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8. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with a phrasal verb or an expression
ending in the preposition form the list:

keep on talk (someone) out of
instead of
there is no point in take up make a living out of
as a consequence of to do with get over
get out of there is no harm in in spite of

1. ____________being made redundant, he lost his house, because he couldn't pay the
mortgage any more.
2. Why don't you do something practical, making theoretical proposals?
3. Why not apply for the job. You probably won't get it, but ________________
trying anyway.
4. Oh no, there's Andy! Just _______________ walking as if you hadn't seen him.

5. The firm has never _____________the financial crises.
6. _____________ being popular with everyone, the product needs further

modification.
7. You're so lazy, you're always trying to _____________ doing any work around
the house.
8. Many people have no permanent jobs, so they ________________ selling things

in the market.
9. Our company ____________ developing a new marketing strategy in attempt to

improve its market position.
10. _____________getting angry with me, there's nothing I could do in that situation.
11. I'm not quite sure what this letter is about, but it's something
______________ stopping a big supermarket from being built in the village.
12. The Manager will listen to you, I'm sure. See if you can _________________ striking

this contract.

9. Select the 'ing-forms' and say whether they are a Gerund, Participle I, or a Verbal

Noun. Give your reasons. Comment on Quotation 4.

1. It is a true saying that a man must eat a pack of salt with his friend before he knows
him. (M. Cervantes)
2. But the real lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war (R.Emerson)
3. He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and his pretention
itself is a very great prejudice. (A. France)
4. Our teaching is not a dogma, but a guide to action. (K. Marx)
5. One must keep on training. (A. Chekhov)
6. More than an end to war, we want an end of the beginnings of all wars.
(F. Roosevelt)
Enthusiasm is the leaping of lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the
understanding. (R. Emerson)
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