Exercise 213.. Exercise 214.

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Exercise 213.

Complete the sentences on the right using the gerunds formed from the verbs in the box.

persuade go

remember gamble

do see

try visit

talk watch

buy get

speak cry

4. Do you ever watch TV? Never. I think it's a wasteof time___. 2. 1 advise you to see the film which is on atour local cinema. It is worth___. 3. He is speaking toomuch. I think it's no use___into every detail. 4. Whyare you speaking so much of it? To my mind, the matter

is not worth___of. 5. Why are you crying? You areseven years old already. Is it good___over the brokendoll? 6. Stay in bed then. It is no good. ___anything ifyou feel bad. 7. Have you talked to Alice? Yes, but we haddifficulty ___ to her. I did not expect her to be sostubborn. I think it's a waste of time___her to followcur advice. 8. She has bought a new fur coat. Well,

to my mind, there is no point in___a new one if she hasalready got four coats! 9. What are you going to do tonight? Let's go to the casino. I think it is a waste ofmoney___. 10. Where have you been this summer? InMoscow, I had difficulty___, a visa. 11. She has left forParis. It's no use___to get in touch with her, 12. Englandand Brazil are going to play tomorrow. I've already bought tickets. Matches between England and Brazil are worth___. 13. Ronald Reagan often used Russian proverbs inhis speech. I think he supposed they were worth___.

Exercise 214.

Fill in the blanks with prepositions after, before, by, on, without.

1. What did she mean___boasting like this? 2. Hisknowledge has improved___taking a training course. 3. He could tell the funniest story___smiling. 4. ___entering the house she rushed to the telephone___greetinganybody. 5. You can keep healthy and fit___jogging inthe morning. 6. Where did he go___finishing his work? 7. ___writing an article about the events he must go to

the place where they are taking place. 8. ___hearing awoman's cry he jumped up from his seat. 9. ___ goingthrough the customs office he went aboard the plane. 10. She was upset___not getting an answer from him.

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