Exercise 6:Make sentences with the same meaning by using it + infinitive

1. Having good friends is important.

2. Playing tennis is fun.

3. Riding the bus to school every day is expensive.

4. Learning how to cook is easy.

5. Walking alone at night in that part of the city is dangerous.

6. Is learning a second language difficult?

7. Being polite to other people is important.

8. Learning about other cultures is interesting.

9. Eating nutritious food is important.

10. Is riding a motorcycle easy?

11. Having a cold isn’t much fun.

12. Looking up words in a dictionary takes a lot of time.

13. Learning a second language takes a long time.

14.Cooking a soft-boiled egg takes three minutes.

7-5 IT + INFINITIVE: USING FOR (SOMEONE)

You should study hard. It’s important for youto study hard.

It is + adjective + for (someone) + infinitive

Exercise 7: Use the given information to complete each sentence. Use for and

an infinitive phrase in each completion.

1. (Students should do their homework)

It’s important for the students to do their homework.

2. (Teachers should speak more clearly)

It’s important _____________________________.

3. (We don’t have to hurry)

There’s plenty of time. It isn’t necessary _________.

4. (A fish can’t live out of water for more than a few minutes)

It’s impossible __________________________________.

5. (Students have to budget their time carefully)

It’s necessary ____________________________________.

6. (A child usually can’t sit still for a long time)

It’s difficult ______________________________________.

7. (Americans usually eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day)

It’s traditional _____________________________________.

8. (People can take trips to the moon)

Will it be possible ______________ in the next century?

9. (Physics students should do lab experiments)

It’s important _____________________________________.

10. (The bride usually feeds the groom the first piece of wedding cake)

It’s traditional _____________________________________.

11. (The guests usually wait until the hostess begins to eat)

At a formal dinner party, it’s customary _____________. After she takes

the first bite the guests also start to eat.

12. (I usually can’t understand Mr.Allen)

It’s hard _________________. He talks too fast.

Exercise 8: Study the examples.

I went to the post office for some stamps. I went to the post office to buy some stamps.

Foris used to express purpose, but it is a preposition and followed by a noun phrase.

Complete the sentences by using to or for.

1. I went to Chicago for a visit.

2. I went to Chicago to visit my parents.

3. I take long walks _________ relax.

4.I take long walks _________ relaxation.

5. I’m going to school ___________ a good education.

6. I’m going to school _______ get a good education.

7. I’m not going to school just __________ have fun.

8. I’m not going to school just __________ fun.

9. I went to the store __________ some milk and bread.

10. I went to the store _________ get some milk and bread.

11. I turned on the radio ________ listen to the news.

12. I turned on the radio _______ news about the earthquake in Peru.

13. We wear coats in the winter _______ keep warm.

14.We wear coats in the winter ________ warmth.

7-6 USING INFINITIVES WITH TOO AND ENOUGH

TOO + ADJECTIVE + (FOR SOMEONE) + INFINITIVE A piano is too heavy to lift. That box is too heavy for me to lift.	Infinitives often follow the expressions with too. Toocomes in front of an adjective. In the speaker’s mind the use of tooimplies a negative result. Infinitives often follow expressions with enough. Enough comes in front of a noun. Enough follows an adjective.
ENOUGH + NOUN + INFINITIVE I don’t have enough money to buy that car.
ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH + INFINITIVE Jimmy isn’t old enough to go to school.

Exercise 9: Make sentences by putting the following in the correct order.

1. time/ to go to the park tomorrow/ I don’t have/ enough.

2. to touch the ceiling/ too/ I’m/ short.

3. to pay his bills/ money/ Tom doesn’t have/ enough.

4. for me/ this tea is/ hot/ to drink/ too.

5. to eat breakfast this morning/ time/ I didn’t have/enough.

6. enough/ to stay home alone/ old/ Susie isn’t.

7. too/ to stay home alone/ young/ Susie is.

8. late/ to go to the movie/ for us/ too/ it’s.

9. to finish/ too/ last night/ I was/ my homework/ sleepy.

10. yesterday/ time/ downtown/ I didn’t have/ to go/ enough.

11. to wear/ for me/ small/ this jacket is/ too.

12. for us/ cold/ it’s/ today/ too/ to go swimming.

13. enough/ a horse/ I’m not/ to lift/ strong.

14. homework/ our teacher never gives us/ to do/ enough.

15.busy/ to the beach/ too/ last weekend/ to go/ Jack was.

16. to walk/ I live/ to class/ far from school/ too.

17. our homework/ time/ last night/ our teacher didn’t have/ to correct/ enough.

Exercise 10: Complete the sentences. Use infinitives.

1. The weather is too cold __________________________

2. Timmy is two years old. He’s too young _____________________

3. Timmy isn’t old enough __________________________________

4. That suitcase is too heavy _________________________________

5. Ann isn’t strong enough __________________________________

6. Last night I was too tired __________________________________

7. Yesterday I was too busy __________________________________

8. A Mercedes-Benz is too expensive __________________________

9. I don’t have enough money _______________________________

10. Yesterday I didn’t have enough money _____________________

11. A teenager is old enough _________________________________

12. This coffee is too hot ____________________________________

13. I know enough English ___________________________________

14. The test was too long _____________________________________

15. I’m too short __________________________________________

16. I’m not tall enough ______________________________________

Exercise 11: All of the following sentences contain mistakes. Find and correct them.

1. I went to the drug store for getting some toothpaste.

2. Did you go to the shopping yesterday?

3. I usually go to the cafeteria for a get a cup of coffee in the morning.

4. Bob needed to went downtown yesterday.

5. We yesterday to the zoo went.

6. I want go to the beach tomorrow morning.

7. Is difficult to learn a second language.

8. It is important getting a education.

9. Ben isn’t enough old to get married.

10. Do you want go to swimming tomorrow?

11. I went to the bank for cashing a check.

12. I was to sleepy to finish my homework last night.

Exercise 12: Complete the sentences with prepositions.

1. I apologized ____ Ann ____ stepping on her toe.

2.I thanked Tom ____ helping me fix my car.

3. My Dad doesn’t approve _________ gambling.

4. Please forgive me ______ forgetting your birthday.

5. My friend insisted _______ taking me to the airport.

6. Please excuse me ______ being late.

7. Children depend ______ their parents for love and support.

8. In my composition I compared this city ______ my hometown.

9. Umbrellas protect people ________ rain.

10.We’re relying ______ Jason to help us move into our new apartment.

8-1 TWO-WORD VERBS (SEPARABLE)

We put off our trip.	Put off = a two-word verb. It means postpone.
We put off our trip. We put our trip off.	Many two-word verbs are separable. In other words, a noun can either follow or come between the verb and the noun.
We put it off.	If a two-word verb is separable, a pronoun always comes between the verb and the preposition.

SOME COMMON TWO-WORD VERBS (SEPARABLE)

Figure out …………… find a solution to a problem.

Hand in ……………… give homework, test papers, etc. to a teacher.

Hand out ……………. give something to this person, then to that person, etc.

Look up …………….. look for information in a dictionary and other sources.

Make up…………….. invent.

Pick up …………….. lift.

Put down …………… stop holding or carrying.

Put off ……………… postpone.

Put on ……………… put clothes on one’s body.

Put away ………….. place things where they belong.

Take off ……………. remove clothes from one’s body.

Throw away ……….. put in the trash.

Turn off ……………. stop a machine or a light.

Turn on …………….. start a machine or a light.

Wake up …………… stop sleeping.

Write down ……….. write a note on a piece of paper.

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the following prepositions: away, down, in, off, on, out, up.

1. Before I left home this morning, I put ______ my coat.

2. When I got to class this morning, I took my coat _______.

3. The students handed their homework _________.

4. Johnny made a story _______. He didn’t tell the truth.

5. The weather was bad, so we put _____ the picnic until next week.

6. Alice looked a word _____ in her dictionary.

7. Alice wrote the definition _____.

8. My roommate is messy. He never picks ____ his clothes.

9. The teacher handed the test paper ___ at the beginning of the class period.

10. A strange noise woke _____ the children in the middle of the night.

11. I threw _____ yesterday’s newspaper.

12. When some friends came to visit, John stopped watching TV. He turned the television set _____.

13. It was dark when I got home last night, so I turned the lights ____.

14. Peggy finally figured ___ the answer to the arithmetic problem.

15. When I was walking through the airport, my arms got tired. So I put my suitcases _______ for a minute and rested.

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with pronouns and prepositions.

1. A: Did you postpone your trip to Puerto Rico?

B: Yes, we did. We put it off until next summer.

2. A: Is Pat’s phone number 462 32 82?

B: I don’t remember. You’d better look ______. The telephone directory is in the

kitchen.

3. A: Is Mary still asleep?

B: Yes. You’d better wake _________. She has a class at nine.

4. A: Do you want to keep these newspapers?

B: No. Throw __________.

5. A: I’m hot. This sweater is too heavy.

B: Why don’t you take _________.

6. A: Is that story true?

B: No. I made ___________.

7. A: When does the teacher want our compositions?

B: We have to hand ________ tomorrow.

8. A: I made an appointment with Dr.Armstrong for three o’clock next Thursday.

B: You’d better write _______ so you won’t forget.

9. A: Do you know the answer to this problem?

B: No. I can’t figure ______________.

10. A: Johnny, you’re too heavy for me to carry. I have to put __________.

B: Okay.

10. A: Where are the letters I put on the kitchen table?

B: I picked _______ and took them to the post office.

12. A: How does this tape recorder work?

B: Push this button to turn _____, and push that button to turn ________.

13. A: I have some papers for the class. Ben, would you please hand _____ for me?

B: I’d be happy to.

14. A: Timmy, here’s your hat. Put ____ before you go out. It’s cold outside.

B: Okay, Dad.

8-2 TWO-WORD VERBS (NONSEPARABLE)

I ran into Bob at the bank yesterday. I saw Bob yesterday. I ran into him in the bank.	If a two-word verb is nonseparable, a noun or a pronoun follows (never precedes) the preposition.
SOME COMMON TWO-WORD VERBS (NONSEPARABLE)

Call on ………… ask to speak in class.

Get over ………. recover from an illness.

Run into ………. meet by chance.

Get on ………… enter a bus, an airplane, a train, a subway, a bicycle.

Get off ………… leave a subway, a bicycle, a bus, an airplane, a train.

Get in(to) ……… enter a car, a taxi.

Get out of ……… leave a car, a taxi.

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with prepositions.

1. When I raised my hand in class, the teacher ______________ me.

2. While I was walking down the street, I ran ________ an old friend.

3. Fred feel okay today. He got _________ his cold.

4. Last week I flew from Chicago to Miami. I got ____ the plane in Chicago. I got ____ the plane in Miami.

5. Sally took a taxi to the airport. She got ____ the taxi in front of her apartment building. She got ____ the taxi at the airport.

6.I take the bus to school every day. I get ____ the bus at the corner of First Street and Sunset Boulevard. I get ___ the bus just a block away from the classroom building.

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