Complete the following sentences using the correct prepositions

Complete the following sentences using the correct preposition or linking word.

GRAMMAR IN USE

WRITING

Work in small groups. Use the Internet, magazines and newspapers to find stories about modern technologies of recycling waste materials which big manufacturing companies introduce. Discuss benefits and problems of these technologies.

SPEAKING

Listen to the text again and complete the sentences.

Listen to the text and answer the following questions.

LISTENING

1. What kind of product is made in the United States for China?

2. What is this product made of?

3. Why is it made in the USA?

4. Where is the product produced in the USA?

5. Does the American company make profit on the product for

China?

6. How many chopstiks does Japan use each year?

7. How much does it cost to make a pair of chopsticks?

1. Some Asian countries use chopsticks to eat _______.

2. Those companies need more _______.

3. They started making _______ for export to China.

4. End of this month, we’ll have seven _______ coming in. So it’ll increase to four million per day.

5. Georgia Chopsticks isn’t making any _______ yet.

11. Work in pairs. You are a reporter interviewing a chief manager of a big manufacturing company. Think about questions that you would like to ask him during the interview (student A – a reporter, student B – a chief manager).

13. Imagine that you work in the technical department of a manufacturing company. Write a short paragraph (60-80 words) about one of the modern manufacturing processes. Describe:

- how the process works

- what stages are involved in manufacturing

- any advantages / disadvantages it has

- what it is used for.

These tasks can help you to practise the Prepositions (See Appendix 1 p. 205 – 207) and do the following exercises.

1. Manufacturing is producing goods that are necessary ….. modern life.

2. Originally manufacturing was accomplished ….. hand, but most of today's modern manufacturing operations are highly mechanized and automated.

3. There are three main processes involved ….. virtually all manufacturing: assembly, extraction, and alteration.

4. Extraction is the process ….. removing one or more components ….. raw materials, such as obtaining gasoline ….. crude oil.

5. Assembly is the combination ….. parts to make a product.

6. The Industrial Revolution began ….. England ….. the middle ….. the 18th century.

7. Manufacturing has existed ….. long ….. civilizations have required goods.

1. Just wait a second, I'll be there ….. a minute.

2. There was a sign ….. the restaurant saying that it was closed for renovations.

3. Don't be ridiculous; there were no telephones ….. the seventeenth century! The telephone was invented ….. the 1870s.

4. Frank had his passport ….. his hand as he boarded the plane.

5. There is an electrical outlet ….. the desk. Can you help me move the desk, so I can plug in the computer?

6. We have DSL Internet access ….. work, but I don't have a high-speed connection ….. home.

7. Debra was sitting ….. the computer surfing the Internet.

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