EXERCISES ON PREPOSITIONS AND ADVERBS

Ex. 6. Study the following phrases: a) recall the sentences in which they are used in the text, and b) use them when retelling the text.

do with smth/smb; put up with; work in bursts; sense in smth/doing smth; erratic (inconsistent, mistaken, etc.) in smth; be fair to smb; come (round) to thinking; at the critical moment; responsible for smth/ smb; aim at smth/doing smth; have smth fixed in one's head; come to the conclusion; take oneself in hand; get down to (work, business, etc.); put one's name to (a document, paper, etc.); tell by (the look, smb's words, etc.); expose oneself to (radiation, light, etc.); by remote con­trol; all the rest of it; fresh from; transform into smth; draw smb's attention to smth/smb; make/do experiments on smth; keep away (from); speak in a (menacing, etc.) tone; be used to doing smth; in a mood; be due at; have a word with smb; a report on smb/smth; in an effort to do smth; for once; have it out with smb; be fed up with smb/smth; to judge for oneself; pull at (the arm, sleeve, etc); be convinced of smth; get away with (it); a hundred to one.

 

Ex. 7. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.

A. 1. To be fair... her, she handled the situation expertly. 2. Hasn't it ever occurred... you that you might have been the one responsible... the accident? 3. Though I've been following you... the greatest at­tention, I must admit that I don't quite see what your suggestions are aimed.... 4. It was a painful minute before the colour came... to his face and he took himself... hand. 5. Having filled... the form he put his name... it and handed it... the Customs Officer. 6. Nobody was admitted... the laboratory while the experiment was..., and pic­tures... what was going... inside were taken... a remote-control cam­era. 7. The train is due... five, that leaves us twenty minutes... a quick meal. 8. Before writing an account... the incident, I thought I had bet­ter get a clear picture... my mind... what exactly had happened. 9. May I have a word... you... a business matter? 10. Don't bother... the tea. I've just had mine. 11. I have an appointment... the head engineer which I can't break even... account... your arrival. 12. Your story doesn't sound true enough, you won't be getting...... it. 13. The soon­er he gets...... work, the better. 14. The matter ought to be dealt...... delay. 15.... judging of the results...the experiment we must take... account the fact that he has been working under great difficulties... several months. 16 Trains... Rockwell may be up to twenty min­utes late... account... repairs to the track. 17. I always found his atti­tude... me rather puzzling. 18. His chances... recovery after the opera­tion were a hundred... one, but he did get well. 19. He clearly felt that he couldn't put...... such unfair treatment any longer and decided to have it...... the manager that same afternoon. 20. There is no better way... learning something than... experience. 21. If he gets something fixed... his head there's no power... earth that can stop him.

 

B. THE NEW LABORATORY

Joyce had great respect... science but no understanding. Often she would ask Martin to explain his work, but when he started on some subject,... the most interesting moment, she would interrupt him. Her serious face would transform... a charming smile, and... a sweet voice, she would ask him to light a cigarette... her, and Martin could tell... the look... her eyes that her thoughts had been far away.

Martin was fed...... the constant parties Joyce had... the house, and he didn't want to have anything to do... all these wealthy* peo­ple who didn't care... his work.

He worked... bursts, sometimes... night. Joyce saw no sense... the way he went... and pointed it... more than once. She had it fixed... her head that he worked evenings because he didn't w'-ant to stay... her guests, which was true,... a way.

"But I've got to work evenings and nights; when I get down... some experiment I just can't interrupt it, don't you see!"

"I know but — Darling, couldn't you put... your work just... once so that we could—"

Time went... and Joyce seemed to have got used... his late hours. She kept...... the laboratory and Martin came...... thinking that Joyce had finally learnt to put...... her husband's work.

Joyce was wealthy and energetic and Martin never suspected what she was doing... his back until one day Joyce came... the laboratory with: "I've got a surprise... you."

She led him... the spare room they had over the garage. There she had set...... him the best bacteriological laboratory he had ever seen: white floor and enamelled walls, ice-box and incubator and all the rest... it.

"There!" sang Joyce... a triumphant smile. "Now when you simply must work evenings and nights you won't have to go... the university'.

If you don't want to stay... my guests all evening, you can slip*... here, and work as late as you please. Have I done it right? I tried so hard — I got the best men I could to do the job."

"Now," Martin was thinking, "I'll never be able to get...... here."

(after "Martin Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis)

 

Ex. 8. Give the English for the following phrases, using the preposition "about" in its different meanings. Use the phrases in sentences of your own.

I. ходить по комнате; бродить по лесу; разъезжать по городу на машине; путешествовать по стране; бегать по саду; искать по всему дому; осматриваться.

II. около двух часов; приблизительно 4 км; около 30 человек;

III. а) говорить (рассказывать, болтать, спорить) о чем-л; чи­тать (писать) о чем-л;

б) думать о чем-л; слышать о чем-л; знать (узнать, разузнать, спрашивать, наводить справки) о чем-л.

IV. беспокоиться (волноваться, заботиться) о чем-л; нервничать по какому-л поводу; докучать кому-л чем-л; суетиться из-за чего-л; быть привередливым/разборчивым в чем-л.

V. что-то странное (необычное, неприятное, примечательное) в чьем-л поведении (внешности, манерах).