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GRAMATICA INGLESA I
TRABAJO PRACTICO 9

Nombre, Apellido y N° DNI:
Fecha:
Calificación:

Please don’t use red or capital letters to do the exercises and don’t leave out the logo in the
heading either. Read and follow the instructions carefully.

1.
PREPOSITIONS: Put the correct prepositions (they may consist of more than one word) in
the gaps in the text below:
Frogs in my car
I had been waiting (1) …for……….. over an hour when Barry finally turned up (2)
……with…….. the tractor. He explained he had been held up (3) ……by…….. a fallen tree (4)
……on…….. the road. I didn’t find this hard to believe as a gale force wind had been blowing (5)
……for……..the past 5 hours accompanied (6) ……by…….. torrential rain. The reason why I called
Barry was that my car was lying (7) ……on….. its side (8) …in……….. a ditch. I had been driving
very slowly (9) ……in…….. the terrible weather when a large dog appeared (10) ……before……..
me. I braked to avoid hitting it and the car skidded (11) ……out of……..control and fell (12)
……in…….. the ditch. I managed to get out (13) ……through…….. the window. The problem was
that the car was filling (14) ……up…….. with water and mud! Barry tied a rope (15)
……to…….. the front bumper (16) ……of……..the car and pulled it out. (17) ……After…….. a few
minutes, the car was the right way up and (18) ……on….. the road again. We opened the door and
(19) …out of………..it swam two enormous frogs which had swum in (20) ……through…….. the
open window!
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2.
For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to

the original sentence, using a preposition and the words given which must not be altered in any
way:

1.

She finds spiders very frightening.

Scared

She is scared of spiders.
2.

They say the terrorists carried out the atrocities.

Responsible


The terrorists are responsible for the atrocities.
3.

My students found our film and photography course interesting.

Interested

The students were interested in our film and photography course.
4.

I don’t think he likes spicy food very much.

Keen

He isn’t keen on spicy food.
5.

I’m afraid I haven’t got much change at the moment.

Short

I´m short of change at the moment.
6.

Thank you for your swift response to my enquiry.

Grateful

I´m grateful for your swift response to my enquiry.
7.

The new legislation covers deregulation of the airline industry.

Concerned

The new legislation covers what’s concerned with the deregulation of the airline industry.
8.

We found the quality of her singing voice quite astonishing.

astonished.

We were astonished by her singing voice.

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3.
WORD FORMATION: In the following texts use the word given in capitals to form a word
that fits into the gaps. Make sure what word class you need and the form it should have:

How music was written down

The familiar (1)……western……. WEST system of notation – writing down music using symbols
– has taken thousands of years to develop. In ancient times, elaborate music was in
(2)…existence….., EXIST even though it was never written down. Eventually, however, (3)
…civilization…. CIVILIZE felt the need to record their music, and so the search began for a system
of symbols that could (4) …reliably…….RELY denote the exact pitch of the note to be sung or
played, and at the same time tell the (5) ……performer………PERFORM how long that note should
be held.
The ancient Greeks and Romans did this by using their (6) …alphabetic……..
ALPHABET letters in a (7) ……variety………… VARY of ways, but the slow development of
notation could not keep pace with (8) ……increasing…….. INCREASE complex musical
th
developments. The 13 century saw the introduction of colours to represent more complex note
values.
th

With the invention of printing in the 15 century, the writing of notes was (9)
……standardized………. STANDARD to black and white and the number of lines became fixed at
th
five. By the middle of the 18 century, musical notation had settled down to its modern usage.


The main (10) ……addition………….ADD to this system has been the adoption of expression
th

marks, which multiplied (11) ……significantly…………. SIGNIFY in the 19 century. These convey
the composer’s intentions as regards speed, (12) ………intensity……….. INTENSE and so on, to
the player or singer.
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Control your anger

When a celebrity, a (1)…politician………. POLITICS or other person in the media spotlight loses
their temper in public, they run the risk of hitting the headlines in a most
(2)…..embarrassing…..EMBARASS way. For such (3) …uncontrollable……….
CONTROL outbursts of anger are often triggered by what seem to be trivial matters and, if they
are caught on camera, can make the person appear slightly (4) …ridiculus…….RIDICULE. But it’s
not only the rich and famous who are prone to fits of rage. According to a recent survey, ordinary
people are (5) …increasingly…………INCREASE tending to lose their cool in public.
Yet anger is a potentially (6) ……destroyful….. DESTROY emotion that uses up a lot of energy
and creates a high level of (7) ………emotional……… EMOTION and physical stress – and it
stops us thinking rationally. (8) ……Consequently…….. CONSEQUENT angry people often end up
saying, and doing, things they later have cause to regret.
So, how can anger be avoided? Firstly, diet and lifestyle may be to blame. (9)
……Tolerability………. TOLERANT and irritability certainly come to the surface when someone
hasn’t slept properly or has skipped a meal, and any (10) ……intakes………….TAKE of caffeine
can make things worse.
Taking regular exercise can help diffuse (11) ……feelings…………FEEL of aggression;
however, reducing the chances of an angry response. But if something or someone does make you
angry, it’s (12) ……advisable………….. ADVISE not to react immediately. Once you’ve calmed
down, things won’t look half as bad as you first thought.
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4.
RELATIVE PRONOUNS: Complete the following article with a missing relative pronoun or
adverb. Use ONLY ONE word for each gap.
JACK OF HEARTS

Jack of Hearts is a new six-part drama series coming to our screens this week. It has been given
the prime Wednesday evening 9.30 slot (1) ……which……..…shows that the network has faith in its
latest creation. The first episode opens to a scene (2) ……where………a young man is being
chased. He stops at a phone box and makes a desperate call. This call wakes up a man
(3)…who… …….most viewers will recognize as Keith Allen – the slightly sleazy unshaven Cockney
(4) ……whose………….characters are usually less than wholesome. This time, however he is on
the right side of the law, playing a probation officer with a complicated professional and personal
life, both of (5) ……which…….……form the main themes of the series. The writers have managed
to find a different angle on his personal problems. At the centre of these problems is his
stepdaughter, for (6) ….……whom…….he attempts to keep his household together. His
relationship with the girl’s mother, (7)……who………..seems to be a bad.-tempered, grumpy
woman, is further compromised later in the series (8) …when…..………she joins the staff of a
college at (9) …where……….she meets a former lover. Thus the ground is prepared in this first


episode for a series (10) ……that……………may help lift British summertime TV out of its regular
slump.
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5.
RELATIVE CLAUSES: Different endings: Each of the sentences below can end in
several different ways. Choose the possible endings from the box below and add a suitable relative
pronoun:

1.

What’s the name of that town …?

a)

whose mayor was arrested for corruption?

b)

that was almost destroyed during the war?

c)

which was featured in that documentary last week?

2.

Have you still got that book …?

a)

whose author I can never remember the name of?

b)

that was reviewed in The Times last week?

c)

which I lent you last term?

3.

Wasn’t it Elizabeth …?

a)

who lived in China until she was sixteen?

b)

whom the restaurant sacked for being rude to customers?

c)

whose boyfriend wants to go and line in Italy?

4.

Which is the month …?

a)

that you wanted to have off?

b)

that most people get married?

c)

that had to be invented to make the year longer?


you wanted to have off
author I can never remember the name of

lived in China until she was sixteen
had to be invented to make the year longer
mayor was arrested for corruption
was reviewed in The Times last week
the restaurant sacked for being rude to customers
most people get married
I lent you last term
was almost destroyed during the war
was featured in that documentary last week
boyfriend wants to go and line in Italy