
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'Do you like going to museums?' |
'It depends |
the museum.' |
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Please listen |
me. I have something very important to tell you. |
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10 We waited |
John until 2 o'clock but he didn't come. |
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'Are you writing a letter?' |
'Yes, |
I'm writing |
Julia.' |
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12 Don't forget to telephone |
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your mother this evening. |
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13 He's alone all day. He never talks |
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anybody. |
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'Are you playing tennis this afternoon?' |
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the weather.' |
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15 Katherine is thinking |
changing her job. |
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I looked |
the newspaper but I didn't read it carefully. |
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When you are ill, you need somebody to look |
you. |
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Excuse me, I'm looking |
Hill Street. Can you tell me where it is? |
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Goodbye! Have a nice holiday and look |
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yourself. |
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When I take the photograph, look |
the camera and smile. |
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Barry is looking |
a job. He wants to work in a hotel. |
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100.3 Complete the sentences. Use It depends ... + one of these: |
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what time I leave |
whore you're going |
how much it is |
how I feel |
Do you want to come out with us? |
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Are you going out this evening? |
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What time will you arrive? |
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Are you going to buy the book? |
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UNIT 101 |
go in fall off run away etc. |
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A phrasal verb is a verb (go/look/be etc.) + in/out/on etc. |
• Appendix 5 for other phrasal verbs |
— I waited outside the house. I didn't go in. (= into the house)
-He opened the door and walked in.
-The bus arrived and I got on.
-He stood up and left the room.
-Prices usually go up.
-I looked up at the stars.
-The thief ran out of the shop and ran away, (or ... ran off.)
-The woman got into the car and drove away, (or... drove off)
go away = go to another place:
-Ann has gone away. She's coming back next week.
-The car stopped and a woman got out.
(= got out of the car)
-I went to the window and looked out.
-Be careful! Don't fall off.
-Would you like to sit down?
-The picture fell down.
-Lie down on the floor.
-After dinner at a restaurant, we went back to our hotel.
-Go away and don't come back!
-The wall wasn't high, so we climbed over.
-When you come to the end of a page, turn over.
-I fell over because my shoes were too big for me
-Somebody shouted, so I looked round.
-We went for a long walk. After four miles we turned round and went back.
UNIT 101 Exercises
101.1 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with in/out/up etc.
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I went to the window and looked |
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I said hello and he turned |
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The door was open, so we went |
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He heard a plane, so he looked |
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There was a free seat, so I sat |
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She got on her bike and rode |
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A car stopped and two men got |
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101.2 Complete the sentences. Use out/away/back etc. |
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'Why is that picture on the floor?' |
'It fell |
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Please don't go |
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She heard a noise behind her, so she looked |
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I'm going |
now to do some shopping. I'll be |
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I'm tired. I'm going to lie |
on the sofa. |
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Ann is going on holiday next month. She's going |
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24th. |
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When babies try to walk, they often fall |
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Jim is from Canada. He lived in Europe for ten years, but last year he went |
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101.3 Complete the sentences. Use one of the verbs in the box + on/up/off etc. (These verbs are all in Appendix 5.)
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carried |
gave |
got |
hold |
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down |
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slowed |
speak |
takes |
wash |
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I was very tired this morning. I |
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very late. |
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This car isn't very good. It |
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a lot. |
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It's difficult to hear you. Can you |
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'It's time to go.' |
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a minute. I'm not ready yet.' |
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That was a lovely meal. Now we must |
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The train |
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stopped. |
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I like flying but I'm always nervous when the plane |
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I told him to stop but he |
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Perhaps he didn't hear me. |
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I tried to find a job but I |
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It was impossible. |
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UNIT 103 and but or so because
and but or so because
We use these words (conjunctions) to put two sentences together. They make one longer sentence from two shorter sentences:
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The car stopped. |
The driver got out |
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longer sentence |
The car stopped and the driver got out. |
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• and/but/or . . . |
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sentence A and/but/or sentence B |
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We stayed at home |
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(we)* watched television. |
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My sister is married |
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(she)* lives in London. |
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He doesn't like her |
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she doesn't like him. |
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I bought a newspaper |
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I didn't read it. |
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It's a nice house |
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it hasn't got a garden. |
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Do you want to play tennis |
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are you too tired? |
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* The subjects in sentences A and B are the same. It is not necessary to say 'we' and 'she' after 'and' in sentence B.
• so . .. (the result of something):
sentence A |
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It was too hot, |
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I opened the window. |
The water wasn't clean, |
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we didn't go swimming. |
They like films, |
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they often go to the cinema. |
• because . .. (the reason for something):
sentence A |
because |
sentence B |
I opened the window |
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it was too hot. |
We didn't go swimming |
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the water wasn't clean. |
She's hungry |
because |
she didn't have breakfast. |
Because + sentence B is also possible at the beginning:
-Because the water wasn't clean, we didn't go swimming.
•You can use more than one conjunction to make a longer sentence:
- It was late and I was tired, so I went to bed.
-I always enjoy visiting London, but I. wouldn't like to live there because it's too big.