Exercise 2. Fill in the gap(s).

1. Management reserves the right to allot _____ each employee the work he is expected to do.

2. Unless you find someone who is willing to alternate _____ you, I am afraid you will have to work overtime.

3. The students will have to agree ______ the conditions of the scholarship grant.

4. Doing a study for a painting is akin _____ writing the draft of an essay or a story.

5. The foothill communities were not alarmed _____ the steady erosion of the mountainsides.

6. They will allocate a part of the family fortune _____ a foundation.

7. Aid was allocated _____ the affected regions according to need.

8. There are those who say that the decision to postpone implementation of the Clean Air Act is allied _____ the refusal of certain powerful countries to sign the Tokyo Agreement on global warming.

9. After much discussion, the judges finally agreed _____ the winners.

10. We are supposed to be _____ the information age, and yet there are millions who still cannot read.

Activity fifteen.

Exercise 1. Choose the right preposition(s).

1. Doctors are suing (for, about, to) time to get a donation for an organ transplant.

2. They are open (for, to, towards) suggestions that do not entail added costs.

3. The company suspects one of their managers (in, of, for) industrial espionage.

4. We took (up, in, on) linear equations before quadratic equations.

5. He traces his roots (into, to, in) Gabriela Silang, the nation’s warrior-heroine.

6. The girl turned (on, in, away) a hastily written report that was rejected.

7. She has been warned (away, against, towards) approving the Visiting Forces Agreement.

8. The children are watching (out, for, by) the opening of the amusement park.

9. We are constantly watching (out for, away with, out of) termites in the woodwork.

10. We yearn (to, at, for) the good old days when the air was clean and the waters clear.

Exercise 2. Fill in the gap(s).

1. Our boxers will find themselves _____ _____ biased judges and hometown decisions.

2. The four-term congressman is an advocate _____ charter change because he sees it as a way of getting around the term limits set by the Constitution.

3. The principles of aristocracy are essentially adverse _____ those of democracy.

4. Will the advent _____ high information technology signal the death of book publication?

5. Those who have made reading a habit have a definite advantage ______ those who waste their time on unproductive “gimmicks”.

6. Afraid he won’t be acquitted _____ plunder charges, he is now seeking a pardon.

7. The committee is careful to conduct its hearings according _____ House rules.

8. The Bureau of Customs official always has a phalanx of bodyguards that accompany him _____ an trip, no matter how short.

9. The arbitrary decision of one country does not absolve the international community _____ its responsibility; the United Nations should intervene.

10. All citizens have an obligation to abide _____ their country’s Constitution; they should never violate any of its provisions.

PART THREE.

Activity one.

Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words: in x2, of, over, under, warned, triggers, by, tried, up to, tune, for, about, tribute, withdraw, view, trust, virtue, on, into.

1. The case will remain _____ wraps while he is president.

2. Susan will _____ from the race in favor of her friend.

3. Watch _____ the last episode of that movie.

4. The business community is reassessing its position in _____ of recent events.

5. He is not timid _____ voicing his views in public.

6. The president heads the country by _____ of a mandate from people.

7. Cabinet members hold their positions _____ virtue of presidential appointments.

8. The choice of place is _____ the students.

9. It is up to you to remind him _____ his duties.

10. The nation must speak _____ unison for the international community to listen.

11. The company paid damages to the _____ of two million dalasis.

12. The woman turned _____ a report that was rejected.

13. The incident was triggered by a quarrel _____ parking space.

14. The nation pays _____ to its fallen heroes on National Heroes’ Day.

15. A drop in the value of the baht _____ an economic slump.

16. They _____ her against hanging out with these people.

17. We _____ out the new shampoo and found it no better than the others.

18. He tried _____ a dozen pairs before he finally found one he liked.

19. You must _____ in your parents; they will never fail you.

20. The book was translated _____ seven languages.