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1. The gerund after prepositions. Fill in the missing preposition.

1.1. The teacher thanked the parents having helped him.

1.2. We were interested going to the museum.

1.3. The students must apologize being impolite.

1.4. The teacher was tired saying the same again and again.

1.5. They accused him manslaughter.

1.6. The general insisted attacking the Red Indians.

1.7. Would ManU succeed beating Munich?

1.8. The UN prevented the Israelis attacking the Palestinians.

1.9. The Hedges are looking meeting the Bensons.

1.10. She relies winning the prize.

1.11. She did not object being taken to the beach.

1.12. The professor was being cross with the student.

1.13. The student was proud having reached his goals.

1.14. That was the reason his leaving the club.

1.15. She was annoyed being kept waiting for so long.

1.16. The students are accustomed using a dictionary.

1.17. What having a drink now?

1.18. That depends being in London or in Paris.

1.19. The professor prides himself having won the prize.

1.20. She's delighted reading Shakespeare.

2. Prepositions. Fill in the blanks with a preposition if necessary. Use the following prepositions:

according to	among	at	between	by
for	from	in	in spite of	of
on	over	to	with	within

Then check your answer.

2.1. There is no space the two chairs.

2.2 The priest distributed rice the poor.

2.3. the weather forecast it would heavily snow night.

2.4. carrying an umbrella Sheila got sopping wet.

2.5. Tim waited Karen the bus stop.

2.6. What can you see this picture?

2.7. I lived Swansea the 1970s.

2.8. The teacher threw yesterday's paper the bin.

2.9. The secretary kept trying contact her boss more than an hour.

2.10. Tim looked the pictures Wales.

2.11. The football team would be leaving Maesteg the next hour.

2.12. He drove Chandler's Ford Eastleigh April 17th.

2.13. Tim loves go shopping his brothers and sisters Christmas time.

2.14. Chris sat Tim and Joff.

2.15. you and me, Moira has been looking a job last August.

2.16. other things, this afternoon I want watch the boat race Oxford and Cambridge.

2.17. Divide the money your children.

2.18. Robin suffered pneumonia.

2.19. The mechanics would probably have fixed the car now.

2.20. He was troubled her health.

3. Participles instead of adverbial clauses of time or reason. Put in either a present participle or having + past participle.

3.1. it hard to look after her only child and do her office job at the same time, Mrs Pilsner made up her mind to advertise

for a French au-pair girl. (find)

3.2. her English exam, Simone wondered how she would ever be able to get the jobs she had always wanted. (fail)

3.3. to improve her English this way, Simone applied for a job in Sacramento that Mrs Pilsner had advertised. (hope)

3.4. to such a big city before, Simone felt rather lost at first. (never go)

3.5. how busy she would be all the time, Simone was very much surprised how little free time she had during

her year abroad. (not realize)

3.6. to be paid $75 a week, she was extremely disappointed to be offered only $ 20 at the end of her first

week with Mrs Pilsner. (expect)

3.7. her stay, Simone didn't really want to go home when the time came. (enjoy)

3.8. her English so much, she was sure, however, that now she'd be able to get the job she wanted. (improve)

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