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Ex.8. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate compound prepositions. Consult the box.
1) ___ the information received by us the ship will arrive on the 10
th
of April. 2) I go by bus ___
the State Library and then walk a few blocks to my office. 3) ___ his help we finished our work early.
4) Taking off the plane was delayed ___ a heavy rain. 5) The dispatcher can communicate with the
loco driver over long distances ___ a radiotelephone. 6) The new equipment was used ___ test the
vibration of the engine. 7) ___ the trouble in the engine there appeared another in the transmission.
8) The work is going on ___ the schedule. 9) He was late ___ heavy traffic. 10) The Metro station is
___ my house. 11) ___ the new project, the railway will be extended ___ the seaport. 12) ___ win in
the competition with air transport, the efficiency and quality of freight and passenger services must
be improved. 13) The train departure had not been delayed ___ the accident. 14) ___ this device we
can carry out more operations in shorter time. 15) ___ the problem with the car, we enjoyed the
journey very much. 16) The engine didn't operate well ___ bad fuel. 17) ___ to sails the boat was also
supplied with a motor. 18) No traffic was allowed ___ the accident. 19) In big ports ships are loaded
and unloaded ___ powerful cranes. 20) ___ the traffic lights ahead, the car continued moving at
the same speed. 21) It is necessary to build good roads ___ promote the rapid development of this
region. 22) D.I. Mendeleyev arranged chemical elements ___ their atomic weights.
according to [4] as far as [2] because of [2] by means of [3]
due to in addition to [2] in front of in order to [3]
on account of owing to in spite of [3]
Ex.9. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions if necessary. Consult the box.
1) The management of the Oktyabrskaya Railway pays much attention ___ the improvement of
passengers’ service ___ the terminals. 2) Steam locomotives were not able to haul very heavy trains
___ a high speed. 3) There were no means of direct communication ___ the telephone was invented.
4) He was invited ___ the conference but he didn't accept the invitation. 5) The fog prevented the
planes ___ taking off. 6) The first passenger cars were lighted ___ candles; later candles were
replaced ___ oil and gas lamps. 7) This new train develops a very high speed since it is equipped
___ powerful engines. 8) Steel which is used ___ the production ___ rails must be of high quality.
9) The incandescent lamp was invented ___ Thomas Edison. 10) The switch [стрелочный
перевод] is the mechanism which is used to move the trains ___ one track ___ another. 11) There
are a number ___ questions I'd like to speak ___ you ___. 12) Their decision will depend ___ how
interesting your offer is. 13) The railway station is an hour’s drive ___ my house. 14) The traffic in
the city center was delayed ___ the demonstration.
about at [2] before by [4] for from [3] on
of [2] to [4] with
GRAMMAR REVIEW
(Degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs;
Present, Past, Future Perfect Active and Passive)
Ex.10. Form the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives and adverbs:
attentive, backward, bad, brittle, careful, cheap, clever, close, comfortable, considerable,
convenient, dangerous, difficult, dirty, dry, early, easy, expensive, famous, fast, good, happy, hard,
heavy, high, hot, important, late, lazy, little, loud, lucky, modern, narrow, necessary, powerful, quick,
rapid, reliable, sad, safe, simple, slow, small, soft, swift, suitable, useful, wide.

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