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Xomplete sentences a-f, using one of the prepositions below and an appropriate gerund.
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a Staff are blaming one of the pupils_____
b Maria accused her boyfriend _.
c Bystanders praised the heroic firefighter----
d The accident wouldn't have happened if you
hadn't insisted ...___
e An effective way of discouraging children ....
f The millionaire footballer has apologised ... _
9yTJnderline the correct structure in a-f from the pairs in italics.
a My mother suggested my friends and I going/that
my friends and I should get away for the day. b Enrico rang and asked if we were going/we are
going to last night's birthday celebrations, c I was shocked when the policeman accused me
to shoplift/of shoplifting. d Mark wanted to know what was I planning/1
was planning after work, e His wife proposed they go out/them to go oat for
dinner.
f   Terrorists threatened blowing up/to blow up major government buildings.