agree about We use agree about to say that people have the same opinion on a particular
subject. When a decision depends on people's opinions, we can use either agree on or agree
about:
• Something that everyone can agree about is that we all want to be happy.
• We couldn't agree on/about the colour to paint the kitchen.
Prepositions after adjectives
Two- and three-word verbs = Prepositions after verbs and (3) =
EXERCISES
112.1 Put in the correct or most likely preposition. Sometimes two answers are possible. (A, B & C)
UNIT
1 1 2
1 Did you hear the tiger? It's escaped again.
2 They heard the Department of Transport that their house was on the route of a
proposed new road.
3 I know it's unkind to laugh her, but her new hair style looks so funny.
4 We couldn't agree what caused the accident or what we should do about it.
5 Who has now heard the thousands of Greeks who were forced to flee their homes
last century?
6 My parents think that we should move to a bigger house, but personally I don't agree
them.
7 We found it difficult to agree what to do with the money.
8 The concert was given by people I had never heard
9 He's told that joke so often that no-one laughs it any more.
Julian spent most of his holiday in the bathroom. He ate some seafood that didn't agree
him.
After much discussion, they finally agreed the changes.
12 I hope that one day we'll be able to laugh how I had to sell my watch in order to buy
some food.
13 He generally kept quiet, afraid of being laughed
14 You often hear women who work right up until the day they give birth.
15 I agreed my neighbour that we should remove the fence between the gardens.
16 We used to see each other regularly, but I haven't heard him since last year.
17 Most people have never even heard a graphic equaliser.
I wanted to buy a motorbike but my parents wouldn't hear it.
19 At the meeting in Bonn, the ministers agreed new measures to combat terrorism.
112.2 Match the sentence halves, adding an appropriate form of the verb agree and about, with, to, or
on. If more than one answer is possible, consider what difference in meaning there might be. (C)
1 The children couldn't
2 You don't have to
3 Many of my colleagues
4 The rebels have
5 Despite early opposition, local
residents have now
6 The two airline companies have
7 I don't often
8 We'd hoped to have a holiday
this year, but we couldn't
a the release of all
b the proposal to build a road through the
c which game to play next.
d Campbell's political views to enjoy his
e whether to go hill-walking or laze on a
f me about our working
g my brother, but I think he's right this
h a plan to co-operate in scheduling trans-Atlantic
flights.
Example: 1 + (c)
children
to play next.
225
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |