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Exercise Number 1 (Prepositions)

This text is adapted from several entries to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.Choose the best option in each case:

Zoomorphic Deities:

The rich abundance 1in/of animal imagery 2by/in Celto-Roman iconography,representing 3-/to the deities 4in/on combinations 5from/of animal and humanforms, finds frequent echoes 6after/inthe insular literary tradition. Perhapsthe most familiar instance is the deity, or deity type, known as Cernunnos, (=Horned One or Peaked One,) even though the name is attested only once,7in/ona Paris relief. The interior relief 8of/tothe Gundestrup Caldron, a 1st-century-BC vessel found 9at/inDenmark, provides 10-/witha striking depiction11from/of the antlered Cernunnos as Lord 12of/to the Animals, seated 13in/onthe yogic lotus position and accompanied 14by/with a ram-headed serpent;15in/withthis role he closely resembles 16-/tothe Hindu god Siva 17in/withthe

guise

18-/ofPasupati, Lord

19for/ofBeasts. Another prominent zoomorphic deitytype is the divine bull, the Donn Cuailnge (= Brown Bull of Cooley), which

has a central role 20for/inthe great Irish hero-tale Tin B Cuailnge (= TheCattle Raid 21by/ofCooley) and which recalls 22-/tothe Tarvos Trigaranus (=The Bull 23of/with the Three Cranes) pictured 24in/on reliefs 25at/from thecathedral 26at/to Trier 27in/of Germany, and 28at/to Ntre-Dame de Paris andpresumably the subject 29for/of a lost Gaulish narrative. Other animals thatfigure particularly prominently 30by/in association 31to/with the pantheon32in/toCelto-Roman art as well as 33for/ininsular literature are boars, dogs,bears, and horses. The horse, an instrument 34for/of Indo-European expansion,has always had a special place 35in/to the affections 36for/of the Celticpeoples. The goddess Epona (= Divine Horse or Horse Goddess) epitomises 37-

/forthe religious dimension

38

in/ofthis relationship, was a pan-Celtic deity,and her cult was adopted 39by/for the Roman cavalry and spread40along/throughoutmuch 41in/ofEurope, even 42at/toRome itself.

Zoomorphic Deities Answers:

1. of2. in3. -4. in5. of

6. in7. on8. of9. in10. -

11. of12. of13. in14. by15. in

16. -17. in18. of19. of20. in

21. of22. -23. of24. on25. from

26. at27. in28. at29. of30. in

31. with32. in33. in34. of35. in

36. of37. -38. of39. by

40.throughout41. of42. to


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Exercise Number 2 (Spelling)

Find and correct the spelling mistakes in the following sentences:

Spelling:

1. This company has too many paralel structures and not enough competentprofessionals.2. He looked at the calander and saw that the pages for January and August hadbeen ripped out.3. Not enough people have benefitted from the policy to promote rentedaccommodation.4. Their best player has been transfered to a foreign club so they probablywont do so well this year.5. Youve had so much practise that now youre a truly world-class player.6. Where did you aquire these photos?7. The accident occurred while the machine was still under guaranty.8. It will be your job to liaise with all the school principles in the city.9. Businesses that cannot inovate wont last long in this sector.10. A crowd of protestors were shouting their grievences at the Minister but itdidnt seem to affect her.

Spelling Answers

1. parallel2. calendar3. benefited4. transferred

5. practice6. acquire7. guarantee

8. principals (=heads/directors)9. innovate10. grievances


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Exercise Number 3 (Spelling)

The following extract is adapted from Conrads Heart of Darkness: A Critical &Contextual Discussion by Cedrid Watts (1977). There are 22 spelling mistakes in(our version of) the text, try to find them (notice that some of the spellingmistakes are repeated several times):

Spelling

When the tale was first published, as a serial in Blackwoods Magazine in 1899,the tittle was The Heart of Darkness. Obviously enough, the tittle-frase canmean the centre of a dark (= sinister, evil, corrupt, malevolent, misteriousor oscure) region. But because of the ambiguity of the word of, the frasecan also mean the heart wich has the quality of darkness, suggesting a humanbeing whith a dark (= sinister, evil, corrupt, malevolent, misterious oroscure) inner nature. The presence of The in the original tittle appears totilt the balance, so that most readers woud probably have sensed at once theformer meaning and overlooked (until they were well embarked on the narrative)the later. However, for the ensuing publication in book form, Conrad delettedThe; and by thus making the gramatical format of the frase resemble that ofsuch frases as man of straw or hearts of oak, he gave an equipoise ofambiguity to the tittle. The very equipoise is functionaly valuable, holding usbrefly in dout as we begin the tale, and appropriatly heralding some of theduplicities of affect to come.

Spelling Answers

When the tale was first published, as a serial in Blackwoods Magazine in 1899,the title was The Heart of Darkness. Obviously enough, the title-phrase canmean the centre of a dark (= sinister, evil, corrupt, malevolent,mysteriousor obscure) region. But because of the ambiguity of the word of, the phrasecan also mean the heartwhichhas the quality of darkness, suggesting a humanbeing with a dark (= sinister, evil, corrupt, malevolent, mysterious orobscure) inner nature. The presence of The in the original titleappears totilt the balance, so that most readerswouldprobably have sensed at once theformer meaning and overlooked (until they were well embarked on the narrative)the latter. However, for the ensuing publication in book form, Conrad deleted

The; and by thus making thegrammatical

format of thephrase

resemble that ofsuch phrases as man of straw or hearts of oak, he gave an equipoise ofambiguity to the title. The very equipoise is functionallyvaluable, holding usbrieflyin doubtas we begin the tale, and appropriatelyheralding some of theduplicities of effectto come.


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The following text is adapted from The Hansa: History & Culture by JohannesSchildhauer [Edition Leipzig] (brilliantly translated from German by KatherineVanovitch). Choose the most appropriate preposition for each number:

Prepositions

Fundamental economic, socio-political and cultural changes began to occur1at/inwestern and central Europe 2at/inthe start 3for/ofthe new millennium,and these formed the essential context 4for/onthe birth 5for/ofthe Hansa. Newimplements appeared 6in/onagriculture and the crafts, leading 7at/toimprovedproduction methods. The wind and running water were used to power all kinds8in/ofmills, driving hammers and bellows. The three-field system 9in/onarablefarming winter crop, summer crop, fallow forced the old two-field system10for/of plough-land and fallow back 11at/towards the east. A new kind ofharness, the horse-collar, meant that horses could be yoked as well as oxen totill the land and be used 12in/on general as draught animals 13by/fortransportation purposes. This encouraged more efficient types 14in/ofplough andimprovements 15in/ofthe cultivation 16of/onthe soil.

17As/In a result 18in/of growing agricultural yields, Germanys populationdoubled 19from/ofthe mid-11th 20at/tothe mid-13th century, reaching 11 or 12million. 21At/Ofthe same time, developments 22in/tofarming freed more people23for/toproductive work 24at/inother trades, The division between crafts andagriculture gradually became complete.

Trade grew rapidly 25during/forthis period, so that the number 26for/ofplaces27between/inthe Rhine and the Elbe where long-distance trading was conducted,28between/from 200 and 300 29at/in the early 11th century, multiplied 30by/inthree or four. Many craftsmen came to live and work here, attracted 31by/fortheannual, and sometimes even weekly, markets which offered 32/to them betteroutlets 33for/totheir goods. The markets also brought 34in/upthe peasants, whocame to sell their surplus produce and purchase the craftsmens wares 35at/inreturn. These settlements thereby increasingly assumed the function 36for/oflocal markets. They soon acquired an economic and legal status thatdistinguished them 37from/in the agricultural territory 38around/beside them,and thus became the seeds 39of/tofuture towns.

Prepositions Answers

1. in2. at3. of

4. for5. of6. in7. to8. of

9. in10. of11. towards

12. in13. for14. of15. in16. of

17. As18. of19. from

20. to21. At22. in23. for24. in

25. during26. of27. between

28. between29. in30. by31. by32.

33. for34. in35. in

36. of37. from38. around39. of


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Exercise Number 5 (Phrasal Verbs)

Fill the gaps in the following sentences using one of the following light verbs(remembering that they are all irregular and you have to put the correct formof the verb into the gap):

COME GO DO TAKEGET SET PUT STAND

Phrasal Verbs

1. Were goingto the park this afternoon why dont you _____ along with us?2. Its half past nine. Why havent you _____ up yet? Are you ill?3. The police officer _______ down everything the witness said in a notebook.4. You should _____ by some money for a rainyday. Its always good to havesomething to fall back on in an emergency.5. What time will you _______ to the party tonight?6. The dog ______ at me for no apparent reason.7. The Mafia boss _____ away with his rival.8. The soldiers _______ after the terrorists but they couldnt catch them.9. ______ by and see us sometime were always pleased to have visitors.10. They _____ up the town hall last year and now it looks lovely.11. There were a lot of strange-looking people _______ about in the station andI suddenly felt quite threatened.12. Its quite a complicated concept to ______ across to students who havenever studied this type of thing before.

Phrasal Verbs Answers

1. come2. got3. took4. put

5. get (or go/come)6. came/went7. did8. went

9. Come10. did11. standing12. get/put


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The following three extracts are adapted from the Freemasonry entry in TheChambers Dictionary of World History. Choose the correct preposition in eachcase:

Prepositions

1During/For the Eighteenth Century, English-style three-degree Freemasonryspread rapidly 2over/throughout Europe and beyond. The first authenticallydocumented lodge 3for/inFrance was established 4around/on1725. Freemasonry waswidespread 5in/throughthe British army, and lodges were frequently establishedwhile the army was 6of/on service abroad. The first officially warrantedAmerican lodge was established 7for/in Boston 8in/of 1733. The spirit 9of/tobrotherliness 10for/in Freemasonry, together 11to/with its myth 12around/of auniversal religion older than the great established religions 13in/ofthe world,struck a cord 14for/withthe new spirit 15about/oftolerance. Many 18th Centurymembers 16at/ofthe organization took their membership extremely seriously andMasonic ideals inspired 17-/intheir work, a notable example was the composerMozart, especially 18in/to his opera The Magic Flute. Freemasonry wasundoubtedly a major vehicle 19for/ofthe values 20for/ofthe Enlightenment and,like the Enlightenment, it was elitist.

Exposures 21in/ofMasonic rituals were published 22around/for1730, and attempts23at/tosuppress Freemasonry 24of/onthe part 25for/ofgovernments or the Churchbegan 26around/over the same time. Police action 27against/towards Freemasonrywas taken 28in/onHolland 29between/in1735 and 30in/toother European countries31over/throughsubsequent years. 32At/In1738 a papal bull was issued forbiddingall Catholics 33from/of becoming Freemasons 34on/under pain 35for/ofexcommunication. However, Freemasonry flourished 36over/under the great RomanCatholic monarchies and the bull strengthened ties 37among/between the Masonsand enlightened opposition 38against/tothe Church.

A specifically Anti-Masonic Party existed 39for/inthe USA 40between/from1827and 1835. It was formed during the furore that followed the alleged abductionand murder 41by/forMasons 42for/ofa former Mason who threatened to publish abook revealing 43-/up the organizations secrets. The Anti-Masonic Party wonseats 44for/inthe New York state legislature and 45at/inCongress, and entereda candidate 46for/to the presidential elections 47for/of 1832. Most 48-/of itsleading members later joined 49-/to the Whig Party, the ancestor 50of/to themodern Republican Party. 51In/Over Europe Freemasonry was banned 52by/forauthoritarian regimes 53along/in the 1930s, such as the Nazi Party 54in/ofGermany.

Prepositions Answers

1. During2.throughout3. in4. around5. in

6. on7. in8. in9. of10. in

11. with12. of13. of14. with15. of16. of

17. 18. in19. for20. of21. of

22. around23. to24. on25. of26. around27. against

28. in29. in30. in31. over32. In

33. from34. on35. of36. under37. between38. to

39. in40. between41. by42. of43.

44. in45. in46. for47. of48. of49.

50. of51. In52. by53. in54. in


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Exercise Number 7 (Ability)

Complete the following sentences with a verb implying ability:

Ability

1. She said she ______ ride a bicycle when she was just four-years-old.2. Trevor ____ cook better than Anne which is why hes preparing the food forthe dinner.3. They _________ .understand a word he said.4. I ____ see what you mean but Im not sure I agree with you.5. He ___________ been a professional footballer but he damaged his knee andthat was the end of his soccer dreams.6. They __________ to put out the fire by forming a human chain to bring waterfrom the lake by the bucketful.7. He just told me that in the end he ________ to come tomorrow. Have you got asubstitute?8. He _______________ to pay the fine by borrowing money from his friends.9. Ive _______ to drive since I was seventeen.10. I may ____________ help you Ive studied mechanics, you know?11. We ought to ________ reach the town before nightfall.12. The children _________ in opening the drinks cabinet.13. They _________ survive in the icy water for several hours until help came.14. Will they __________ take part in the race tomorrow?15. Nobody _________ beat him and he won the championship.16. By eleven oclock last night they still _________ find a goalkeeper, so Idoubt if theyll be able to field a team.17. Jane should _______ tell you where he is.18. ____________ use a computer is vital for the job.19. He wants ___________ speak the language in six months.20. He put the medicine where the children _______ reach it.21. He __________ been a professional comedian but he decided to teach mathsinstead.22. ______ you touch your toes with your palms?23. The police _________ catch them despite their elaborate getaway plan.24. Will you ___________ to get there before it starts?25. I havent __________ to correct it yet but I promise Ill do it at theweekend.

Ability Answers

1. could2. can3. couldnt4. can5. could have6. managed to

7. wont be able to8. managed/wasable/will be able to9. been able to10. be able to

11. be able to12. succeeded13. were ableto/managed to14. be able to15. was able

to/managed to16. hadnt been ableto/hadnt managed to17. be able to18. Being able to

19. to be able to20. couldnt/wouldntbe able to21. could have22. Can23. were able

to/managed to24. be able to25. been able to


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Exercise Number 8 (Gender-specific Words)

Pair up the following masculine and feminine terms:

Gender-specific Words

Landlady Girl Prince StewardessActor Gentleman Queen StewardAunt Headmaster Barmaid WaitressPoetess Hen Nephew WidowBarman Man Cock BoyBitch Heroine Ram SonHeadmistress Shepherdess Shepherd HeroDog Lady She-cat WifeBride Landlord Sister PrincessCow Mare Witch HusbandKing Niece Boor Woman

Bull Nun Spinster ActressDaughter Uncle Wizard BrotherSow Groom Stallion WaiterEwe Monk Bachelor WidowerTomcat poet

Gender-specific Words Answers

landlady-landlordactor-actressaunt-unclepoet-poetessbarman-barmaidbitch-dog

headmistress-headmasterbride-groomcow-bullking-queendaughter-son

sow-boarewe-ramtomcat-she-catgirl-boygentleman-ladyhen-cock

man-womanheroine-heroshepherd-shepherdessmare-stallionniece-nephew

nun-monkprince-princesssister-brotherwitch-wizardspinster-bachelorstewardess-steward

waitress-waiterwidow-widowerwife-husband


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Exercise Number 9 (Word Building)

The prefix en-. Complete the following sentences using a word derived from theword at the end of the sentence:

Word Building

1. Every child needs _____________ to perform well at school. (COURAGE)2. We stayed at an __________ little village on the north-eastern coast.(CHANT)3. One of his most ____________ characteristics was his ability to talk tochildren in a way they understood without being condescending. (DEAR)4. Have you ever __________ changing profession? (VISAGE)5. The invading army __________ the town and started to lay siege. (CIRCLE)6. The popular name for the period in the 18th Century when reason overcamesuperstition is The _____________. (LIGHT)7. He described the police as a law ______________ agency. (FORCE)8. Id like to _________ a little competitiveness into the process. (GENDER)9. The book was _________ The Oxford Guide to Style. (TITLE)10. He was ________ in the 101st Infantry Battalion. (BED)11. The general decided to __________ on top of the hill. (CAMP)12. You should have __________ the message before sending it. (CIPHER)13. Is it normal for men to _________ in public in your country? (BRACE)14. Are you __________ the party? (JOY)15. Could you ___________ that Timmy does his homework? (SURE)16. This dictionary should ________ you to do the exercise. (ABLE)17. That man you were talking to last night seemed terribly _________. (BITTER)18. That type of comment only serves to ________ the boss and shes alreadyin a bad mood. Youd better keep your opinions to yourself. (RAGE)19. This Government plans to _________ a whole series of new laws. (ACT)20. You should _________ that photo, otherwise people will miss the details.(LARGE)

Word Building Answers

1. encouragement2. enchanting

3. endearing4. envisaged5. encircled6. Enlightenment7. enforcement

8. engender9. entitled

10. embedded11. encamp12. enciphered13. embrace14. enjoying

15. ensure16. enable

17. embittered18. enrage19. enact20. enlarge

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