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Common Combinations using Prepositions

Link the words from the different columns to produce meaningful sentences. One has been completed as an example. If you wish, write out the correct sentences in your notebook.

Verbs and Prepositions

Fill in the gaps with suitable prepositions

1. You’re right. I agree __________ you.
2. The conclusions are based __________ extensive research.
3. He arrived __________ Delhi airport at 2 am and then arrived the city at 4 am.
4. He angrily shouted __________ the pupil.
5. “Remember the party!” she shouted __________ her friend.
6. A differs __________ B in a number of ways.
7. He applied __________ the teaching job but was turned down.
8. She replied __________ his last letter.
9. They apologized __________ breaking the vase.
10. Do you believe __________ ghosts?

On the basis of your reading of the exctract on Chess , complete the following table with your partner . 

Figure	Name	Order of importance	Function	Significance

Adjectives and Prepositions
Look at the table below. Decide which of the adjectives in Column A commonly go with which preposition. Tick the table as shown. (There may be more then one tick for each adjective).

A	at	to	about	for
worried
good
bad
surprised
happy
sensitive
puzzled
married
clever
suitable
curious
due
qualified
famous

Use the adjectives and prepositions from the box above to fill in the gaps below. Add eight sentences of your own.

1. Mary is bad ________ Maths.
2. Fruit is good ________ you.
3. Ram was married ________ Beena for 10 years. They were very happy.
4. This tool is more ________ planing wood.
5. What good news! I’m so ________ you.
6. He’s ________ her; she looks ill.
7. She’s ashamed ________ her bad behaviour.
8. They are fond ________ dancing.
9. He was absent ________ the Science Club yesterday.
10. He is sensitive ________ criticism.

Know all about Chess . Read and enjoy : 

You now know a little about Koneru Humpychess player but do you know how to play chess? Let's know more about it: 
Have you ever played chess? Did you know that chess is the oldest skill game in the world? But chess is more than just a. game of skill. It can tell you much about the way people lived in medieval times. If you look at the way a chess board is set up, then study the pieces and how they are used, you will realise that chess is a history of medieval times in miniature. The six different chess pieces on the board represent a cross section of medieval life with its many ceremonies grandeur ,and wars . 

Chess was played many centuries ago in China, India, and Persia. No one really knows for sure in which country it originated. Then, in the eighth century, armies of Arabs known as Moors invaded Persia. The Moors learned chess from the Persians. When the Moors later invaded Spain, the soldiers brought the game of chess with them. Soon the Spanish were playing chess, too. From Spain, the popularity of chess quickly spread throughout all of Europe

Europeans gave chess pieces the names we know today; they probably had trouble pronouncing and spelling the Persian names, so they modernized them to reflect the way they lived. Today, the names certainly aren't modem but a thousand years ago they represented the very way in which both ordinary people and persons of rank lived their lives. 

The pawns on the chess board represent serfs, or labourers. There are more of them than any other piece on the board, and often they are sacrificed to save the more valuable pieces. In medieval times, serfs were considered no more than the property of landowners, or chattels. Life was brutally hard for serfs during this era of history. They worked hard and died young. They were often left unprotected while wars raged around them. They could be traded, used as a diversion, or even sacrificed to allow the landowners to escape harm. 

The castle piece on a chess board is the home, or the refuge, just as it was a home in medieval times. In Chess, each side has two castles, or rooks, as they are sometimes called. 

The knight on a chess board represents the professional soldier of medieval times whose job it was to protect persons of rank, and there are two of them per side in a game of chess. Knights in a game of chess are more important than pawns, but less important than bishops, kings, or queens. Their purpose in the game of chess is to protect the more important pieces, and they can be sacrificed to save those pieces just as pawns can. 

There is a bishop in the game of chess, who represents the church. The Church was a rich and mighty force in medieval times, and religion played a large part in every person's life. It is no wonder that a figure that represented the concept of religion found its way into the game. A bishop was the name for a priest in the Catholic church who had risen through the ranks to a more powerful position. In the game of chess, there are two bishops for each side. 

The queen is the only piece on the board during a chess game that represents a woman, and she is the most powerful piece of the game. 
The king is the tallest piece on the board, and is as well defended on the chessboard as in medieval life. In medieval times, the surrender of the king would mean the loss of the kingdom to invading armies and that could mean change for the worse. It was to everyone's advantage, from the lowest serf to the highest-ranking official, to keep the king safe from harm.. The king is the most important, but not the most powerful piece in chess. If you do not protect your king, you lose the game. 

The next time you set up your chessboard and get ready 7 to play a friendly game or two, think of chess as a 6 history lesson. The pieces on the board represent a way 5 of life that is no more, and the real life dramas that occurred in medieval times are now only a game. 

Think of a person in your class, and use adjective + prepositions to describe him/her in about two or three sentences. Don't give a name.

(a) e.g. She’s good at Maths.
She’s keen on hiking.

Show your description to your partner. Let her or him guess who it is.
(b) The following diagram explains the use of some of these prepositions.

Notice the following peculiarities in the use of Prepositions.
1) at relates to a small extent of space or time while in relates to a wider extent.
2) with relates to the instrument used for doing something.
by relates to the doer
e.g. (1) This poem was composed~me
(2) I wrote with a Shaffer's pen.
3) between, among: between is used when there are two things or persons or
ideas, among is used for more than two.
e.g. ( 1) The property was divided between the twins.
(2) The gossip spread among the villagers.
4) beside, besides : beside means by the side of, besides means in addition to
e.g. (1) Ram sat beside his grandmother.
(2) Besides music, he is interested in painting.
5) in and within : in denotes at the close of some future period, within denotes
sometime short of the close
e.g. (1) The project will be implemented in a week's time.(= at the close)
(2) The plan will be sanctioned within a fort night(= less than)

Now complete the Bio-data of Koneru Humpy : 

Edit the following magazine article about youth in sport.

The Great National Sports Talent Search (a) consist of workshops and tournaments arranged in (b) any different parts of (c) a country. The talent scouts’ aim (d) are to look out for local talent in the age range of eight to eighteen years. Thus, it would be far (e) wise if young sportswomen and men (f) were help so that they have plenty of time to develop their talent. Sports academies normally only (g) having students whose talents (h) is already recognized. If India does not invest in sports it can not hope to perform well at the International level.

Below is a description of Geothermal Energy. Complete the passage by filling in the gaps choosing the correct option from the given options. The first one has been done for you.

In volcanic areas, underground water (a) can often rise to a temperature of 200° C. Nowadays, wells (b) __________ drilled to extract the steam which is used to drive turbines. This is (c) __________ of the world’s fastest growing sources of energy. (d) __________ the water is heated by enormous reservoirs of cooling rock several kilometers across, geothermal steam is (e) __________ to be a renewable energy resource. Even in non- volcanic areas, underground water can (f) __________ heated by natural radioactivity. In this case, (g) __________, it is necessary to drill deeper before the water is as hot as 200° C. This method (h) __________ used for heating homes in certain areas for many years and is cheap, clean and efficient.

Avik, a correspondent for his school magazine, interviews Grandmaster Koneru Bumpy. Let us read : 
            INTERVIEW WITH KONERU BUMPY 

Avik : Good morning, Ma'am! Congratulations on your achievements in the World Grand Prix Women's Chess Championship in Istanbul recently! 

Koneru Humpy : Thank you! This is my biggest win in the women's circuit. This is very significant, considering that it has come in an event which had three former world champions.
Avik : Indeed! Please tell us something about yourself, Ma' am! 
Koneru Humpy : I was born in Gudivada, near Vijaywada, in Andhra Pradesh on March 31, 1987. I was originally named 'Humpi' {which means champion) by my father Mr Koneru Ashok, who later changed the spelling to Humpy, to give the nrune a Russian flavour. I write my family name , Koneru, before my given name, as is the convention with the Telugu speaking people. I started playing chess when I was 5 years old. 
Avik : Who introduced you to the game? 
Koneru Humpy : My father acquainted me with the game. He is also my first coach. I first showed interest at the age of 6 years, when I watched him play a game and suggested a move. Indeed it was the move that actually got me into the game. 

Avik : Your father left his teaching profession to make you a champion !
Koneru Bumpy : Yes, when I took the 4th place in the Indian Under 8 Championship in 1995, he decided to leave his career and dedicate his time to me. 
Avik : And you had won four World Championship at a very early stage. 
Koneru Bumpy : Yes, the World Girl Under 10, the World Girls Under 12, the World Girls Under 14 and World Girls Junior Chrunpionships. I acquired my IM title in 1999 and in May 2002, I achieved my 3rd GM Norms in Elekes Memorial Grandmaster Tournrunent in Budapest. 
Avik : You held the record from 2002 to 2008 for the youngest woman ever to become a grandmaster! 
Koneru Bumpy : Yes, I achieved it at the age of 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, beating Judit Polgar's previous record by 3 months; which was later lost in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008 to Hou Yifan. I won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship in 2001 and won the edition or North Urals Cup, the Women's Super Tournrunent held in Krasnoturinsk. In 2006, I participated in the Women's World Chess Chrunpionship, but my crunpaign had to end early in the second round. I played in the first board of Monte Carlo Chess Club and won the last two editions of the European Club Cup. 
Avik : You have got some awards also ! 
Koneru Humpy : Yes, Arjuna Award in 2003, Padmashri Award in 2007 and Raja-Lakshmi Award in 2008. 

Avik : In India, many young chess players are ready to take a break in education and are fully focussed on chess preparations. What are your views? 
Koneru Humpy : I don't think that taking up chess as a career and completely neglecting studies will be necessary at an earlier stage. After getting to a certain level in the game, they themselves should decide their preferences i.e. whether to play seriously or not. 
Avik : What advice would you offer to parents of enthusiastic and talented chess children? 
Koneru Humpy : Parents should not compel children to play chess. If children are genuinely interested in the game, they should encourage them. But they shouldn't hurry to get results. 

Avik : How often do you exercise? Do you think daily physical exercise can help a chess player to cope with the pressure and increase the brain's ability to concentrate? 

Koneru Humpy : I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says, 'a sound mind in a sound body'. Exercise shows a lot of impact on the brain. 
Avik : Thank you for talking to me and giving valuable advice. 
Koneru Humpy : Thank you. 

Study the following sentences. Select the one underlined word which is incorrect. Write the incorrect word in the boxes provided. One has been done as an example.

e.g. Advertisements can be extremely useful if they were honest and help you decide what to buy.

(a) For example, if you break your pen, but want to buy another, the first thing to do is look at advertisements.

(b)  This will help you choose the good type of pen.

(c) However, advertisements can be harmful when it try to exploit the public.

(d) It had found that young people, especially teenagers, are affected the most by advertisements.

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example.

was/ about twenty / childhood / delight / years ago.
Childhood was a delight about twenty years ago.

(a) the leisure hours/of a child/ of the TV / today / are spent / in front
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(b) of most / now – a – days / the attitude / parents is / different
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(c) work and play / different things / they see / as / two
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(d) playing / feel / is a / waste of / they / time / that
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