Estudo das Preposições Inglesas ( com exercícios e respostas) - PARTE V - lição 16
Apresentamos nova fase de preposições para o seu estudo.
OF; OFF; ON; ONTO; ON THE LEFT/RIGHT OF; ON TOP OF; OPPOSITE; OUTSIDE; OUT; OVER; OWING TO
Grupo 1
OF; OFF; ON; ONTO; ON THE LEFT/RIGHT OF
OF –1) Causa de uma ação.
Ex.: a) He died of cancer two years ago.
b) I’m tired oflistening to those small talks
2) Um entre muitos.
Ex.: a) I like Tom very much; his one of my best friends.
b) She was born in New Jersey, the second ofsix children in a Polish family.
3) Tema ou assunto de um livro, história, conferência, etc.
Ex.: a) My teacher spent half an hour describing the subject of the day.
b) I enjoyed very much Voltaire’s book of short stories.
4) Indicando posse.
Ex.: a) The house of the rising sun is a song which reminds me good old things.
b) I’d like to introduce Ted, an old friend of mine.
5) Como substância real de alguma coisa acabada.
Ex.: a) His house is totally made ofwood.
b) Bridges, to be resistant, must be made of good and hard materials.
6) Como termo idiomático significando caráter ou característica.
Ex.: a) How can you be so cruel? You seem to have a heart of stone.
b) Salazar became famous and known as the president with the heart of iron.
OFF – Neste caso temos ato de separação com ideiabi-dimensional.
Ex.: a) Carl spent most of his life working off shore.
b) Don’t eat that bread; it fell off the table.
ON – O mesmo sentido de ABOVE.
1)Por cima, sobre (tocando a superfície). UPON
Ex.: a) He was talking to me and the green parrot was there on his shoulder.
b) Please, pick up all the books you left on the table.
2)Refere-se também aos nomes dos dias.
Ex.:a) Let’s have a meeting onMondy to introduce the new staff.
b) I usually get very tired on Friday, may last workday.
3) Usada também com sentido parecido à preposição ABOUT, porém em um sentido geral não específico.
Ex.: a) My doctor prescribed a regimen on fruits, vegetables and small amounts of meat.
b) Those last five days were terrible. They had to survive on water and biscuits.
4) Usa-se também para qualificar partes do dia.
Ex.: a) She came to us on a warm afternoon and became part of the family.
b) Most people get quite lazy on Monday morning.
5) Para transportescoletivos.
Ex.: a) Sue goton the bus and found her favorite friend ready to school.
b) Everybody helped the old lady to get on the ferry boat.
6) Como resultado de alguma coisa.
Ex.: a) He lost his job on having an argument with the company director.
b) Lisa broke her arm on jumping from the wall to the ground. It wasvery high.
ONTO – Significa movimento em direção a uma superfície.
Ex.: a) Jonathan got home and put his umbrella onto his mother’s bed.
b) Stretching your legs onto the armchair like this is not good manners.
ON THE LEFT/RIGHT OF – Quer dizer que algo está imediatamente próximo a esquerda ou à direita.
Ex.: a) Let me show you Richard in this picture I took at the party; he’s the one on the leftof Mr. Thompson, the host.
b) Please, bring me that piece of paper on the right of the dictionary.
Passemos à primeira fase de exercícios:
1) Complete as frases com a devida preposição:
a) What do you usually do __________________ Saturday mornings?
b) He gave me a cup _________________ coffee and sat down to start one __________ his old stories.
c) ___________ my first night in the city I met and old friend.
d) Charles may not realize as he steps ___________ his Lufthansa flight from Düsseldorf at NewarkInternationalAirport, but he has just seen a glimpse ___________ the future. He booked himself a business class ticket _________ the morning flight, as he has many times before. But __________ this particular day he found himself walking to the middle ___________ the plane when he boarded in Germany. The reason? Since June, all Lufthansa daily flights have been operating ___________ a business-class only basis.
e) Most ___________ the newest ___________ the cool hotels are as comfortable as they are stylish. Take the Deseo, ___________ Mexico’s Playa Del Carmen, south ____________ Cancún. Sumptuous, oversize beds roll out ___________ the room and ___________ the deck, letting you lounge by the pool all day without actually getting up.
f) He lives ____________ a volcanic island ____________ the cost ___________ Australia.
2) Altere a frase usando os modelos dados e as preposições. Siga o exemploabaixo:
The dangerous thief died on the hot sand.
Modelo: the coast.
The dangerous thief died off the coast.
a) The many injures he suffered.
b) The distance shore.
c) The deck of the enemy boat.
d) His main accomplice.
3) Complete as frases unindo corretamente as duas lacunas:
A
I discovered later that getting lost was the cast
Many people now place adventure high
He used to be one
Clouds was still clinging to the peaks and spilling most
It took me long to recognize Paul
B
onto the villages below.
on their list of main priorities.
of my problems.
on the right of my lawyer.
of the city’s best-known residents in the island.
RESPOSTAS DOS EXERCÍCIOS
PrimeirO GRUPO - OF; OFF; ON; ONTO; ON THE LEFT/RIGHT OF
1-
a) on b) of, of c) on d) off, of, on, on, on e) of, of, on, of, off f) on, off, of
2-
a) The dangerous thief died from the many injuries he suffered.
b) The dangerous thief died off the distant shore.
c) The dangerous thief died on the deck of the enemy boat.
d) The dangerous thief died on the right of his main accomplice.
3-
I discovered later that getting lost was the last of my problems.
Many people now place adventure high on their list of main priorities.
He used to be one of the city’s best-known residents in the island.
Clouds was still clinging to the peaks and spilling most onto the villages below.
It took me long to recognize Paul on the right of my lawyer.