W. Somerset Maugham. Theatre. Home Reading Guide. Шишкина Н.М - 10 стр.

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7. He knew what she was capable _____, and familiar _____ her every inflection,
every glance of her wonderful eyes…
8. She could not but admit that Michael was as careful _____ her money as _____ his
own.
9. I’m tired _____ answering the child’s questions.


  2. There are many nouns and prepositions that go together. Fill the gaps with a
preposition from the box. Some are used more than once.


                             In With Out of Of On For


1. She had a passion _____ the stage.
2. Photographs _____ them, singly and together, with and without Roger, appeared in
the weeklies.
3. Lor lumme, what’s the matter _____ the old lady now?
4. When people were _____ trouble, and on the stage they too often are, they got
sympathy and kind friendly words from Michael, but very little cash.
5. He hankered for compliments and beamed _____ delight when he had managed to
extract one.
6. An actress _____ a job had only to tell him to his face that he was too handsome to
be true for him to think that she might do for a part he had in mind.
7. She took up half a dozen _____ his photographs at random and looked at them
carefully one by one.
8. We had a lot of fun _____ our honeymoon.
9. It was said that you could always find a mug in the city to write a fat cheque _____
the production of a play…

  3. Complete the following:
1. It infuriated her that when she worked herself up into a passion of tears he should
sit there quite calmly, with his hands crossed and a good-humoured smile on his
handsome face, as though…
2. That was a good movement, dear. As if…
3. She acted as though…
4. … And though he never managed to make love convincingly he could carry off a
chaffing love scene, making a proposal as if…

  4. Make up sentences of your own with:
to do one’s best; to be of service; to make up one’s mind; to commit suicide; to
put/set the seal on; to look forward to; to be free of smth; to be delighted with smth;
to waste (on); to get on with; to portray; to belong to; to insist on; in order to; for
smb’s sake; a monster of vanity.