Unit 25

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Unit 25

Prepositions after nouns and adjectives

Often described as dependent prepositions

Exercise 1.2 (page 174)

Listen to the question and answer session and number the steps in the order Kate mentions them.

Number the steps in the order Kate mentions them.

a. contact advertisers

b. learn how to design a website

c. give more information about famous people

d. gather feedback on the website

e. respond to ciricism

f. borrow some money

g. design a protoype website

h. increase involvement of teenagers

i. have the idea of a newspaper for teenagers

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Exercise 1.3 (page 174)

Listen again and write the exact words from the recording.

Sentence 2

Sentence 3

Sentence 4

Sentence 5

Sentence 6

Sentence 7

Sentence 8

Sentence 9

Sentence 10

Remember?

Prepositions indicate relationships between other words in a sentence. Many prepositions tell you where something is or when something happened.

What are examples
of prepositions?

Dependent prepositions

Prepositions after:

• verbs & nouns:
  complain(t) about, awareness of, influence on, problem with
  
  
• adjectives:
  proud of, enthusiastic about

Some examples of minor differences

Noun + in / Noun + of

Concerned

Increase/decrease/rise/fall + in

• talk about what is increasing
  The recent increase in hits on the website means what we can charge more for advertising space.
  
  

increase/decrease/rise/fall + of 

• talk about the amount
  We've had an increase of 50 percent.

Concerned about

• = worried about
  I knew they were concerned about what was going on.
  
  

Concerned with

• = to do with
  We have a reviews section, which is concerned with films and CDs.

Continue

In pairs / groups of three:
Continue working on exercises 3.1 - 3.4 on page 176 & 177

Check the answers with the key in the back of your book.

Finished quickly?
You can practice more with Reading and Use of English part 1 on page 178.