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The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.1 - Ahead of their time for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at the underlined dependent prepositions in the texts. Write them in the table in the Active grammar box.
  2. Look at the phrases from the box below. Add them to the table in the Active grammar box.
  3. Match definitions a-f to phrases from the Active grammar box.

Answer

a) - b)

verb + preposition

  • range from ... (to ...)
  • work on..
  • attribute to ...
  • hope for ...
  • succeed in ...
  • improve on ..
  • specialise in ...

verb + object + preposition

  • draw inspiration from ...
  • made contributions to ...
  • devote your life to ...
  • make observations about ...

noun + preposition

  • in the fields of ...
  • ideas for / of ...
  • the development of ...
  • a solution to ...
  • admiration for ...
  • the quality of ...

adjective + preposition

  • (be) famous for ...
  • (be) immersed in ...
  • (be) obsessed with ...

prepositional phrases (beginning with a preposition)

  • in a time of ...
  • on one occasion ..
  • of all time ...
  • in later life ...
  • in recognition of

c)

  1. devote your life to
  2. attribute to
  3. (be) obsessed with
  4. (be) immersed in
  5. improve on
  6. admiration for

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