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Answer — Exercise 11

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Question

Work in pairs. Can you remember which prepositions were used with the nouns in this sentence from the radio feature? What kinds of words follow the prepositions (e.g. adjectives, adverbs, nouns, verbs, etc.)?

Answer

  1. with
  2. on
  3. to

Prepositions are followed by nouns or the -ing form of a verb (which is a gerund – technically a noun).

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