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27 July 2007: Prepositional Phrases

The good news is that although many parts of Britain are suffering from floods and water shortages, Chester is still as dry and beautiful as ever. Today the sun is shining and we are going to have a barbeques for everyone working in the school to celebrate the successful British Council inspection and the fact that we are halfway through the summer. The school is very busy but yesterday more than 60 of the students went with Mathew, Andy, Leander, Stephanie and Angela to a Pop Idol concert and all had a very good time. This week end looks quite promising weather wise so perhaps it will give people a chance to dry off a little and start clearing up the chaos the floods have left behind.

I though we might look at prepositional phrases again this week as we are all in good spirits because it isn't raining and it is Friday.

Exercise 1
Choose the prepositional phrase you think best fits into the gap in the sentences below.
We all laughed when he came to school   .
I don't need any help. I'll manage   .
Jane is much better now. The doctor says that she is    at last.
No wonder he looks worried. Someone told me that he is    to the bank for more than four thousand pounds.
You can't talk to her now. She's still   , but I will ask her to call you back.
Because she didn't want anyone else to hear she spoke to him   .
The journey home took 26 hours so you can imagine how we felt when we arrived home   .
All the answers have to be written    so they can be marked by computer.
He still very nervous when he has to speak   .
I'm afraid you're   , there aren't any tickets left.
Exercise 2
These are more difficult, but I am sure you can do them!
There are always two sides to the question,    we will make more money that way but on the other we may lose some of our oldest customers.
I disagree that he is one of the best students, he really is quite lazy and    I really think he should be moved to a lower class.
I know I'm late bit am I still    dinner?
   the rest of the country Chester has been very lucky and has not experienced the floods which many other towns have suffered from.
Bill has gone off on his own    a present for his wife.
I don't see him very often, just   .
Who is    all these dogs? They seem to be running wild!
We are having a big celebration    our golden anniversary.
He was    leaving the house when the phone rang.
He got to the station just    to see the train disappearing out of view.

The word this week is exasperated which is an adjective to describe a feeling of extreme annoyed.

"I was exasperated when I was unable to get a definite answer from the builder about when he would complete the job."

Have a good weekend.
Best wishes from all at English in Chester


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