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Exercices 77
Message de felin posté le 04-07-2006 à 15:13:43 (S | E | F | I)
Bonjour tout le monde
Correction Lundi 10/07/06
Prepositions after verbs and nouns 1
Read the letter below and add the preposition which best fits each space.
Dear Ms Jones
I am writing in reply.......... (0) your advertisement ......... (1) Secretaries to work ............ (2) your central offices. I had already heard ........... (3) you from a friend of mine, jenny Mansfield, who worked ................ (4) you a few years ago ............. (5) the sales department. I would be interested ............. (6) applying .................. (7) a full-time post. I am quite experienced ............ (8) secretarial work, and would have little difficulty .............. (9) the duties the current job involves. I think I’m quite skilled .............. (10) word processing. I also have wide experience ............. (11) handling members of the public. I enclose a reference .................... (12) my previous employer and copies ............ (13) my certificates. I would be happy to come for an interview at any time which is convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing ........... (14) you.
Yours sincerely.
Good luck.
Message de felin posté le 04-07-2006 à 15:13:43 (S | E | F | I)
Bonjour tout le monde
Correction Lundi 10/07/06
Prepositions after verbs and nouns 1
Read the letter below and add the preposition which best fits each space.
Dear Ms Jones
I am writing in reply.......... (0) your advertisement ......... (1) Secretaries to work ............ (2) your central offices. I had already heard ........... (3) you from a friend of mine, jenny Mansfield, who worked ................ (4) you a few years ago ............. (5) the sales department. I would be interested ............. (6) applying .................. (7) a full-time post. I am quite experienced ............ (8) secretarial work, and would have little difficulty .............. (9) the duties the current job involves. I think I’m quite skilled .............. (10) word processing. I also have wide experience ............. (11) handling members of the public. I enclose a reference .................... (12) my previous employer and copies ............ (13) my certificates. I would be happy to come for an interview at any time which is convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing ........... (14) you.
Yours sincerely.
Good luck.
Réponse: Exercices 77 de nanette33, postée le 04-07-2006 à 16:32:24 (S | E)
Hello Felin,
Dear Ms Jones
I am writing in reply to your advertisement about (1) Secretaries to work at (2) your central offices. I had already heard about (3) you from a friend of mine, jenny Mansfield, who worked for (4) you a few years ago on (5) the sales department. I would be interested in (6) applying for (7) a full-time post. I am quite experienced in (8) secretarial work, and would have little difficulty about (9) the duties the current job involves. I think I’m quite skilled in (10) word processing. I also have wide experience to (11) handling members of the public. I enclose a reference from (12) my previous employer and copies of (13) my certificates. I would be happy to come for an interview at any time which is convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing from (14) you.
Yours sincerely.
Réponse: Exercices 77 de babeth54, postée le 04-07-2006 à 22:14:51 (S | E)
I am writing in reply to (0) your advertisement for (1) Secretaries to work at. (2) your central offices. I had already heard about (3) you from a friend of mine, jenny Mansfield, who worked for (4) you a few years ago in (5) the sales department. I would be interested in (6) applying for (7) a full-time post. I am quite experienced in (8) secretarial work, and would have little difficulty for (9) the duties the current job involves. I think I’m quite skilled in (10) word processing. I also have wide experience .in. (11) handling members of the public. I enclose a reference from (12) my previous employer and copies of (13) my certificates. I would be happy to come for an interview at any time which is convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing from. (14) you.
Yours sincerely.
Réponse: Exercices 77 de mp27, postée le 04-07-2006 à 23:12:37 (S | E)
Hello felin Dear Ms Jones
I am writing in reply to your advertisement for Secretaries to work in your central offices. I had already heard about you from a friend of mine, Jenny Mansfield, who worked with you a few years ago in the sales department. I would be interested in applying for a full-time post. I am quite experienced in secretarial work, and would have little difficulty with the duties the current job involves. I think I’m quite skilled at word processing. I also have wide experience with handling members of the public. I enclose a reference from my previous employer and copies of my certificates. I would be happy to come for an interview at any time (which is) convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely.
Réponse: Exercices 77 de coferam, postée le 07-07-2006 à 17:17:57 (S | E)
Bonjour Felin
Dear Ms Jones
I am writing in reply..at..(0) your advertisement ..about..(1) Secretaries to work ..in..(2) your central offices. I had already heard ..of..(3) you from a friend of mine, jenny Mansfield, who worked ..for.. (4) you a few years ago ..at..(5) the sales department. I would be interested ..as..(6) applying ..at.. (7) a full-time post. I am quite experienced ..in..(8) secretarial work, and would have little difficulty ..in..(9)the duties the current job involves. I think I’m quite skilled ..in..(10) word processing. I also have wide experience ..of..(11) handling members of the public. I enclose a reference ..from..(12) my previous employer and copies ..of..(13) my certificates. I would be happy to come for an interview at any time which is convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing ..from..(14) you.
Et Merci.
Réponse: Exercices 77 de bobine, postée le 10-07-2006 à 10:49:56 (S | E)
Hello dear Felin,
I am writing in reply to your advertisement for Secretaries to work in your central offices. I had already heard about you from a friend of mine, Jenny Mansfield, who worked for you a few years ago in the sales department. I would be interested in applying for a full-time post. I am quite experienced in secretarial work, and would have little difficulty with the duties the current job involves. I think I’m quite skilled at word processing. I also have wide experience with handling members of the public. I enclose a reference from my previous employer and copies of my certificates. I would be happy to come for an interview at any time which is convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely.
Réponse: Exercices 77 de coco02, postée le 10-07-2006 à 12:45:37 (S | E)
hello Felin,
I am writing in reply to (0) your advertisement about (1) Secretaries to work in (2) your central offices. I had already heard about (3) you from a friend of mine, jenny Mansfield, who worked with (4) you a few years ago in (5) the sales department. I would be interested in (6) applying for (7) a full-time post. I am quite experienced in (8) secretarial work, and would have little difficulty with (9) the duties the current job involves. I think I’m quite skilled in (10) word processing. I also have wide experience in(11) handling members of the public. I enclose a reference of(12) my previous employer and copies of (13) my certificates. I would be happy to come for an interview at any time which is convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing from (14) you.
Yours sincerely.
Réponse: Exercices 77 de felin, postée le 10-07-2006 à 16:18:32 (S | E)
Bonjour tout le monde
Voici la correction:
Dear Ms Jones
I am writing in reply to (0) your advertisement for (1) Secretaries to work in (2) your central offices. I had already heard of (3) you from a friend of mine, jenny Mansfield, who worked for/.with (4) you a few years ago in (5) the sales department. I would be interested in (6) applying for (7) a full-time post. I am quite experienced in (8) secretarial work, and would have little difficulty with (9) the duties the current job involves. I think I’m quite skilled in (10) word processing. I also have wide experience in (11) handling members of the public. I enclose a reference from (12) my previous employer and copies of (13) my certificates. I would be happy to come for an interview at any time which is convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing from (14) you.
Yours sincerely.
Merci à tous pour votre participation.
Verb + preposition
Here are summaries of the way common verbs combine with particular prepositions or particles (in the heading):
About ==> agree, dream, hear, laugh, know, forget, quarrel, worry.
With ==>agree, deal, compare, discuss, cope, provide, sympathise, collide.
To ==> agree, apply, belong, listen, go, refer, speak, shout.
For ==>apologise, pay, wait, admire, forgive, punish, work, like.
Of ==> approve, dream, accuse, remind, die, smell, consist, taste.
At ==>arrive, laugh, look, shout, joke, stare.
In ==> arrive, succeed, believe, include, involve, persist.
From ==> differ, resign, suffer, stop, recover, come.
On ==> insist, rely, congratulate, bet, decide, count.
Noun + preposition
Here are summaries of the way nouns combine with particular prepositions (in the headings):
With ==> relationship, trouble, connection, contract, agreement, harmony.
Of ==> delay, description, hope, idea, lack, map.
To ==> damage, reaction, reply, solution, objection, thanks.
From ==> departure, protection, fall, extract, phone call.
About ==> discussion, information, quarrel, argument, debate, hesitation.
Between ==> choice, comparison, connection, contact, relationship.
In ==> decrease, delay, expert, failure, increase
For ==> excuse, reason, reputation, respect, responsibility.
On ==>advice, attack, book, expert, talk.
Connect with, connect to, connection between
• Connect to means 'to join two or more things':
First, connect the speakers to the CD player.
• Connect with means 'to realise that two facts or events are connected':
The police did not connect her with the crime.
• Connection between means 'the way two facts, ideas or events are related to each other':
There is a proven connection between smoking and cancer.
Hear of, hear about, hear from
• Hear of means 'to know that something or someone exists':
I've never heard of him in my life.
• Hear about means 'to find out a piece of information':
Did you hear about the fire?
• Hear from means 'to receive news from someone e.g. in a letter or by e-mail': Have you heard from Sarah lately?
Pay by, pay for, pay in
• We pay for something when we buy it:
She paid $200 for the use of the room.
• Pay by means 'pay using':
Can I pay by Visa?
• We pay in a particular currency:
Can I pay in euros /English pounds?
Shout at, to, for, in
• Shout at somebody means 'to say something very loudly because you are angry':
I wish you’d stop shouting at the children.
• Shout to somebody means 'to shout so they can hear':
The children shouted to each other.
• Shout for means 'to shout in order to get':
He rushed out of the house, shouting for help.
I shouted for the children to come and eat.
• Shout in + noun means 'to shout because of'.'
He shouted in pain as the ball hit him.
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