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OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 70 VERB/ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION + ING-FORM Introduction Claire: I'm thinking of going to Turkey.. Travel agent: Are you interested in travelling around the count

OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR

70 VERB/ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION + ING-FORM

Introduction

Claire: I'm thinking of going to Turkey

Travel agent: Are you interested in travelling around the country, or would

you like to stay in one place?

Claire: / don't want to do a lot of travelling

Some verbs and adjectives can have a preposition after them (see Units 125-126) /

apologized for my mistake Laura is keen on photography

Sometimes we can use an ing-form after the preposition

PREPOSITION ING-FORM

I apologized for making a mistake

Laura is keen on taking photos

I'm thinking of going to Turkey

Are you interested in traveling around?

We're tired of not having a place to live

We can use not before the ing-form, e.g not having

B Verb + preposition + ing-form

Don't you believe in discussing things openly? Laura doesn't feel like

cooking tonight

Unfortunately Tom insisted on telling us all about United's win I'm looking

forward to seeing

my friends again I've succeeded in getting hold of the CD I wanted Also:

agree with,

apologize for, concentrate on, object to, rely on, think of

We can use about after ask, complain, dream, speak, talk, think, and wonder

They're talking about building a new swimming-pool

C Verb + object + preposition + ing-form

After some verbs we can put an object (e.g Matthew)

Emma accused Matthew of not caring about her

Higher prices will discourage customers from buying

The fire-fighters prevented/stopped the fire (from) spreading

The club has punished its players for fighting during a match

Also: blame for, congratulate on, thank for

We can use this structure in the passive

Matthew was accused of not caring The customers will be discouraged

from buying

D Adjective + preposition + ing-form

People were annoyed at not being able to see properly I'm bored with

waiting Vicky is excited about going to America I'm fed up with living

in this awful place Tom is good at telling jokes The man was found guilty

of stealing from his employers I'm pleased about/at winning a prize Also:

capable of, fond of, interested in (see Unit 71B), keen on, tired of

125 Adjective + preposition 126 Verb + preposition

70 EXERCISES

1 Verb + preposition + ing-form (A-B)

Complete the conversation between Claire and her sister Sophie

Put in the verbs with these prepositions: for, in, like, of, on

Sophie: Where's that little radio of yours?

Claire: Oh, it got broken Henry knocked it off the table

Unfortunately he hasn't succeeded (►) in getting (get) it to work again

Sophie: Oh, what a pity

Claire: It was only a cheap thing In fact I'd been thinking (1)

……… (buy) a new one

But Henry not only apologized (2) (break) it, he

insisted (3)……… (buy) me a much nicer one It's in the dining-room

Sophie: Henry is such a gentleman

Claire: He didn't really need to buy me a new one, but I didn't feel

(4)……… (argue)

2 Verb (+ object) + preposition + ing-form (A-C)

Comment on these situations Join each pair of sentences using a preposition and an ing-form ►

The police prevented the crime It didn't take place The police prevented the

crime from taking

place

1 Laura blamed Trevor He forgot the tickets

Laura

………

………

2 The doctors succeeded They saved the driver's life

The doctors

3 The customers complained They didn't receive the goods

4 Emma has accused Matthew She says Matthew broke his promise

5 Melanie is insisting She's going to cook a meal for David

6 A new traffic scheme has stopped cars They can't go into the town centre

7 Everyone congratulated Claude He won the quiz competition

8 Some football fans were arrested They attacked a policeman

3 Verb/Adjective + preposition + ing-form (A-D)

Complete Emma's letter to her friend Kirsty Put in a preposition and an ing-form

Thank you (►) for inviting (invite) me to come and see you next month I'm

already excited

(1)……….(see) you again You must be very pleased (2) (get) the job you wanted Congratulations Personally,

1 wouldn't be keen (3) (travel) forty miles to work

I apologize (4)………(not write) sooner, but a week in bed with flu has prevented me

(5)……….(do) anything I haven't even felt

(6)……… (write) letters

until today I must be getting better because I'm starting to feel bored

(7)……… (do)

nothing I'm thinking (8) (go) back to work

tomorrow