GRAMMAR REVIEW – UNIT 2 – VERB PATTERNS (slovesné vazby)

A. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable prepositions, or adverbials, if
necessary:

1. They had fallen behind _____ their mortgage repayments.

2. The meeting was hyped _____ in the media as an important event.

3. She tried in vain to point _____ to him the unfairness of his actions.

4. We as a country want to participate _____ global markets.

5. These policies are unlikely to prove popular _____ middle-class voters.


B. Put the verbs and other words in brackets into their correct forms, add prepositions, particles
or auxiliary verbs if necessary. You may need to use the passive forms of the verbs. Do not change
the VERBS into any other parts of speech.

1. Being self-employed, they ______________________________  (NOT TO HAVE / WORRY / FIRE ), but
they had to endure other injuries.

2.  The consumer could ______________________________  (DISSUADE / EXERCISE) his right of
withdrawal if that right involved adverse financial consequences.

3. He could ______________________________ ( NOT PUNISH / REVEAL ) the classified information he
______________________________ (ACQUIRE / PERSONALLY)  during his service on these projects.

4. He ______________________________ ( BE / BECOME) an assistant professor and
______________________________ (KEEN / PARTICIPATE) the emerging field of nonlinear optics.


C. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed above it:


1. It’s sometimes hard finding a place to park.

            A place to park_________________________________________________ .


2. Amy was bitten by a dog when she was very young and she still remebers it.

            Amy still remebers _________________________________________________ .


3. The boy said that he hadn’t done anything wrong.

            The boy denies _________________________________________________ .


4. Is keeping all these old files really necessary?

            Is it really necessary  _________________________________________________ .



D. Choose the words or phrases which best complete each sentence. The number of correct answers is
0-4.

1. If you ______________ trouble, the company may be forced to dismiss you.

A   persist to cause                                            B    persist in causing

C   refrain from causing                                     D   don’t abstain from causing


2. Deborah______________ on difficult assignments when she was employed by ABN.

A   was used to work                                        B   was used to working

C   would work                                                            D  used to work


3.  I don’t______________the meeting sooner.

A   regret to leave                                             B   regret  leaving

C   mean to leave                                              D    mean moving


4.  In court he ______________ about the accident.

A  admitted to lying                                          B  refused to lie

C  seemed to lie                                                             D  resist  lying