ACTIVITY 244:
Read this extract from a conversation between two people working at a
multinational company: Sandra Danielson, the Personnel Manager and
Ernest Morgan, the Managing Director, a genuine disgusting guy. Copy/paste
or drag from the box the appropriate prepositional phrases into the
blank spaces below. Then check the answers.
at all
at all costs
by half
in all
on the whole
SANDRA:
The new sales figures are very worrying. We must
save the business : it's the
major employer in the town.
ERNEST:
The only way we can do that is to reduce the
workforce .
SANDRA:
A 50% cut in jobs!! But Ernest, that's not possible !! Many people have been with
us
all their working lives.
ERNEST:
I'm sorry, but according to my calculations,
five
hundred jobs will have to go.
SANDRA:
It's impossible!! I can't agree to that!!
ERNEST:
Be careful, Jane. I'm quite satisfied with your work but
if you cause me problems
I may be forced to do something unpleasant.
Prepositional phrases (III)
ACTIVITY 245:
Choose the correct preposition from the menus to complete the eight sentences
below. Then check the correct answers.
1.
The new model of car is expected to be
sale in the autumn.
2.
She first wrote her letter of application
pencil and then copied it neatly
ink.
3.
The actress was dissatisfied with the service on the plane and demanded to
speak to the person
charge.
4.
When the bank clerk had finished looking through the letters, she put them
back
order in the
file.
5.
The hotel staff went
strike to protest about
pay cuts.
6.
She's
prison for shoplifting and her
husband is looking after the children.
7.
The factory is
fire!! Everybody leave at once and remember the fire drill!!
8.
The old lady was horrified to discover her priceless vase lying
pieces on the floor.
CONGRATULATIONS
!!! You have finished UNIT 9 - LESSON 34 at OM Personal First Certificate. Before moving on to next lesson, please remember
to revise everything you have learnt here.
