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NG Afraid of, good at, etc. (Adjective + Preposition) At -ing, with -ing, etc. (Preposition + -ing) LA ry Pao afraid of / good at, etc. (adjective + preposition) Help! He afraid of me. married to . nice/kind of somebody to... nice/kind to somebody sorry about something, sorry for somebody tired of... I'm not very good at math. I'm tired of my job. J eS m= Are you afraid of dogs? Why are you mad at me? What did I do? ‘Are you angry about last night? (= something that happened last night) = Lynn is very different from her sister. or Lynn is very different than her sister. = The room was full of people. Are you good at math? Tina is very bad at writing letters. I’m not interested in sports. Sue is married to a dentist. (= her husband is a dentist) Ie was kind of you to help us. Thank you very much. David is very friendly. He’s always very nice to me. I'm sorry about your accident. Was anyone hurt? I feel sorry for them. They work hard, but they never have enough money. = I’m tired of my job. I need a change. Preposition + -ing After a preposition (at/with/for, etc.), a verb ends in -ing. I'm not very good at Ate you tired of Thank you for Mark is thinking of ‘Tom left without After i doing helping buying saying doing stories. i ue rae me. anew car. goodbye. (= he didn’t say goodbye) the housework, they went out, Beforelafter-ing Unit 100 Verb + Preposition Unit 108 Exercises 107.1 Look at the pictures.Complete the sentences with a preposition (of, in, etc.). 1 Wooft 2 3 4 5 Can Thelp speak Japanese, you? Russian, Spanish. rik ny ‘husband. 1, He’s afraid of dogs. 4. He's very good languages. 2. She’s interested ___science. 5. “Can help you?” “Thanks, that’s 3. She's married __a firefighter. very nice __ you.” 107.2 Write the correct preposition (of/for/about, etc.). 1, I'm not interested /7_ sports. 2. I'm not very good sports. 3. [like Sarah. She’s always very nice me, 4. P'm sorry _ your broken window. It was an accident. 5. He's very brave. He isn’t afraid anything. 6. It was very nice _ Julia to let us stay in her apartment. 7. Life today is very different ___ life 50 years ago. 8. Are you interested politics? 9. Lfeel sorry her, but I can’t help her. 10. Chris was angry ____ what happened. 11. These boxes are very heavy. They’re full ___ books, 12. What's wrong? Are youmad me? 107.3 Complete the sentences. 1, I'm not very good at telling stories. (good / tell) 2. Lwanted to go to the movies, but Paula wasn't _. (interested / go) 3. Sue isn’t very ____up in the morning, (good / get) 4. Let’s go! I'm - = (tired / wait) 5. Sorry Pm late! (thank you / wait) 107.4 Complete the sentences. Use without -ing. . (Tom left /he didn’t say goodbye) Tom left without -saag goody a (Sue walked past me / she didn’t speak) Sue walked . (don't do anything / ask me first) Don’t (Lwent out /I didn’t lock the door) I Sepe 107.5 Write sentences about yourself. Use the words in parentheses ( ). « (interested) /im interested in sports. 2. (afraid) Pm __ on 3. (not very good) Pm not 4. (not interested) ly a pera 5. (tired) 215 Uae Listento...,lookat..., etc. ‘A man stopped me and asked me for money. Does this book belong to you? (= Is this your book?) T can’t find my pen. What happened to it? Listen to this music. It’s great! She's looking at her watch. Look at these flowers! They're beautiful. ‘Why are you looking at me like that? He lost his key. He's looking for it. I’m looking for Sarah. ‘Haye you seen her? Did you talk to Paul about the problem? (on the phone) Can I speak to Chris, please? ‘When Pat is at work, a friend of hers takes care of her children. Don't lose this book. Take care of it. Thank you very much for your help. He never thinks about (or of) other people. ‘Mark is thinking of (or about) buying a new car. Wait for me! I'm almost ready. ‘write and call write (to) somebody call somebody (10 preposition) m [never get letters. Nobody writes ‘= [have to call my parents. to me. (or Nobody writes me.) (not call to...) depend ‘We say depend on... : m= A: Do you like to eat in restaurants? B: Sometimes. It depends on the restaurant. (not it depends of) You can say it depends what/where/how, etc., with or without on. = A: Do you want to go out with us? B: It depends where you're going. (or It depends on where you're going.) Wait Unit 55 Prepesition + ing Unit 107

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