Practise your Prepositions L.L. Keane (ae279) tenes 7 Longman iContents Introduction 1 10 ul 12 13 Where? 1 Positions in a town (at, far-from, opposite, ...) Positions in a building (above, at the top of, on the third floor, ...) Where? 2 Positions in a picture (on the left of, in the middle of Positions in relation to objects (inside, beside, behind, Where? 3 Positions on a map (south of, off the coast, 10 kin from, ...) Positions in relation to landscape (én the mountains, on a river, off the road, . Mixed practice: prepositions from Units 1,2 and 3 Direction 1 Ina town (along, as far as, turn left into, Ina building (out of into, up, through, Direction 2 - Across, over, aff, on to, past,... Direction 3 Between places (go t0, arrive in/at, leave for; towards, into, out of...) Mixed practice: prepositions from Units 5,6 and 7 When? 1 Jn. 1989, in the winter, in April; on Friday, on 8 April; at Easter Omission of preposition before last, this, Inthe morning, at 6 o'clock When? 2 Dates and periods (before, until, during, since, for, ...) Mixed practice: prepositions from Units 9 and 10 How? Ways of travelling (by car, in her car, on foot, ...) How things are made (of out of, by, with) What are they like? Describing people (of 18, with a big smile, with a guitar, in a white blouse) As and like 10 12 14. 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 3014 15 16 17 18 19 20 a1 22 23 24 25 26 a7 Mixed practice: prepositions from Units 12 and 13 Adjectives + prepositions 1 Feelings and behaviour (good to/about, pleased with/about,...) About + gerund Adjectives + prepositions 2 Some usual combinations (good at, afraid of, interested ir, keen on, ...) Combinations + gerund Adjectives + prepositions 3 Good for, capable of, bored with, famous as, Combinations + gerund Mixed practice: adjective + preposition combinations from Units 15, 16 and 17 Verbs + prepositions 1 Some usual combinations (listen to, ask for, look at, look after, ...) Speak, etc. to someone about (+ gerund) Verbs + prepositions 2 Run into/over/after, smile at, shout at/to, Verbs + prepositions 3 Combinations often found in formal letters (apologise for, look forward to, hear from,...) Combinations + gerund Tobe employed in/as,.. Verbs + prepositions 4 Concentrate, etc. on (+ gerund) Obligatory indirect object (accuse someone of) Combinations + gerund Mixed practice: verb + preposition combinations from Units 19, 20, 21 and 22 Usual phrases 1 Nouns + prepositions (a visit to, plan for, book on/about, cause of, increase én, ...) Usual phrases 2 Prepositions + nouns (to be at college, to go do college, ...) With or without article? (in hospital/in the hospital, For lunch, on holiday, . Usual phrases 3 Amiscellany, including opposites (by mistake/on purpose, owt of datefup to date,...) Mixed practice: combinations from Units 24, 25 and 26 Answer key 32. 34 36 38 40 42 46 48 52 56Prete your Pepostions Introduction 1 This book groups prepositions into seven sets, as follows: 1 Position (Units 1-3) 2 Direction (Units 5-7) 8 Time (Units 9-10) 4 Description (Units 12-13) 5 Adjective + preposition combinations (Units 15—17) 6 Verb + preposition combinations (Units 19-22) 7 Usual phrases (Units 24-26) 2 Each unit is two pages. 8 Bach set of presentation units (e.g, Units 1-3) is followed by a Mixed Practice Unit (e.g. Unit 4). These Mixed Practice Units revise the prepositions taught in the set, and usually contain some exercises which are more demanding than those in the presentation units. 4 Each presentation unit is self-contained, and therefore these units can be done in any order. It is only necessary to read the information on page 5 before starting. 5 All the work is practised in meaningful contexts, and much of it deals with the four young people introduced on page 5, 6 Many units end with a relatively open-ended exercise, in which students can use the language taught to talk or write about themselves, or to exchange information and ideas with a partner. 7 It is possible to use this book for class work, homework, or — since it has a Key — for self-access study.Introduction Tina is a student, She is twenty years old. Paul is Tina's brother. He is seventeen years old and is still at, school. ‘Teds a photographer for British Tourist Books, Sue is an editor in the same company. ‘Tina, Paul, ‘Ted and Sue are going to travel round England together. They are going to prepare information and pictures fora book called Young People’s Action Holidays in England,Practise your Prepositions 1| Where? 1 The office of British Tourist Books is in Regent Street. It is at 22 Regent Street, in a large building called Tourism House. This is, near Piccadilly Circus, but rather far from Oxford Circus. ‘Tottrism House is on the corner of Carlton Street, There is a cinema opposite it and a bank nest to it. HM Where is the office of (a) Japanese Airlines Ltd and (b) the Austrian National Tourist Office? Use the words below: in at near far from onthe corner of opposite next to Sopanesé ‘Airings ed, crows, Japanese Airlines Ltdis 1_M€@Y___ Oxford Circus. The office is 2 a Hanover Square, “_____ 6 Hanover Square, tobe exact. Itis “ Hanover Street. There is a paper shop °_______it,anda tourist shop °________ it. Japanese Airlines Ltd is rather "_______ Piccadilly Circus. ‘The Austrian National Tourist Office is not *______ the °___ 80 St George Street. There isa church '©_______ it, and some Japanese Airlines office. It is offices _____ it,Sue is talking to Tina on the telephone. ‘So you and Paul can come on Tuesday! Good! Now, our offices are in Tourism House. We're on the second floor. The Regency Restaurant is above us. It's at the top of Tourism House, and we're just below it. You'll recognise the building easily; there are some flags on top aft’ 1 Where? 1 REGENCY Sa TeunaNy RSS \ BRITISH TouRIsT BOOKS: revs Frat {— peters FLAT Whereis Tea’s fat? Use the words from column 2 in column 3. Cross out each word in column 2 when you use it. Column 1 Column 2 1 Ted’s flat is on 2 There are some TVaerials | irr 3 Ted's flatis above 4 Itis below 5 Itis on top of 6 Peter's flat is at the top of Column 3 Column 4 Blake House. the building, the third floor. the building acoffee shop. ‘Ted's fatPractise your Prepositions 2) Where? 2 Sue is planning a photo for the book. She has made a drawing and is talking to Ted about it. ‘Let's have the Landrover on the left of, the picture, Tina and Paul én the middle of the picture, you on the right and all the luggage and equipment at the front, And we can have the entrance to Tourism House at the back of the picture,’ WM but Ted has a different idea. He says: ‘How about having the Landrover ithe middle of _ the picture, with some trees 2@_____ it? ‘Then we can have Paul °____________, Tina a the picture, and the luggage somewhere °____ 7 ‘Then Sue has another idea. She says: ‘Let's have Tina inside the Landrover, and Paul outside it, standing beside it, We can have you infront of the Landrover, taking a picture. The luggage can be round Paul. And we'll have Tourism House behind you all.’ HL Now describe the final picture! Ted was 1__Wtside the Landrover, and Tina and Paul were "________ it. The luggage was Tina, who was standing : the Landrover. Paul was sitting on the Sgpreraragh essere mee all there were some trees. Tz] Fat [Tourism House Oo‘This is Paul's room. He is sitting én. an armchair, and his guitar is on. a small chair. He has several pictures o7 the wall, and there are some pictures on the ceiling, above his bed. He is packing for his trip with British Tourist Books, so his bag is in a corner of the room. Some of his clothes are on the floor. You can see a tree through the window. Now complete this description of Tina's room, Tina has several pictures 1___ON__ the walls ofher room, but she has none * the ceiling. There is alamp ° herbed. “___________ the window, you can see a roof. Tina's bag is the floor, there are some books achair, and her tennis racquet is 7 the room. The family's catis sleeping © the armchair. What about you? 2 Where? 2 Where is your home? Write about its location, using words from page 6. Now write about a room that you know; for example, your bedroom, a classroom, or the office of a member of your family. Describe its location and some of the things in it. Use words from pages 7 and 9.Practise your Prepositions 3] Where? 3 Portsmouth is a town in England, Itis in the south of England, and itis on the coast. Of the coast, near Portsmouth, there is an island called the Isle of Wight. This island is south of Portsmouth. It is famous for watersports. Tina and Paul are staying in St Helen's, which is in the east of the island. St Helen's is about ten kilometres from Portsmouth, Hh true or fatser Write V after the true statements, and x after the false statements. Correct the false statements. 1 Portsmouth isin the north of St Helen's. 2 Newport is west of St Helen's. 3 Cowes is in the north of the Isle of Wight 4 Portsmouth is off the coast of England. 5 Cowes is south of Newport. Complete the description. ‘Majorca is an island 1_off the coast of Spain. Itis "________ of Valencia, which isa large town *_____ Spain. Palmais “_________ the coast of Majorca. ‘Many tourists come and stay ®. Palma, Solleris °____ of Palma Itis about sixteen kilometres 7. Palma, Soller is ©_______ of Majorca, 103 Where? 3 Sue, Paul and Ted are talking about the sorts of places that they like for their holidays. sus: like climbing, so I like a place i the mountains, Paut: Well, I like swimming, so I ike a place that’s on the sea, or om a lake or om a river. Of course, if the weather's cold, I don’t swim #7 the sea or the lake, but I like being near water. ‘ep: Well, [like a quiet holiday. I don't like a place that’s on a busy road. Write én or on in column 2, 1 London is ——OM___| the River Thames. 2 Thereare fish |__| the River Thames. 3 Quitois | the Andes Mountains. 4 Chicagois | —_____ | Lake Michigan. 5 NewYorkis |__| the Atlantic Ocean, 6 People swim | | the Mediterranean Sea, 7 Rydeis ——__ | the road from St Helen's to Cowes, Complete the sentences, ‘Tina, Paul, Ted and Sue stayed in hostels in many different places, Paul liked hostel C, because it was 1__by river, and hostel D because it was "_____ lake, Sue liked hostel A because itwas *______ a mountain, and she liked hostel B even better, because it was right “________a mountain. Ted liked hostel F, because it was °______the road, hostel E 6 because it was a wood, and of course he liked hostels A and B too, because they were 7_______ the road. ulPractise your Prepositions 4| Mixed practice 1 Complete the street plan. [ G church NORTH STREET H._ hot Read the description below, and draw the symbols in their 6 4 ae correct position. & 5 [A post ottee 5 Q g B wwe E swimming pect SOUTH STREET && coffee bar ‘There is a church in North Street, Next to the church, west of it, there is a hotel. Also next to the church, on the corner of East Street, there is a book shop. Next to the book shop, just south of it, there is a post office. In front of the post office there is a tree, and behind the post office there is a swimming pool. Opposite the post office there is a coffee bar. How has this shop window changed? Describe the differences. A j : | InAthenameis !____________ of the window, but in Bit is * oft. InA, the cupboard is “_________ of the display, butin Bit is + of it. InA,thehatis 8_________ the cupboard, but in Bitis °_______ it. Fea Nera UE ie Pee22eSeeeeeez eS UO Pee Eee InA,the gogglesare ®°__________ the bowl, but in Bthey are 1 124 Mixed practice Write one word in each blank. This is the entrance to Western Recording Studios Ltd, The receptionist is sitting 20M _ her chair, with a lamp i: her. There is a clock 5_____ the wall “___ her, anda tall plant ina pot stands °______ the floor. Avisitor is sitting “_______ an armchair. ‘The studios are "_____ 53 Alexandra Street, “________ the seventh fioor. Elbaisanisland ®*_____ the coast of Italy. Ibis only about two kilometres 1°. the Italian coast, so itis very “____ the coast. Elba is 240 kilometres”. Genoa, s0 itis rather Genoa. Genoa is 1t______ the coast, Itis %©____ of Elba, andis 16 Italy. Answer these questions, or ask a partner to answer them. Ifyou could choose... ‘What city, town, village or island would you live in? Deseribe its location. ‘Where would your house or flat be? How would you arrange your favourite room? — Where would you go for your next holiday? Describe the location of this place. 13Practise your Prepositions 5| Direction 1 ‘Tina and Paul are in Brighton, in the Tourist Information Centre. An assistant is telling them the way from the Centre to the Dome Concert Hall. “When you leave this building, turn right into Barton Street. ‘Tum right again into Bast Street, Go along East Street as far as North Street. Cross North Street, and go past the Royal Pavilion, continuing towards Victoria Gardens. Turn left into Church Street and there's the Dome.’ Itumed/ran into Barton Street (= 1 ENTERED BARTON STREET FROM ANOTHER STREET) Iwas running im Barton Street (= | WAS ALREADY IN BARTON STREET, AND 1 WAS RUNNING IN IT) HH Complete the description of Paul and Tina’s walk from the Dome. It follows the dotted line on the map. Write one word in each blank. Paul and Tina walked '_UO____ The Prince Regent ‘Swimming Pool 2_________ the Dome. They crossed Church. Street and went °_______ Marlborough Place, * Gloucester Place. They walked ®________ Victoria Gardens and continued ®_______ _______ _______ North Road. Then they turned 7____. §______ North Road, and found the swimming pool on their left. 1465 Direction 1 Paul was staying in an old hotel and couldn’t find his room. Complete the sentences. ©] Floor ~ (fe ie Fi N ‘Theliftstopped.at the Paul gotout ofthe thira floor | 2@ Thenhewentdown He walked along a. through a andintoa 5 6 1 ! some 4, ‘The room is | on the third floor. | The lift stopped | at the third floor. He lives He got out Tina couldn't find her room either. She walked: A i Jounge, dining room again!Practise your Prepositions 6] Direction 2 something flat (e.g. a road or a railway line) over ZY, the path or road goes up and then down (e.g, because ofa hill or a bridge) through WHEY — something that rises on both sides (eg. tall grass, a wood, a town) The dotted line (.....) shows a path in the country. Describe where it goes, The path goes '_P@St__ achurch, - awood, “_____ partofa river, “____. abridge, hill, °_____ a railway line, and aroad. a BE be Tina ana Paul went a different way. The broken line ¢ ) shows where they went. Describe their walk. ‘They went '_P@sb__ the church, *_____ the wood, 9____ the bridge, 4______ astream, 5___a tunnel, °_______ aroad, and 7________ a railway line. off (a) froma flat surface, eg. a table or a hard chair. (b) down from, e.g. a roof. outof from inside something, e.g. a box or an armchair. onto froma place toa surface, eg. a table or a hard chair. ‘into from one place to the inside of another, e.g. a room or some water. overlacross from one side to the other. Usually over if you go up and then down, eg. to climb over a wall. 166 Direction 2 Hout was at an adventure camp. Fill n the blanks to say where he Paul fel 1_OfF _ abridge 2____ river. He swam 8____ the river, then climbed *_______it,and climbed ®°_______ some rocks. He ran ©°_____ a field andjumped “_______ agate. There were some bulls in that field, so he climbed *______._ apple of stones, and then jumped °________ the stones, '°_______. the ground on the other side of the fence. 7‘Practise your Prepositions 7) Direction 3 HB ese are some of Marco Polo's travels from Venice. Write at, in, o or for in colurnn 2 1 In 1271 Marco Polo left —for_| Persia 2 Some time later he arrived gansta Ohi! 3 In 1272he got —____ | Tibet. 4 In 1292 he went Redecsesesss India’ 5 Inabout 1294 he went back ——_ | Persia 6 He arrived ——__ ] Tabriz in 1294 or 1295. 7 Atthe end of 1295 he came back |__| Venice, Eh 4 young tennis payer is teling Tina about her travels, Write én, at, to or for. ‘Last year went 1_t0___ about twenty different countries. I went *______ Japan for the first time. Tame ®, England for the first time in 1985. We had rather a difficult journey this time. Our plane arrived “____ Manchester at 2.00 p.m, but our luggage only got °_______ Manchester three hours later. The car from the airport broke down, so we arrived °______ Manchester itself several hours late. The next day we left 7________ London, and arrived ©. Heathrow Airport without any problems, luckily.’ 18Look at the map and read about Tina and Paul's bicycle ride. 7 Direction3 ‘STONEHENGE One day, Tina and Paul cycled from West Dean to Stonehenge. First they cycled north, as far as ‘The Common. Then they cycled West towards Salisbury, going through Winterslow, and continued as far as Winterbourne. It was about Winterbourne Gunner 10.00 am. when they cycled into Winterbourne, so they had a cup of coffee there. They were cycling out of Winterbourne when Tina had a puncture. ‘ndover 2k ‘They cycled out offinto West Dean (ir we THINK OF THIS PLAGE AS AN AREA) ‘They cycled fromito West Dean (iF We THINK OF THIS PLACE AS A POINT ON A JOURNEY) FB complete the description of Tina and Paul's bieycle ride, using prepositions from the passage and table above. After Tina and Paul had mended the puncture, they cycled west, towards Upper Woodford. But then they turned north and went 2 Great Durnford. They continued 3_________ Great Durnford, and were cycling, . Amesbury when Paul had a puncture. So it was 11.80 when they atlast-cycled-®. Amesbury; then they took a wrong turning, and began cycling “_________ Andover. Altogether, the ride - Stonehenge §___________ West Dean took them nearly four hours. Describe an interesting journey — real or imaginary —in your country or abroad. Use these verbs (in any order), with a suitable preposition after each one: travelled left arrived ‘came got went 19Practise your Prepositions 8] Mixed practice Every year, about: 17,000 people run a distance of 42 kilometres in the London Marathon, Complete this description of the route, using the prepositions below: along through past towards asfaras round over into across Fiouaos ot London Marathon roam Haute CD 2___ Greenwich, going D &_____ the Royal Naval College. E-F Itgoes 1_______apark, GH *______ Tower Bridge, *________ the River Thames, LJ 7__________ a district called the Isle of Dogs, then K-L &_______ the River Thames, going °_________. the financial district (called “The City’). M Ittums _________ Whitehall, and N goes 4 Admiralty Arch. N-O Itgoes mo. TheMall, *___________ Buckingham Palace. P ‘Thenit turns “__________ Birdcage Walk, going ‘*__________ the river again. PQ Itgoes *°___________ the Houses of Parliament, and “’__________ Westminster Bridge, ™ the east side of the bridge, where the Marathon finishes. BED escrive the burgiar’s actions, using the prepositions below: into in onto on outof from off up down over across through towards He climbed '_UP___ ee drainpipe, 20B Mixed practice Thenhe got *______ a ‘There he found a necklace bedroom, 5______ an. 6 -adrawer, open window. and two candlesticks (All this time he had been ‘Thenhe slid ** *___asmall table. walking °_____a the drainpipe, carpet that was connected toa burglar alarm.) alawn, policeman. In column 3, write the correct preposition from column 2. 1 They came at Paris last week, 2 They arrived for | _______ France a month ago. 8 Next, they're going | in | ________ Japan. 4 They'releaving | to |________Japanon Tuesday. 5 They're going Banananaaee da Toya 6 They arrive —__ Tokyo on Wednesday. 7 They'll come back ——_—_ France next month, 21Practise your Prepositions 9| When? 1 in| 1989(=Avear) on | (the) winter (= season) |] ‘April (= a montis) ‘New Year's Day/my birthday (= a ParticuLar DAY) 8 April (= a pare). DAY OF THE WEEK) Note We say in April, but on 8 April. at | Easter/Bid (= a reuaious periop) WE complete this summary of events in Brighton. In ____ 1987, there were many public events in Brighton ®. the spring. For example, Easter there was a carnival (it was Monday 20 April), and © May there were three big events. © the summer and autumn there were fewer events. There was a fishing boatrace 7 8 aSaturday July, a tennis tournament 8 October, and a race for vintage cars from London ". 7November. Ofcourse, there were many parties and dances ‘___ 31 Decemberand New Year's Day. The programme of public events was similar !* 1988. . 22 Some events in 1987 a Motorcycle race Sat.21March 3§ Easter carnival Mon. 20 April Festival of the arts Sat. 2—_Sun. 17 May Fireworks Sal. 9 May Boat show Wed, 6— Sun. 10 May Fishing boat race Sal. 18 July Tennis tournament Sat. 17—Sat, 31 October Vintage car race from London Sat. 7 November Baie NOLMOIS9 When? 1 ‘There are no prepositions before last, neat, this and every: ‘There were many events in Brighton last year. There's a carnival nei Monday, I's taking place this month, Ithappens every year. MB Pout is writing to a friend. In each blank, write a preposition or put adash (~). ; Tmsorry we weren'there '__W1_ May! There aren't so this month, but there's a fishing boat yvace °_______ next Saturday. *_____ Friday we're many events # going riding, (Do you remember? Ihad some riding lessons 5____ last summer.) I'd like to be here © October, when there's a big tennis tournament. They have the tournament ’________ every October. MM Here is the next part of Paul's letter. In each blank, write én, at or puta dash (-), ‘Yesterday we went toa sports centre 1__W1__ the morning. ‘We started playing table tennis *_______10 o'clock, had. lunch *_____ 12 o'clock, and 4_____ the afternoon we played basketball and then swam. "_____ the evening we went to a disco, andI got to bed “_______ 2o’clock inthe morning. After breakfast 7______._ this morning we hired bikes and biked round Brighton. We're having a rest now, but © this evening we're going to a concert, which begins © 8.30, 23,Practise your Prepositions 1968 |Born in Oxford. 1970 |Brother Paul born. 1972 |Family moved to London. 1973 |Tina started school. 1979 |Moved to secondary school. 1981 | Started guitar lessons. 1985 | Passed school leaving exam. Then worked in a shop. 1986 | Began university. 1988 | Still at university. Still plays the guitar. Examples ‘Tina lived in Oxford from 1968 to/untit/tilt (nwrormaL.) 1972, | ‘She was born before Paul. She started school after her fifth birthday. In 1986, she had been playing the guitar for five years. She had been playing it since 1981, ee ‘She began playing it during her school days. Notes ‘We use for with periods which we measure or count: _for five years/four weeks/three days/two minutes We use during with periods which we do not measure or count: during lunelvhner school days/1986 We use since with a point in time: since 1986/last March/six o'clock HH complete these statements about Tina's life. Imagine that itis now 1988, 1 Tinalived in Oxford TOY _ two years 2 She has lived in London ________ sixteen years. 3 Shehas lived there _______ 1972. 4 She started school _______ the family's move to London. 2410 When? 2 5 She attended her secondary school ______ 1979 ——_ 1985. 6 She worked ina shop _______ her summer holidays. 7 She worked there ______ three months. 8 She has been at university _______ two years. 9 She has been playing the guitar _______seven years, 10 Shehas been playing it _______ 1981. ‘Tina was at school from 1973 to/until/tall 1985, She was at school zntil/till (ord) June!1985, She had left school by July 1985. (by = BEFORE, NOT LATER THAN)| Use each preposition from column 2 in column 3, Cross out each word in column 2 when you use it. 1 Tinalived in Oxford to | —wntil__ | r972 2 She had started school to | —_____] her sixth birthday. 3 She worked ina shop from July 1985 | by | | October 1985. 4 She'll stay at university by |__| June 1989, 5 She'll leave university by | _______ ] the auturnn of 1989. 6 She says she’s going to work hard ype | —____ | the final examination! 7 She'l forget this promise until |__| next weekend. 8 Last night she danced fromten-p.m.- | until-| ———| two in the morning. Answer these questions, or ask your partner to answer them, Use the prepositions in italies in your answers, 1 For how long have you lived in your present home? Thave lived in my present home —_for 2 So thatis since when? That's since 3 Since when have you been learning English? 4 Until what date are you going to attend English classes? 5 By what date will you stop studying altogether? 25Practise your Prepositions 11) Mixed practice Ata travel agent's. Write a suitable preposition in each blank. ‘Right! your plane leaves __@&__ 14.00 hours. You should checkin 1/hours *________ departure time, so you need to beatthe airport *_______ 12.30. You can wait in the departure lounge “_________ check-in time ®. departure time. : ‘You'll probably wait there °________ about 18.50. Now, about getting to the airport. There's an airport bus that leaves.the terminal 7________ 11.00 hours. You could catch that. Iknow there's always a lot of traffic going to the airport °. the morning, °______. about 8.00 ?°______ about 1000. However, you'll be going “!______ that period, so you'llbe OK’ ; Inacoffee bar. Write a dash (~) or one of the prepositions below in each space: from for» during since. to _until(till “Where have you been? We agreed to meet at 2.90, I've been waiting foryou |__for _ nours! Well, not exactly hours, but *_____ 2.35. Let me see~ *___ 2.85 4_______ now: that’s forty minutes. I've drunk three cups of coffee ® + _____ that time and got very bored. If 'd brought a book I could at least have been reading * ________ forty minutes. Anyway, what's your excuse?” ‘My excuse? I've been waiting for you “________ thirty minutes, in the street. We agreed to meet on the street corner, didn’t we? Anyway, °_______ next week let's meet 9 _____ Tuesday. That's easier for me than Wednesday. See you '°_______ next Tuesday, then.’ 26“What? Are you going already? Aren't you going to stay a few minutes?” u ‘No, I can't! I've got the dentist, ** afternoon, I'll have to wait ™ this ‘Tuesday for your news!" Areporter has been interviewing a pop star and has made these notes. Use the notes to write his article. The date of the article is 10 April 1988, Conxan0o- 10.5.63 Bornin leedo. eats foe Se choir (Left 1978). 1a73 Began pinging in a 1478 eat already made 3 reconda! (for chusrch. lago Began singing wun cot ame (Tre Pebbles). (Lefe group 1482). ile 4.6.81 Sang in show in Brighton. Mamm: Recarde producer in audience. fii! wo weeks \atar: Signed contract width Mam Record. StL under contract wen mMarimotn. \aee + 1987: Golden dince. . Sauyo: Have been Pinging for other peaple years, but really ping for mypelt: t Cinot later than 11 Mixed practicePractise your Prepositions 12) How? [1 | Ways of travelling Ingeneral When talking about particular vehicles by | bike/motorbike/car/ || on his/that,ete. bike/motorbike | vanorry/train/plane || én my/thia, ete: car/varviorry — = || air/bustram/ship |} on" the train/plane/bus/trar/ship ‘boat: | on therboat (ifa large boat) oe ~ || the boat (ifa'small boat) on. foot Y ‘Examples = Tlike travelling by bikes <0 Ttravelled around Italy on my cousin's bike. Note - z {tis possible; but less usual, HH redis 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 (eg. the, a). InNew York Iwent around !_OM foot mainly. You can visit the Statue of Liberty 2 boat, and *_ ON the boat: met another Englishman. We decided to go together to San Francisco 4________ us, because it’s cheaper than going 5_____ trainor °______ plane. Altogether we spent. 7 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. broke down. By this time it was midnight, and we started to go car for only a few hours, it back tomy cousin's house '°_______ foot, but a lorry-driver stopped and tookus back ‘________ lorry. I came back to London !*________ air, and I can tell you I was too tired to talc toanyone ™_______ plane! I think it would be great to do the trip from New York to San Francisco 4______ motorbike. ‘There's a book about a man who took his small son right across the States *. old motorbike. 28PA How things are made ‘Things can be made Of MATERIALS OR SUBSTANCES: ‘This table is made of wood. out of a compere. pirreRanr TuINe (one object is changed into another): She is making a dress for her daughter owt af some old curtains, by propia: ‘The Pyramids were built by people who lived a long time ago. ‘with (= using) TOOLS AND OTHER ADs: On the beach we built sandcastles with our buckets and spades, In Brighton, our four friends made their own costumes for a fancy- dress disco. Read the first description. Then complete the other descriptions, using the correct prepositions, 12 How? PAL je Ss Safety pins gle drill scissors SC g_—eaboard This crown is made of cardboard. The jewels on it are made out of a sweets. It was made by Paul. Paul stuck on the sweets with glue. B'S O BH sweets (and glue) Paul's crown ‘This dress ismade 1________a rubbish bag, which is made 7 black plastic. The dress was made *. rubbish bag Tina. She cut out the armholes and neck ine *_______ some (biack plastic) : special scissors. Tina’s dre = ‘This ‘musical instrument’ was made © ‘Ted. Itis made piece of wire tong S____ along stick, some pieces of wire and some bottle Stick tops.'The bottle tops are made 7 metal, so they make pote ae. anoise. Ted made the holes in them & adrill. Ted's ‘musical instrument’ ste This dress is made °"______ two table cloths. They are made 10 LIV" tablecloth Sue. She put it together! Caylon) Sue's dress nylon, so it’s rather hot. It was made safety pins. 29Practise your Prepositions 13) 30 What are they like? He/She is a person... of (ace) | with (puys! ICAL CHARACTERISTICS) about20 | abig smile at least 25 | curly hair about 16 | an amazing hairstyle about 18 | a small moustache: ‘Note Do not use 'years' or ‘ye vars old’ after of, phrases from the table. ‘in (ramos we wear) ” | with Cramas we canny) small black hat a funny football dark glasses a strange bag. awhite blouse awalking stick a football shirt guitar) ‘At the fancy dress disco. Read the first description. Then describe the other people, using Aman of about 20, with a big smile, in a football shirt and with a funny football. Aginlot ‘about 18 with 2 and with 4 Amanof © swith © oy pheseeeenasassooses and with © Agirlof © tae with 1 andwith *,13 What are they like? ‘as (FOR A PERSON'S JOB OR ROLE) like (70 Compare THINGS) — She works as a'7eporter.. She ran like the wind. He joined the team as an extra player. | He looks like his father. Note & ‘You must use a/an before the name of a jo Z She works asa'reporter (not ‘as reporter’): Hi things that people said at the disco. Write as or like, 1 mwa: ‘Goodness! You look *_UKe__ Charlie Chaplin. And you dance 2______ him too!" 2 wep: ‘went to the United States “_______astudent. I managed to look “_______ an American, but of course I didn’t sound ®______ one. 8 sus: ‘Tcan'tdance all night “_______you! Imnothere ‘________ a tourist, you know! T'mworking Anyway,Tllsleep *_____ baby tonight!” 4 pau: ‘Ted's withus °______ our photographer. 'd like to take photos 9____" his! His camera’s ‘1_________ acomputer!” Using of with and in. 1 Describe yourself: your age, a physical characteristic, something you are wearing, and something you are holding or using. Tam aman/womar/boy/giri 2 Describe someone in your class in the same way. Ask your neighbour to guess whom you have described. 31Practise your Prepositions [14] Mixed practice Bi vee resets Write as, tike, of out of or by in the blanks. 1 Thislooks +__like 2 was made ‘ 2 This was made ©. paper. You can use it © 7 aduck. ahandkerchief. Ibis made china, and you can use it *. avase. It a golf ball and some pieces of a paperweight, and it looks 3 This wasmade ® aplastic carton, some wire and moss. You can use it. a plant pot. Bus? Car? ‘Train? Boat? Air? Or...? Say how one can travel from your capital or your home to three other places. 1 Youcan travel from _________ to sorby orby 2 314 Mixed practice Someone broke the window of a house and stole some silver. Three people say they saw the robbery, but they have told very different stories to the police. Complete each description with prepositions. wines a: ‘He wasaman 1__Of about 20, ® Jong dark hair, * jeans. He was wearing a mask made *________ a stocking, and he looked - a gangster. He broke the window fe abrick,and escaped 7______ a bicycle. It looked ®_________ arracing bike.’ wrtness B: ‘She wasa woman °_______ about 30, short, dark hair, '!_______._a tracksuit. She was ‘wearing a sort of mask made cardboard. She broke the window '*_______ a bottle, and escaped “___ a motorcycle. She rove that motorbike **_______ a mad woman!” wress c: ‘He wasaman '®_______ about 40, "7 very little hair, "*—— a dark suit. He looked 38_____ a businessman, and he used his, newspaper *”_____ asort of mask. He escaped = alarge, black car.’ Say how you and three other people (family, friends or other students) travelled to work today. 1 Icame to college/school today 2 3 4 33Practise your Prepositions 15] Adjectives + prepositions 1 ‘He was good/kind, etc, to my brother (= A PERSON), oi A stTuATiON) He was good/kind, ete, about my brothet/ his hat/what my brother did (= an evenr: my brother, -: Te was good/kind, etc. of him to excuse” Hh a rvcommercial. A cowgirl is speaking to a cowboy. Write to, about or of in each blank. ‘Bd, darling, what's happened to you? You used toberude 1_tO __ my parents, but now you're so polite * them. You used to benasty © my cooking, but now you're nice 4 it, You used to be unkind ® my small brother, but now you're very kind © him. You were very kind 7 your hat; it really was nice & you to keep calm ‘ that! You used to be mean a the farm workers, but now you're generous ' them. In fact, you used tobe unpleasant}. ‘everybody and be everything, but now you're pleasant ' everybody and ‘6____ everything. Tell me, Ed, what's happened?” “What's happened, honey? I've discovered. ‘Shavex Shaving Cream! It sure was good = you to give me that superb cream for my birthday!" 2] pleased impatient careless | with her daughter/the present (= PEOPLE oR THINGS) patient careful’ angry, about the match/the heavy traffic (= ByENTS oR struaTioNs): right sorry? about hinvthe present/the matclvthe traffic (= reortz, wrong worried ‘THINGS, EVENTS OR SITUATIONS). : Notes 4You1 can also say careful of: Be careful of the traffic (= Be CAREPUL THAT YT DOBS NOT HARM YOU) Pm sorry about your father (= 1 AM SORRY THAT HE HAS DIED). Tm sorry for your father (= 1rry unt (BECAUSE YOU HAVE TREATED HIM naDiv, BTC.) 341B Adjectives + prepositions 1 HB aul and Tina are at a tennis school in Yorkshire. Paul is writing to his cousin, Fill each blank with one word. 1 Mytennis racquet’s really good. I'm very pleased With __ié 2 But Ivellost three tennis balls. 'm rather angry ______that__ 3 Now I've only got three. Ill be careful 4 Our first coach used to shout at us. He was very impatient 5 Thenhe left. We weren't sorry —_____ that. 6 The new coach is excellent. He's very patient 7 At first thought he was no good, but Iwas wrong 8 Iwona mateh today. I'm rather pleased 9 My big match is tomorrow. I'm not worried 10 You said that Yorkshire's nice. You were right tobe pleased/worried, ete. about | doing something < * “<< | not doing something Example ae : T'm pleased about being here, but I'm sorry about not seeing you. Hi Pout is writing to his parents now, Write one word in each blank. Use the verbs in italics. lost three tennis balls yesterday. Iwas sorry |_@bout_ losing. _them 1 dian'tyind any of them; 1 was angry zabout not _ finding them Wenaveto ‘wait for our classes. We have to be very patient & .Iwon a match today. I was pleased “_____ playing ina bigger match tomorrow. I'm not worried Tavern 't 35Practise your Prepositions 16} Adjectives + prepositions 2 BR fits Tar) fataia [or] | interestea [am good fond. qualified quick proud slow sure keen on clever tired efficient | Examples She's good at arithmetic but slow at algebra. Tm afraid of dogs, but I'm fond ofcats. js He's interested in computers and qualified an mathematics. She's keen on sport. She really likes it WB tina’ letter from Yorkshire. Write at, of in or on. Dear Lucy, Paul and [can canoe now! At last! So we're very proud 1_of __ ourselves. Canoeing is a great sport, especially ina river full of rocks! Of course, we're not very good *____ it yet, and at first we were really bad °_______ it, We fell into the river at least ten times, I'm sure “______ that. 'mnot afraid “_______ the river, but I'mnotkeen ¢ very cold water! Getting into the canoe was rather difficult too, ‘Dut we're quite quick ’________ that now. So we're enjoying ourselves, but we're rather tired "_______ the rain here. It’s been raining for three days. Please write. I'll be interested *_______ your news. All the best, Tina. 3616 Adjectives + prepositions 2 tobe bad at /atraid of interested in, etc. doing something Examples He's good at swimming and running. She's fond of driving fast cars, He's interested in helping other people. She's keen on working with computers. When Sue first met Tina and Paul in London, she asked them. some questions. Look at her notes and complete her questions. 1 Areyou fona Of getting up early 2 2 Are you good. 3. Are you afraid J _______ 4 Areyoukeen 5 Are you interested What about you, your family and friends? Or what about your partner? Write sentences like this: (very keen) —I'mvery keen on guitar music. (esses) is very keen on taking photographs of wild animals. (very keen) (qualified) (clever) (rather slow) (good) (very interested) (rather afraid) 37Practise your Prepositions 17} Adjectives + prepositions 3 bad for + noun capable | of | + noun . good fond + doing something| famous for | + noun proud responsible + doing something teed grateful el Sorry. oe bored | with Examples f = Tim sorry for breaking the dish (= 1 arouocise) ‘Tm sorry for the animals in the cage (= 1 prry THEN!) Fruit is goodor yourhealth, : She's famous for her parties/for giving good parties. He's capable of good work/of doing good work. Iwas bored with the talk/with listening to the talk. MBE Fina the right ending for each sentence. 38 Write your answers below. A Children are usually fond J for its beautiful buildings. B Rome is famous 2 of adults’ conversations. C Children usually get bored 8 for the nerves, D They also usually get tired 4 of their literature. E Too much coffee is bad 5 for sad people. F We feel sorry 6 with reading long books. G English people are proud 7 of eating sweets. a7, B io i) 12 WE ¢ 2H Paul and Tina are at a music summer school. Paul is talking to Vicky, one of the teachers. Complete the changed versions of their sentences. Sometimes there are two ways of completing the sentence.17 Adjectives + prepositions 3 1 = Torganise the guitar classes, Tm responsible _for (organising) the guitar classes. _ 2 Do you ever think it’s boring to do that? Do you ever get bored —____ 2 No, Inever get tired —--—— soo needn't feel sorry, —___________ 4 Tm quite fond —_____, but I'm not. very proud, —__________ 5 The singing teacher here gives marvellous classes, She's quite famous) ‘The singing teacher here is quite famous, J ___ 6. ‘Yes, I'm very pleased with all these free lessons) Eves Tem grate eseeeererereensense 7 ‘You'd better go to bed early. That will help your voice! Iyou go to bed early, that will be good 8 But it wouldn't help my social life! But it would be bad ‘good as + nour | Examples ‘bad She's famous as a singer (= sHE Is famous |__| ASINGER, aND siz is eaous) capable Swimming is good as a form of responsible ‘exercise (= SWIMMING IS A FORM OF EXERCISE, AND IIS A GOOD ONE) ‘What did they say? ‘Write as, of or for in the blanks. rep: ‘Tmbest '_@bt___ sports photography. Perhaps one day I'llbe famous a sports photographer. va: ‘People say that swimming is very good “________ you. 'mnot bad *_______ a swimmer.’ vicky: ‘Tmresponsible, °. your guitar teacher, °. giving you finger exercises. Lack of exercise is bad ’_______ a guitarist’s fingers. Pauu: ‘Idon't think I'l ever be famous *_______ my singing. I'm just capable © singing a tune. But I'm quite good '°________ the class comedian!”Practise your Prepositions 8} Mixed practice Here are some facts about Phil Bily, a singer. Write about, as, at, for or to in column 2. 1 He's very good ab | singing 2 But he's also good ——__— } anactor. 3 He's very good ————_ } his family. 4 He says coffee is bad | —______. | his voice. 5 He's always good —_———_| any problems during recording. 6 He'sjust rather bad | —_———— | arriving on time. Ahotel receptionist is talking about her work. Inthe blanks, write adjectives from the list on the right. Use each adjective once. Youhavetobequite 1_GOOU at speaking English, French, Spanish and German. You are *__________ for the | bored keys to the rooms, and you have to be about | Capable careful writing down telephone messages exactly. Also, you must be efficient 4 Fi : good really (_____ a keeping the list of guests up to date. | $000. Some guests are not very easy or pleasant, but you have tobe —_| patient 5 with the difficult ones, you must at least: seem | Polite responsible tobe ®_______ in their problems, and of course you tired must be 7_________ toall of them! Naturally, there are times when Iget §_______ of answering all their questions, and at the end of a difficult day I sometimes feel quite © 10 of screaming, but Inever really get with the work 4018 Mixed practice Apologies. Two friends are talking. Choose the right endings from the list below the dialogue, HullolI'msosony ' GA .tt'sbeen Iwas quite worried * —__ .I'llbe interested 4 ___ . Trashed my bike into a pedestrian. At first, I thought he was hurt, but I was wrong © — Just be patient © ___ .A policeman came along and he said I was responsible 7 ____ because I'd been careless a Poor you! I'm beginning to feel sorry 9 Well, told the policeman that I was very" co a Via ae S ‘And you really were sorry, I'm sure u a abouttheaccident d aboutbeinglate —g fortheaccident j_withme b about that e about signalling h of that Xc inyour explanation © about you f foryou i tome 1 ofyou to wait 41Practise your Prepositions LO 42, Verbs + prepositions 1 listen — “| to speal/talk | Jook at look. after | (= 7A cate oF) |. |Bxamples Sersetingiee taypened ene Wey” (= Rv To FMD) Tm looking for my hat, Tm looking at some interesting photographs. ‘Tm looking after their baby today, ‘Ted is telling Sue about a terrible restaurant he went to, Write a preposition in each blank. Just listen 1_tO____ this, To begin with, had to wait twenty minutes *. 3 the waitress, When I asked her the menu, she had to go and look *_____ it; there was only one, and something had happened © it. Then, when I spoke §_______ her she didn’t listen 7 me, so she brought some cheese which I didn't want, Ihadn’t asked ® ____it, but she wanted me to pay it! The restaurant belongs }___ Tamara Lane, the TV cookery expert. Ishall write '!______ her. The waitresses really should look ™. better. the customers speak/talk | (to someone) | about write complain tell someone think/dream + noun, + doing something | Examples Note Tell must take an indirect object: ‘Tell us about your holiday. (sor: Tell abet your holiday.) She talked about Spain/about travelling in Spain. He's thinking about a holiday abroad/about going abroad.49 Verbs + prepositions 1 Complete the descriptions. Use the verbs in italics. 1 Where's the waitress? I've no bread. A isgoingto complain __t0 the waitress about having no bread. 2 One day I'll have my own restaurant. B is dreaming 3 I've found a piece of string in my soup! The waitress should know about this! C is going to tell 4 The chef here doesn't know how to cook vegetables, 1 want to tell him... D wantsto talk 5 Ithink the Health Inspector should close this restaurant, Imust send him aletter. E is going to write 6 Perhaps I should look for another job. ‘The waitress is thinking. Write some sentences about your last summer holiday, or ask the questions and write about your partner's holiday, 1 Did you speak to anyone interesting? About what? 2 Did you buy anything special? How much did you pay for it? Ipaid 3 Did you or anyone else complain about anything? To whom? 4 Did you write to anyone? About what? 5 What might you do during your next summer holiday? T'm thinking 43,Practise your Prepositions 20 Verbs + prepositions 2 By [stun into | Tran into friend yesterday (= we /MET BY. CHANCE) : rur/bump/crash | into |’ The car ran into the wall (= rr HAD AN _ ccioex7) : run over | ‘The car ran ouer a eat (=m anocken ‘THE CAT DOWN AND DROVE OVER It) rurvdrive, ete. | after| The policemai ran after the thief (= He FOLLOWED THE THIEF WinLe RUNNING) catch up ‘with | ‘Phe policeman ran fast and caught up ‘with the thief (= THe POLICEMAN Was BEHIND AT FIRST, BUT THEN HE REACHED ‘THE SAME PLACE AS THE THIE) MB tina and Paul took part in a cross-country bicycle race. Complete the description of what happened. 1 Another cyclist Yan ito Tina. 2 SoTinanearly __________ asmall boy. 3 The father —_______ her. 4 Buthe couldn't —_______ her. 5 Paulnearly ________ tree. 6 Afterthe race,Tina ________ a friend from her college. 4420 Verbs + preposition 2 shout | at “ANGRuLy) throw (= wayrino 70 1 someon of souteTHNo}) They shouted at the thief and threw stones: athim. shout | to “| (= wanrine THE OTHER pzRsoN Sas) 2 . throw (= so Tar nie OTHER PERSON CAN CaToH) She shouted ta methat Ishould come ‘upstairs, and threw the key down tome, laugh | at | First the children stared and pointed: smile a the comedian; then they laughed at his stare. jokes. : point 5 : wave | at/to| ‘The film star wayed at/to the crowd. = Find a suitable ending in column 3 for each sentence, 1 Imight | stare a toasmall child. 2 wave b ata strange person. 3 throwa ball | ¢ ata good joke. 4 shout ata friend in another car. 5 laugh e at something I wanted to buy. 6 point f toafriend in another room. Arora lO settee CEC geste gece asd ELEC g PETE ‘Things that happened at the bicycle race. ‘Write prepositions from Exercises 1 and 2 in the spaces. 1 Tinashouted '__TO the small boy that he should stay off the road. 2 The boy's father was very angry, sohe shouted * ‘Tina and threwa stone *_______ her. 3 The other people stared “_______ him and pointed ne eeeeeeece Pina! 4 The father wanted a police car to drive °________ Tina, but the policemen only smiled 7_______ him. 5 When Tina saw her friend, she waved *_______ her and shouted ‘Hullo!’ °______. her. 45Practise your Prepositions 21) 46 Verbs + prepositions 3 +noun | + doing apply jor | J = apologise Vv v reply to lV = Jook forward vi Vv hear from| J = (= REORIVE News FROM SOMEONE IN A LETTER, BY TELEPHONG, BTC.) consist ef |v v call on |v ie VISIT SOMEONE FORMALLY), drop in ef = VISIT SOMEONE INFORMALLY OR UNEXPECTEDLY) Examples. Almife consists 9f'a handle and a blade. Note ‘They couldn't answer the teacher. Iilringitelephone your secretary. He apologised for his misteke/for making that mistake. Tm looking forward to my new job/to starting my new job.’ His job as a tourist guide consists of taking tourists round the town and answering their questions. Ask, answer, ring and telephone take no preposition: Find a suitable ending in column 2 for each sentence. Usually: 1 Wereply 2 We look forward 3 Weare pleased when we hear 4 Wealso enjoy telephoning 5 Wedropin 6 We apologise 7 We apply 8 Our lives consist 14,2 13 14 a from our friends. b forbeing late. ¢ onold friends and relatives. d to people's letters. e of work, home life, and leisure, f togoing on holiday. our friends. 1 for jobs, or places on courses, ete. 1821 Verbs + prepositions 3 tobe | employed | in |-+ noun t - i as | (ROLE OR FosrTio) qualified F mn) diab (eg medicine) (e9.a doctor) + doing ee = (eg teaching) f Examples : Hes embloyedn the olliudustsy van enguiee: ac et sy oan chaiicee aS She's involved in travelling : Sree evel en eveling oat qouniies as abuses) ‘Tina decided to apply for a spring holiday job at the music school. Ineach blank, wri fe dash (_). ;, write a preposition from Exercise 1 or 2, or write a Dear Sirs, Iwould like to apply 1_for__ the job of springholiday helper, which you advertised recently. 1 apologise 7—___— applying rather late, When: telephoned “____—. your secretary, she said I could still apply. Iam not employed * 8 teaching, but lam qualified an advanced guitar player (Grade 8) and Lam involved ©. teaching the guitar © ahelper inayouth club. My work in the youth club consists §____—— helping the staff generally and some teaching Thope you willbe interested in my application, and am looking forward © Yours faithfully, Tra. Baw re hearing *@___—— you. a ‘Write your own application for a job you would like. a7Practise your Prepositions 22; Verbs + prepositions 4 BBW [concentrate | on | + noun | Examples decide + doing| She was concentrating on her depend ‘book/on reading her book. rely - | They were working on the car. insist (eg making or repairing it) work ‘They were working on getting the car ready by 5.00. (= were [MAKING AN EPFORT TO ACHIEVE ‘TIs) WM Paul has made this list of things that he will do and will not do when he returns home. ‘Write what he is thinking. 1 Minsist on getting my dictionary back from Bul. 2 T'lldecide 3 Pl work. 4 Tl concentrate 5 won't rely. ‘All these verbs need a difect object before the preposition. Directobject | | Examples ae 4 ‘They invited me to their party. invite someone to + noun She borrowed a book from ‘provide ‘someone with afriend, “ ‘They accused him of the borrow. something Srom. s -crime/of stealing the money. accuse someone of | +noun ‘Tcongrauulate you oft yeur " success/on winning the race. blame someone/something | for | + (not) doing| This house reminds me of '|- myhome. congratulate | someone on nue a Mey tern ded her abous. protect someone from not leaving her bag in the : “car, spend something st ‘They warned us about the remind someone about danger/about swimming near the rocks. warn someone about z 4822 Verbs + prepositions 4 HE tinais writing to her cousin about a lesson in windsurfing, Write a preposition in each blank. You certainly can'taccuse me Of __ being lazy! One of the instructors here invited me _ awindsurfing lesson, after a whole day's tennis, and I said ‘Yes!’ Of course, at home I would have to spend alot of money *______ buying t equipment, but [borrowed a wet suit “____the Centre. suit ‘Naturally, they provide learners ©_______ the sailboard. 1 didn't need a crash helmet to protect me °________ the sailboard. Really, the sailboard needed to be protected a me! The instructor reminded me *_______ the correct position of my feet, and warned me ®_____ not letting go of the boom, but....! Anyway, he didn't blame me ae falling in, and he even congratulated me ae not falling through the sail! Finish these sentences, Write a direct object if necessary, the preposition, and the verb in brackets in its correct form. 1 When Tina fell in, the instructor didn't blame _her_for qe fang eemeconecance cal iar) Tis tnedapeg jeanne rasan again. (try) 3 The instructor reminded on the middle of the board. (get) 4 He also warned peer eres deer ion tg it. (not jump) 5 This time she concentrated the boom firmly. (hold) ft He caneratlabed sess sees usec neeeeeae soquickly. (learn) 49Practise your Prepositions 23, Mixed practice A Charles works in the personnel department of alarge company. = How does he spend the day? In each blank, write a preposition, or 3 adash (—-) if there should be no preposition. For much of the day, Charles listens ! __tO people. They 7 L/L | tel 2_____ him °______ their problems or their a Se ambitions. He answers *_______ their questions. Sometimes 2 RTE they complain 5______ him ®_____ their bosses. ‘That's difficult for Charles. He can't reply easily 7______ a person who asks ®______ him ®*_______ help abouta. ‘bad boss, Charles says: ‘My work consists ". listening alot, saying a little, and smiling _______ nearly everyone who comes in! Charles is on the telephone. Find the right ending for each sentence. Write your answers below. 1 So two weeks ago you applied a toyour letter. 2 But you stil haven't heard b for that, 3 Itseems that we didn't reply ¢ for a job with us. 4 Well, I do apologise d fromus. 5 Actually, I'm sure that we answered e oflying! 6 Iremember, we wrote f yourletter. ‘T_Nol I'm not accusing you § toyou three days ago. 10,2 eta a Ho: » 6 nee EH Charles is still on the telephone. Find the right ending for each sentence. Write your answers below. 1 Yes! I'm listening a instarting our new computer. 2 You see, we've been very involved b toseeing you. 3 We've been concentrating ¢ with a new application form. 4 Oh, you're qualified d onus tomorrow to collect it? 5 Anyway, we must provide you e asa computer programmer. 6 Could you drop in £ onlearning to use it. 7 And this time you can depend gus. 8 Sol look forward h toyou. 9 And thank you for telephoning i onustoreply. hi Mita) ,3 14 15 , 6 pars 8 4 fo 5023 Mixed practice After a concert. People are waiting to see the singer Contessa ‘when she comes out of the theatre. Write a preposition or a dash (—-) in each space. 6 Why isn't she here? What's happened her? 1 Tjust want to look Tve been waiting 7 I'm going to ask a photograph. Anyway, I'l her. try to speak 8 Those two enormous men protect her 2 Alot of rude people will stare the crowds; they look her and shout her, But /'m just going to smile _______ her and wave her. 3 Ispentalot of money —______ my zi !? She's gone! Mee ean seam cee 9 What? She's gone! She left by another ticket ee i es door! I'm going to complain the theatre eo Da that! 10 Ah, well. She was probably tired. You uananerrs (ean Iwant to congratulate her —__ can't blame her a marvellous show. But will she listen me? 5 That enormous car belongs her. How much did she pay it, wonder? Sena 51Practise your Prepositions 24 Usual phrases 1 Examples a | visit to his visit to Africa/to the doctor. plan. for. our plans for our holiday/for you. ‘meeting | with | ‘The students had a meeting with the professor. between | There was a meeting between the students and the professor, of | There was ameeting of the new students. / book ‘on! | abook on/about Brazil; on/about iravelling in B _| letter about” | some advice on/about the problem; oniabout sag talk/lecture the problem } programme (on | TVorradio) | some | advice ideas Notes : "We usually use on for rather formal or specialised books, or when we are using a rather formal style of English ‘The professor wrote a letter to the newspaper on the country’s ecotiomie situation, “We usually use about for more informal or general books, or when we are using a more informal _ style of English: My cousin wrote me alletter about his holiday, Hl ved has made a list of things he must do when he returns to London. He's telling Sue about them. Fillin the blanks, ‘When I get back, I've got to attend a meeting + Photographic Society; prepare plans *___ visit * a jet some advice © and find a good book *. you have any ideas 7____ meeting ® will keep me busy!" 52, Cambridge; send the Tourist Board a letter architectural photography. Do unusual buildings we can photograph? No? Oh well, there's a TV programme ®___ Cambridge the night before we go. Oh, and J want to arrange a Frtegmone Society N.B. Society vist of the ca wotdge must: 4 Prepare plans the Society's 2 Write Cambridge “Tourist Board 3 Trains, et. et gate 4 Aghitecuralprotgrapiny find good ok 5 Unusiel buildings in Cambridge. Sue :anyideas? ‘transport; 6 30 duly: Watch TV “tambridge Architecture” 7 University Camera Cluty ‘try to meet members? the University’s Camera Club. Well, all that24 Usual phrases 1 Examples LEX a | question: to ‘That was his question to her about Teply/answer | about the journey/about planning the journey, reason for | Isthere any need jor silenceyfor ‘Reed being silent? Z cause of | His success was the result of hard | result worllof working hard, A cost/price : Beem oteee i ‘way. pat 3 rise/increase | in fall/decrease ‘Last year there was an increase in the number of tourists here. HH some time later, Ted received this letter from a coach company. Fillin the blanks. ae isinreply 112 yourletter of 15 August. The cet tet the rise _— the cont 4___ hiring a coach is the recent increase Saeue the price S__——— petrol. This increase, a8 You ° h deen the result 7__—_—— ‘problems in the Cae ea We do understand the need 8______ inexpensive i acheaper jety, and we fee! sure that you will not find . uaa aking your members to Cambridge, OF Course, way . your Te fn 9_____—. the price of petrol, there ifthere isa decrease ?—__—— cour charge to you. ject ‘Yours faithfully, PA Colin Comfort Coaches Ltd. Complete this list about yourself, or a partner. Use prepositions from the tables. For example: Iwould be interested in a meeting with the President. Iwould be interested in these things: ameeting ; a TV programme. ; avisit. 5; atalk. abookPractise your Prepositions 25) Usual phrases 2 H tobe | at | work to| go | to | work school come | | school college | 2 college university : | university ‘inlat church | Sa in hospital 3 Zi inbed | tolinto hospital athome es ‘home: 2 Examples ‘He's at work today, although it’s a holiday. ‘My sister is going to college next year: ‘The children are in bed. They went to bed early. Father's at home, He came home a few minutes ago. Note ‘With all the words above (except work) we use the ora if ‘We are referring to. particular school, church, bed, ete. He was in the bed by the window. ~-Adoctor in the hospital spoke to us: | Pather went fo the home of some friends this evening. what they said at a party. Put one or two words, or a dash (~) in each blank. TINA: "Yes, my brother's still’ "_—@b school, but he wants to go college when he's eighteen. I'm *______ university myself. 'm “_____ university inthe west of England. Guess which! rep; ‘After my football accident Ihad to go ©________ hospital fora while. Iwas © hospital for three days, and then I spent another week “_______ bed ® Pau: ‘Tm hoping to have a job next summer. There are jobs °_______ hospital near my home. I go 1 school which helps you to find summer jobs.” sue: ‘In thirty-six hours’ time I'll be back “!________ work in Londen. I'm rather looking forward togoing *_______ home. I'mgoing “________ church tomorrow. I'd like to go ae church where the singing is really good."25 Usual phrases 2 tohave (something) | for'| brealdast E tuneh, ete. to be/go, ete. on | holiday ‘business to belspeak, etc. | on | the telephone/phone j : the radio cae togoleome =| for| arun g _aswim, etc. Hl The manager of a young tennis star is having a telephone conversation with a reporter. Write a preposition in each blank. 1 Yes,Robishere OM __ holiday, not business. 2 No,he can't speak to you ________ the phone. 3 Yes, he did go ________arrun this morning. 4 He had two oranges and a boiled egg —______ breakfast. 5 No, I don't know what he had _________ dinner yesterday. 6 Yes, he might go ________ a swim later today. 7 You'll see him _________ TV tomorrow, and he'll have an. interview ________ the radio on Monday. Complete each of these questions with one or two words. ‘Then answer them yourself, or ask a partner to answer them. 1 Where would you most like to go ______ holiday? 2 What do you most enjoy doing ______ home? 3 What do/did you most enjoy school? 4 What would you most like tohave lunch or dinner on your birthday? 5 How much time do you usually spend ______ telephone inaweek? 6 Have you everbeen ______ aswim in the moonlight? 65Practise your Prepositions 26 Usual phrases 3 BW | = | bck niey, ete. by] Shakespeare - painting, drawing, etc. Picasso song, symphony, etc. ‘Mozart HL these sentences are nonsense! Rearrange the words in columns 3 and 5, and write down true sentences. 1 Hamlet isa(n) | painting| by | Lennon and McCartney. 2 Yesterday novel Mozart. 3 Warand Peace play ‘Leonardo da Vinci, 4 The Mona Lisa opera Michelangelo. 5 David statue ‘Tolstoy. 6 Don Giovanni song, Shakespeare, 1 Hamlet is a play by Shakespeare. 2 3 4 5 6 an danger | | out of | danger [love Cwith) © work | C= wmiiourasoa)! aa order Hot phan ana ol of or see s (= Nor PUNGTIONING) : Fropped the telephone and now its out order out of doors : complete the sentences below to fill in the words in this puzzle. 1 Office workers spend most of their time . (one word) 2 Anunemployed person is —.. . (three words) 8 Ifaperson has a temperature of 42°, his/her life is. (two words) 4 Most people are __ when they marry. (two words) 5 A farmer spends alot of his time — . (three words) 6 Ifyour telephone is broken, itis out of — . (one word) 5626 Usual phrases 3 ‘on| purpose by | mistake “in| charge amy/your, ete. own myseltlyourself, ete, ahunry upto | date | (= wopaen). use onan s an up.to date dictionary ‘out of (= NOT MODERN, NO LONGER ‘SUITABLE OR | correcr) Fill in the blanks to complete this information. Paul wants to move to a college with a modern computing department, where there is 1_UP_tO_ date equipment. He says: tried to ring the college for information, but I got the wrong number, because the telephone directory was *________ date. ‘The person who answered was rather angry, so I said, “Look, I got your number 5_______ mistake. I certainly haven't bothered you ‘______ purpose. Tinais © a hurry to leave university. She would like a job where she is ©________ charge of the arrangements for musicians from abroad. She would like to live 7_____ her own for some time, but she says, 'I probably couldn't pay the rent 5________ myself’ Answer these questions about yourself, or ask a partner to answer them, Five years from now, what: do you think? 1 Willyou spend most of your time indoors or out of doors? 2 Will you be in charge of any other people? 8 Willyou be in love? 4 Will you be living on your own? Begin your sentences like this: Tthink Iwill... . thinks he/she will... Rew eH 8TPractise your Prepositions 27| Mixed practice Lee is in her first job. She is in the office, writing a letter to a friend. Complete the sentences from her letter, using each item below once only. Use — if there should be no word. at for for in in into on outof 1 Three of the people here were Ab college or university Just before they joined the company. 2 Twoofthe people here go ______a swim before work every day. 8 Lalways stay _______ bed until the last minute, so only havea cup of tea______ breakfast, 4 Atthe end of the day, most of the staff go straight home, but I'd like to do something more exciting! 5 We can't use the computer today because it’s ______ order. 6 My neighbour's having a long conversation "_____ the phone. 7 One of the men has had to go _______. hospital for an operation. 8 Some of the staff are going to visit him while he's _____ hospital. Write the opposite of the expressions i with one word. italics, Fillin each blank 1 Lee isn'tat home today. She's. _@t___work _ 2 There hasn't been a rise én the number of unemployed people. ‘Therehasbeena ______ ______ the number. 3 You didn't do that by mistake! You dia it 4 He didn’t want to be indoors on that lovely day. He wanted to be siiaietiataiin ay 5 She didn't go to Hawaii on holiday. She went 6 Last month there was an increase in the price of fruit, but this, month there has beena _________ the price. 7 This list of prices is out of date. I need a list that is‘These are three sets of headings from a magazine. Complete the explanations. Write a preposition in each blank. 1 The Minister in charge Of __ medical research, ina reply questions, said: 'We do not know the cause this new illness, We must find a way curing it, and there is aneed ______ research. But we must not act ______._ a hurry. This is an international problem, and we cannot act ourselves.’ 2 This article ______._ Helen Venables is _______ her voyage round the world ________ her own. The low cost the voyage was the result ________ gifts from several Jarge organisations. 8 Areporter has hada meeting —______ ‘Rocket’ Ronson, who is on avisit ________ England, Ronson talked about his plans ________ anew tournament, and explained his reasons ______ wanting a new tournament. How would you feel about doing these things? Complete each question with a preposition. Then answer the questions yourself, or ask another student to answer them. For example: How would you feel about staying at home for three days without going out? ‘Tick (/) one box in reply to each question. OK. 27 Mixed practice (1) Mysterious new lines. Minister responsible for medical research answers questions. ‘We do nat know causes. Research is needed. Cannot act quickly. Must act with other nations. (2) Helen Venables writes, "How | sailed round the world alone, for £1,000." Big organisations wore generous. (8) ‘Rocket’ Ronson, world’s No.1 tennis champion, in England. Planning a new international ‘tournament. Why? ©) NotO.K. Itdepends 1 Spend three days Ab home without going out. 2 Spend three nights doors, in a tent. 3 Cook a dinner for four people yourself. 4 Get dressed for an important party ahury. 5 Payavisit _______ahouse full of people whom you don't know. 6 Write a magazine article someone you know. 59Longman Group UK Limited, Longman House, Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex CM20 248, England ‘and Associated Companies throughout the world. © Longman Group UK Limited 1990 Allrights reserved; no part of this publication. may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. First published 1990 ‘Third impression 1991 Set in 10/12 Linotron Century Light ‘Produced by Longman Singapore Publishers Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore ISBN O-S82-00954-4 Mlustrated by Kathy Baxendale, Ray Burrows, Hardlines, Norah Fitzwater, Dave Parkins, Liz Roberts and Chris Ryley.