exercise 29 Fill in the missing prepositions.
Three men had been charged 1. with serious crimes. They didn't look forward 2. to time in prison, but it had at least occurred 3. to them to take items with them 4. to which they might devote their time and energy while incarcerated. They compared their items 5. to/with the ones the other convicts had brought. The first convict tried to convince all the others 6. of his artistic skills. He wanted to develop 7. into a great painter. He pulled out a box of paints and the others complimented him 8. on his choice. The second convict said that he didn't care 9. for/about arts. He pulled out a deck of cards and said he would benefit 10. from them more. He wouldn't waste time 11. on paints but instead play poker, solitaire or gin rummy. The third convict was smug. He couldn't wait 12. for his chance to show off. The guy pulled out a box of tampons and said they belonged 13. to him. The others couldn't understand why he had opted 14. for something like that. He replied that he had only relied 15. on the promise on the box. According to the box, he'd be able to go horseback riding, swimming, roller-skating… you name it!

exercise 30 Which verb is the odd one out? Pay attention to the prepositions used with the verbs. (Suggested)
1. All the other verbs take the preposition to; insist is used with the preposition on. 2. All the other verbs take the preposition at; stem is used with the preposition from. 3. All the other verbs take the preposition to; care is used with the preposition for/about. 4. All the other verbs take the preposition for; resort is used with the preposition to. 5. All the other verbs take the preposition in; refer is used with the preposition to. 6. All the other verbs take the preposition with; depend is used with the preposition on.

exercise 31 Write the missing verbs and prepositions in the correct form.
1. When Minnie applied for a job in Florida, she didn't know anybody there but was looking for a change of scene.
2. As soon as she arrived at the amusement park she would be working in, she felt right at home.
3. Unlike in her previous jobs, she didn't complain about / did not complain about anything.
4. She even agreed to do double shifts and felt that it didn't rob / did not rob / deprive her of her valuable time in the sun.
5. Her newly found job satisfaction convinced her of the fact that she had found her true calling in life.
6. There was only one thing that prevented her from being blissfully happy.
7. She still hadn't found that special somebody who she had been waiting for / 'd been waiting for / had waited for / 'd waited for.
8. She had met many eager men in the past who had insisted on taking / 'd insisted on taking her out on a date.
9. Most of her dates had proved to be utter bores who just loved listening / to listen to the sound of their own voice. 10. After her divorce from her ex-husband, Minnie had resorted to / 'd resorted to the services of a dating agency.
11. She had found it hard to trust anybody new, because her ex had blamed / 'd blamed Minnie for the divorce.
12. His filing for divorce from her had been based on / 'd been based on him catching her goofing around too much.

exercise 32 Work with a partner and say the following sentences in English. Use the verbs on the list.
1. Do you enjoy studying/examining statistics?
2. Haven't you always liked me?
3. Maybe I should marry myself?
4. You are not an easy person to consult. / It's not easy to ask you for advice.
5. Why haven't you answered any of my questions?
6. Your silence is starting to affect/influence me.
7. It hasn't really impressed my friends either.
8. Isn't there any way to discuss the situation? / Isn't there any way one could discuss the situation?
9. Do you enjoy giving me/people the silent treatment?
10. I really considered you a better friend.
11. Isn't there any way to reach a consensus?
12. Why do you always insist on joining me wherever/anywhere/everywhere I go?
13. I'd like to leave the house just once without you.
14. I can't even visit my friends alone.
15. Sometimes I feel like attacking you.
16. But if you can't trust your own shadow, who can you trust?

exercise 33 Fill in the missing verbs and prepositions in their right form. A preposition is not needed in every case. Check your answers by listening to the story.
Yesterday afternoon I had managed to 1. leave work early when something horrible happened
When I 2. reached the first traffic lights, a bird slammed into my windshield.
The bird 3. didn't die from / did not die from / didn't die of / did not die of the impact, but it got its wing stuck under the windshield wiper.
I think the whole thing 4. affected/influenced me in such a way that I now
5. suffer from ornithophobia, an irrational fear of birds. Not really knowing how
6. to deal with / to handle the situation, turning on the windshield wipers seemed like the only way to solve the problem. I
7. arrived at the next set of traffic lights and the bird ended up in the wrong place again: on the windshield of the police car behind me.
8. Talking about / Discussing the situation with the police didn’t help. The police officer simply
9. replied to / answered me: "Sir, I am going to have to
10. charge you with a crime: cruelty to animals." 

Fill in the missing verbs and prepositions in the right form. A preposition is not needed in every case. 1. I'd like to apologize / apologise to all of you for taking up your time, but this might end up being a rather long speech. 2. Most people disapprove of long speeches, but I hope my audience will approve of / will accept / 'll approve of / 'll accept this one. 3. As we have reached / 've reached the end of our studies at this school, we are looking forward to celebrating / 're looking forward to celebrating our achievements together. 4. We have spent a lot of time on / 've spent a lot of time on homework and (have) devoted ourselves to / 've devoted ourselves to our studies. 5. Perhaps all of us haven't considered studying / have not considered studying / haven't regarded studying as / have not regarded studying as important but at least our friends have always been ready to talk about / discuss anything with us to kill time. 6. Together with online computer games and social media, this has made participating in / attending lessons more tolerable. 7. I'm also convinced that we have benefitted from / 've benefitted from / have benefited from / 've benefited from all the lessons, especially the ones where the students have commented on / 've commented on current affairs. 8. I'd like to thank our teachers for looking after / taking care of us so well. 9. I'm convinced that their constructive criticism has affected / has influenced / 's affected / 's influenced me positively. 10. We're sure to come back and visit the school in the future. 11. I'd like to congratulate everybody/everyone on their success and wish all of us a very bright future. 12. Next, I'd like all of you to listen to me read aloud the epic I've been writing during the past three years…

exercise 35 Match the nouns with the correct prepositions and near synonyms. You might have to use the same preposition more than once. Some words have multiple near synonyms. 1. affection for 2. faith in 3. influence on 4. admiration for 5. lack of 36 attachment to confidence in / trust in impact on / effect on respect for shortage of Fill in the missing nouns and prepositions. Being an effective emergency medical technician (an EMT) means making a 1. contribution to the team, staying calm and showing 2. respect for your co-workers. You may not personally like everyone and may even feel a strong 3. dislike of some people, but you can always be polite and respectful and not let your real 4. attitude to/towards them shine through. During times when you don't have patients, try to connect with co-workers and make 5. comments on topics that aren't always related to EMS. This may help you to notice 6. a change in your co-workers and be 7. the/a solution to preventing problems with your colleagues. 8. The trouble with / The difficulty in today's working life is that we don't seem to have the time to stop and listen. There has been a huge 9. decrease in / reduction in the number of minutes we have for short breaks in order to unwind in the middle of a shift. It's really 10. an exception to the rule if a working day doesn't feel hectic. However, everybody wants to be listened to and feel that there is a genuine 11. interest in what they think and say. 12. Thanks to making some time for others, you might have a much better time at work yourself, too.

exercise 37 Work with a partner and translate the sentences. Before you begin, revise both the verb and noun lists. 1. Could you answer my question? 2. I'm afraid / Unfortunately I don't know the answer to your question. 3. We arrived in New Delhi late in the evening. 4. Our arrival at the airport was delayed. 5. The army attacked the enemy at dawn. 6. The attack on the enemy was / had been unsuccessful / had failed. 7. My brother has always had a positive influence/effect on me. 8. He affects/influences me positively. 9. The applicant impressed / made an impression on the prospective employer. 10. The employer didn't make an impression on / didn't impress the applicant. *** 11. Will you marry me? 12. Sorry, I'm already married to the love of my life. 13. Trust me, I know what to do. 14. I have no trust in your skills. 15. Can you (come and) stay at / visit our summer cottage next summer? 16. Our stay at / visit to the neighbours' cottage was quite enough. 17. Why don't you respect/honour my point of view / opinion? 18. Show respect for my insights. 19. This soup lacks salt and thyme. 20. A/The lack of seasoning/spices leaves food bland/tasteless.

exercise 38 Translate into English. 1. Congratulations on finding a new job! 2. There's no more effective cure for boredom than a new job.
3. My dependence on / addiction to excitement made me look/apply for a new job. 4. Career prospects also affected / influenced / had an effect/impact/influence on my decision. 5. Or maybe they were just an excuse for changing jobs. 6. My boss's ignorance of my situation was also an important reason. 7. Now I can take responsibility for several assignments/tasks. 8. A bigger salary also means that I'll be paying / will be paying more tax(es) on my income. 9. Boredom is a threat to job satisfaction. 10. An employee has to have / must have a lot of trust/faith/belief in themselves nowadays / these days.

exercise 39 Match the adjectives with the correct prepositions and near synonyms. You will have to use the same preposition more than once. 1. dedicated to 2. enthusiastic about 3. afraid of 4. bored of/with 5. typical of 6. used to 7. familiar with 8. worried about 9. pleased with 10. well known for 11. good at 12. angry at/with 13. ready for 14. sick of 40 devoted to excited about frightened of fed up with characteristic of accustomed to acquainted with concerned about content with famous for skilful at annoyed at/about/with prepared for tired of Add the missing prepositions. 1. There's nothing to be ashamed of if you can't find a summer job. 2. Volunteering might be as beneficial to/for you in the long run. 3. The most important factor is that you feel motivated and committed to what you're doing. 4. Is this advice consistent with what you've been given in the past? 5. Contrary to what most students believe, any kind of work experience is beneficial. 6. It's not fair to be discriminated against in the job market only because of your age. 7. Are you envious of your friends who have already landed themselves a summer job? 8. How about walking the neighbourhood dogs? You don't have to be fond of animals to do it, just open to new experiences. 9. I'm really hopeless at promoting myself and my skills, however. 10. Most Finns are prone to underestimating themselves. 11. Are we short of self-esteem in some matters? 12. Maybe I was wrong about there not being any summer jobs out there. 13. But surely there can't be anything wrong with me and my job-seeking skills!

exercise 41 Add the missing adjectives and prepositions. 1. My friend Luke was angry with/at me for not telling him about the opening in our company. 2. I had simply been too busy with my own projects. 3. Not looking out for my friends isn't really characteristic/typical of me at all. 4. Actually, I wasn't even aware of the fact that he was curious about the vacancy and looking to change companies. 5. Luke is excellent/skilful at overcoming difficulties and being courageous in a tight spot. 6. He is even experienced in working with droids. 7. Luke is quite fond of / attached to his twin sister Leia. 8. He was anything but hopeless at Jedi training. 9. I really thought that he would find selling real estate inferior to being a Jedi knight. 10. He isn't even qualified for selling houses as he hasn't passed the final test yet. 11. Hopefully he won't be too sensitive to this kind of feedback. 12. I believe he's used/accustomed to winning most battles, so maybe he will triumph in the end now, too.

exercise 42 Translate into English. 1. Are you committed to working hard? 2. Not all computer programs are compatible with each other. 3. Our findings weren't / were not consistent with the general opinion. 4. We are / 're crazy about/for chocolate. 5. I'm / am committed/dedicated/devoted to my career. 6. Our boss is dependent on my advice. 7. Last year he/she was disappointed in/with me and my performance. 8. We have been exposed to construction dust because of / due to the renovation. 9. I'm / am familiar with the trends in the economy. 10. We shouldn't / should not be incapable of making quick decisions. 

exercise 43 All the prepositions. Choose the best alternative. It might be easy to call your boss or neighbour a psychopath if you don't always see eye to eye. However, there are real signs you can spot that might indicate that some people are clinical, legitimate psychopaths. Check this list to see if your frenemies have at least some of the character traits typical 1. of a psychopath. - Do they tend to be smooth and engaging? Psychopathic charmers are not afraid 2. of saying anything to anybody.- Psychopaths are arrogant people who believe they are superior 3. to other human beings.- Do they get easily bored 4. with people and things? Psychopaths fail to work at the same job for long and fail to finish tasks that they consider 5. — dull or routine.- Being a psychopath is reflected in a lack 6. of concern for the feelings and suffering of one’s victims.- Psychopaths tend to go in for an exploitative financial dependence 7. on others.- Psychopaths take great pride in discussing 8. — their sexual exploits or conquests.- Psychopaths suffer 9. from a failure to accept responsibility 10. for their actions.