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The document focuses on dependent prepositions through a text completion exercise about Charles Babbage, the 'Father of Computing'. It includes instructions for a classroom activity that encourages students to fill in missing prepositions and categorize them. Additionally, it provides answers for the exercise and suggests a procedure for conducting the lesson.

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Prepositions C1

The document focuses on dependent prepositions through a text completion exercise about Charles Babbage, the 'Father of Computing'. It includes instructions for a classroom activity that encourages students to fill in missing prepositions and categorize them. Additionally, it provides answers for the exercise and suggests a procedure for conducting the lesson.

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9 Grammar 1

dependent prepositions

Lots of prepositions
Part One
Complete the text with the prepositions in the box.

as   at   at   at   at   by   for   for   for   in   in   in   in   in   in   in   in   in   of
of   of   of   of   of   of   of   of   on   to   to   to   with   with   with   without  

Charles Babbage was born (1)______ Walworth, London in 1792. Known (2)______ some (3)______ the ‘Father (4)______
Computing’ for his contributions (5)______ the basic design (6)______ the computer, he died a largely forgotten
man, disillusioned (7)______ life. Educated (8)______ Cambridge, Babbage was seriously disappointed (9)______ the
mathematical instruction available there and (10)______ the end failed to graduate. However, he had tremendous ability
and vision, excelling (11)______ a variety (12)______ fields including politics and philosophy. (13)______ Babbage’s time,
complex calculations were done (14)______ humans called ‘computers’ who used numerical tables. (15)______ Cambridge
he saw the high error rate (16)______ the people computing the tables and thus started his life’s work in trying to
calculate the tables mechanically. He began in 1822 (17)______ the ‘Difference Engine’, and (18)______ completing it in
1832 he conceived (19)______ an even better idea; a machine that could perform not just one mathematical task, but any
kind (20)______ calculation. This was the ‘Analytical Engine’, which had some (21)______ the characteristics (22)______
today’s computers. In spite of receiving much funding (23)______ the project, he did not complete it and this ultimately
cost him his reputation. Babbage was an eccentric man, who took pleasure (24)______ counting even the most boring
things. Obsessed too (25)______ fire, he once baked himself (26)______ an oven (27)______ 130°C (28)______ four minutes
‘without any great discomfort’ to ‘see what would happen’. Despite his many achievements, the failure to construct his
calculating machines, and (29)______ particular the failure (30)______ the government to lend support (31)______ his work,
left Babbage (32)______ his declining years a disappointed man (33)______ the recognition (34)______ brilliance that he
deserved. He died (35)______ his London home in 1871.

Final Score: ____ out of 35

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Answers:
1 in 2 to 3 as 4 of 5 to 6 of 7 with 8 at 9 in (with) 10 in 11 in 12 of 13 in 14 by 15 at 16 of
17 with 18 on 19 of 20 of 21 of 22 of 23 for 24 in 25 with 26 in 27 at 28 for 29 in 30 of 31 to
32 in 33 without 34 for 35 at
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Part Two
Without looking at the text, fill in the missing prepositions in these phrases from the text.

prepositional phrases
verb + object + adjective +
verb + preposition noun + preposition (beginning with a
preposition preposition
preposition)

excel ___ lend support ___ contributions ___ disillusioned ___ ___ particular
conceive ­___ take pleasure ___ recognition ___ obsessed ___ ___ the end
(eventually)

Look at the text again. Can you add any other phrases to these categories?

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9 Grammar 1
dependent prepositions

Lots of prepositions
Target language: dependent prepositions
Activity type: text completion
When to use: Use this activity after Lesson 9.1.
Time taken: 25 minutes
Preparation: Photocopy and cut up one worksheet for each pair of students in the class.

Procedure
Ask students when they think the computer was invented and by whom, as an introduction
to the text. Put students into pairs and give them the top half of the worksheet (Part One).
They complete the text with the prepositions at the top of the page, deleting them as they
go.
When everyone has finished, the completed worksheet is exchanged with another pair
and the answer sheet is handed out for checking. The total number of correct prepositions
needs to be entered at the bottom. The winners are the pair with the highest number
correct.
For part two, students have to turn over the text and try to remember the prepositions from
the five categories and fill in the table. After this they can look at the text to check and also
to find other examples.

Answers
verb + preposition: excel in, conceive of, known as, begin with
verb + object + preposition: lend support to, take pleasure in
noun + preposition: contributions to, recognition for, rate of, kind of, characteristics of,
failure of
adjective + preposition: disillusioned with, obsessed with, disappointed in
prepositional phrases: in particular, in the end, in Babbage’s time, on completion, in his
declining years, at home

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