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Unit
Exercises 136

136.1 Complete the sentences using these verbs (in the correct form) + a preposition:
believe break concentrate divide drive fill happen insist invite succeed
1 I wanted to go alone, but my friends insisted on coming with me.
2 I haven’t seen Mike for ages. I wonder what has him.
3 It’s a very large house. It’s four apartments.
4 We’ve been the party, but unfortunately we can’t go.
5 I don’t ghosts. I think people imagine that they see them.
6 Steve gave me an empty bucket and told me to it water.
7 A burglar is someone who a house to steal things.
8 Don’t try and do two things together. one thing at a time.
9 It wasn’t easy, but in the end we finding a solution to the problem.
10 The car in front of me stopped suddenly. Unfortunately I couldn’t stop in time and
the back of it.

136.2 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
1 There was a collision between a bus and a car.
A bus collided with a car .
2 I don’t mind big cities, but I prefer small towns.
I prefer .
3 I got all the information I needed from the company.
The company provided me .
4 This morning I bought a pair of shoes, which cost eighty pounds.
This morning I spent .
5 There are ten districts in the city.
The city is divided .
136.3 Put in the correct preposition. If the sentence is already complete, leave the space empty.
1 The school provides all its students with books.
2 A strange thing happened me a few days ago.
3 Mark decided to give up sport to concentrate his studies.
4 Money should be used well. I don’t believe wasting it.
5 My present job isn’t wonderful, but I prefer it what I did before.
6 I hope you succeed getting what you want.
7 Ben was injured playing football when he collided another player.
8 There was an awful noise as the car crashed a tree.
9 Patrick is a photographer. He specialises sports photography.
10 Joe doesn’t spend much money clothes.
11 I was amazed when I heard the news. I couldn’t believe it.
12 Somebody broke my car and stole my bag.
13 I was quite cold, but Tom insisted having the window open.
14 The teacher decided to split the class four groups.
15 I filled the tank, but unfortunately I filled it the wrong kind of fuel.
16 Some things are difficult to translate one language another.
136.4 Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Use a preposition.
1 I wanted to go out alone, but my friend insisted on coming with me .
2 I spend a lot of money .
3 I saw an accident. A car crashed .
4 Chris prefers basketball .
5 The restaurant we went to specialises .
6 Shakespeare’s plays have been translated .

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