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Key to Additional exercises

9 6 -; read (plural form)
Example answers are given. 1 School classrooms have 7 (of); have (plural form)
1 ...waiting, (not mind + -ing; changed very little over the last 8 (of); live (plural form)
note that 'not mind + object + century. The walls may be a 9 of; agree (plural form)
-ing' is possible in other little more colourful and the 10 of; live (plural form)
contexts) chairs may be more 1 1 - ; remain (plural form)
2 ...to lend it to me. (refuse + comfortable, but a (or the) 12 -; sends (singular form)
to-infinitive) school-child of 100 years ago 13 -; believe (plural form)
3 ...failing his exams, (risk + would have no difficulty in 11
-ing; note that 'risk + object recognising today's classroom.
+ -ing' is possible in other There are still rows of desks, 2 I picked up the paper on
contexts) perhaps a blackboard, and which Richard had written his
4 ...him to drive to the bank. shelves of books. However, address, or I picked up the
paper which
Richard had
(force + object + to-infinitive) these days there is something
5 ...to meet him after work at a found in classrooms that would 3 written his address on.
My grandfather, whose house
restaurant, (agree + to- bewilder them - the computer. is at the top of a steep hill, is
infinitive) And it is this that is completely
6 ...to reach an agreement soon. changing the way we learn at the fittest person I know.
(hope + to-infinitive) school, at college and in the 4 The office to which Gail led
7 ...to give me a new pair, (offer home. the way had windows on
three sides, or The office
+ to-infinitive) 2 When a crime is first
(which) Gail led the way to
8 ...to go anywhere near one. discovered, the police often had windows on three sides.
(can't bear + to-infinitive; don't know who has done it or
5 The choir, whose members
note that 'can't bear + object why. Usually, though, the
+ to-infinitive' is possible in person who has committed the are all over 60, is touring
Norway next month.
other contexts) crime will have left some
6 She took me for a ride on the
9 ...going out. (feel like + -ing) evidence of their identity at the
motorbike (which/that) she'd
10 ...going in to ask for scene such as a footprint, recently bought.
directions, (admit + -ing) blood, or fibres from clothing.
7 The Earls of Euston, after
11 ...her to join the choir. This evidence often forms the whom Euston Station is
(persuade + object + to- basis of any case against a
infinitive) suspect who the police may named, were landowners in
12 ...them taking flowers from take to court. London.
8 He set about cleaning off the
our garden, (discover + object 3 A space satellite does not need
dirt (which/that) was covering
+ -ing) to be streamlined in order to fly
the floor and walls. (Also
13 ...her giving it to me. / since there is no air in space to
possible is '...the dirt covering
...taking it from her. slow it down. However, it does the floor and walls.')
(remember + object + -ing or need a source of energy to
9 I went to stay with the
remember + -ing) power its electronic circuitry,
Watson family, who/that were
14 ...to find our way to the exit. so a (or the) satellite has large
friends of my mother's.
(find + to-infinitive) solar panels that convert
10 Having seen Joseph off at the
sunlight into electricity. In
8 airport, Sue {or she) went
addition, it is necessary for a
1 war (or the) satellite to stay in back to work.
2 a thought 11 Alderson wrote a number of
exactly the right position so
3 some land books about British coal
that its antennae face the (zero
4 business miners, in whose history he
article is also possible) radio
5 a time specialised.
stations on the ground. For this
6 sight reason it is equipped with gas 12 Not wishing to disturb her, I
7 a competition thrusters which can move the put the papers on her desk
8 a land satellite into the correct orbit, and left.
9 competition high above the Earth. 13 The agreement (which/that)
10 a war was signed yesterday ended
11 a sight 10 six months of negotiation.
12 some thought Example verbs are given. (Also possible is 'The
13 time 1 of; want (plural form) agreement signed yesterday
14 a business 2 -; contains (singular form) ended...')
3 -; cost (plural form)
4 of; draws (singular form)
5 of; make (plural form)
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