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Which prepositions follow these words? Check your answers in the text


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1,2 - THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY Elementary

Which prepositions follow these words? Check your answers in the text. 
1. protest 
_______ 
2. connected 
_______ 
3. prepare 
_______ 
4. conflict 
_______ 
5. angry 
_______ 
6. information 
_______ 
7. opposition 
_______ 
8. 
ban _______


© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004 
Taken from the news section in 
www.onestopenglish.com
Complete the table 
Verb 
Noun 
1.
decide 
____________ 
2.
oppose 
____________ 
3. solve 
____________ 
4.
promise 
____________ 
5.
demonstrate
____________ 
6. protest ____________ 
7.
discuss 
____________ 
8. argue 
____________ 
Verbs followed by infinitives. Look at this example: 
The British Parliament decided to end 700 years of fox-hunting. 
Fill the gaps using the correct form of one of these verbs: 
promise 
want 
try 
expect
1. 
Tony Blair ____________ to delay the ban on fox-hunting. 
2.
The government ____________ to find a solution. 
3. 
The government ____________ people to stop hunting foxes. 
4. 
Mr Blair ____________ to find a middle way.
5. 
Pro-hunt supporters ____________ to demonstrate against the decision. 


Match these key words from the text with their definitions. 
1. violent 
2. riot 
3. suburbs 
4. immigrant 
5. vermin 
6. voter 
7. scum 
8. tense 
a. someone who votes in an election 
b. an area near a large town or city (but not in the centre) where many people live 
c. small animals that cause diseases (if you call someone this, it is a very bad word) 
d. nervous and not relaxed 
e. involving the use of physical force / the opposite of peaceful 
f. someone who comes from another country to live in a country 
g. a dirty substance on the surface of a liquid (if you call someone this, it is a very bad 
word) 
h. a violent protest by a crowd of people 

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