Used after verbs, adjectives or nouns

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C. Prepositional

To distinguish the prepositional object from the direct one, use the following sample:

Get off your gloves. - can be replaced by a transitive verb (remove ...) OR the pronoun separates OFF (Get them off.) OR the verb meaning is changed by OFF

à phrasal verb + direct object

Get off the bus. - cannot be replaced by a transitive verb AND OFF cannot be separated AND the verb meaning is not changed by OFF (get = go)

à verb + prepositional object

To distinguish the prepositional object from the indirect one, use the following sample:

She made some coffee for John. - the direct object is present or implied AND FOR indicates for whom the action is done

à indirect object

The ship made for the open sea. - the direct object is impossible AND FOR does not indicate for whom the action is done

à prepositional object

Exercise 6.6. Analyze the underlined objects.

1) I understand it that you're my wife's brother. 2) Read it to everybody. 3) Write to him, and he'll read your letter to me. 4) Won't you sing to us? 5) Do you find it easy arguing with them? 6) Who's looking after your children while you are away. 7) He turned and went after his brothers. 8) Let's walk it a little; we may take a bus farther on. 9) A whole page had to be given over to readers' letters. 10) I'm bringing up my boy the hard way so that he won't be helpless later. 11) Mother says would you please bring up the tea things - she can't go downstairs. 12) They've brought the box up the road. 13) So, Tracy is bossing it here again! 14) You'll find it dream-like to admire the sight of the setting sun. 15) They laid off 500 workers when the factory closed. 16) 500 workers were laid off work.

Exercise 6.7. Make sentences and change them according to the pattern below.

Pattern: I promised Jimmy a new bike. à I promised it to him.

1. 1. the master has explained / the worker / the procedure

2. 2. we offered / all the necessary assistance / the delegation

3. 3. the consulting specialist suggested / the management / a different approach

4. 4. this time I'll forgive / little Pete / his misbehavior

5. 5. can we do / what else / Mr.Smith

6. 6. the defendant himself will tell / the whole story / the Chief Justice

7. 7. I want to ask / another question / the office representative

8. 8. She meant to do / a favor / the newlyweds

9. 9. James hurried to fetch / a bottle of sherry / the company

10. 10. the advice has saved / the publishers / much spending

11. 11. she had to report / the police / the details of the accident

12. 12. the salesman promised / a complete satisfaction / his customers

13. 13. a real estate agent finds / houses / home-buyers

14. 14. the marketing director proposed / the vice president / a new TV commercial

15. 15. the new house cost / $110,000 / the couple

16. 16. the chef baked / a delicious cake / the birthday person

17. 17. they recommended / a good auto repair shop / Alexandra

18. 18. the computer saves / a great deal of time and money / businesses

19. 19. the company introduced / the European market / the new product

20. 20. It's usually a TV celebrity who announces / the audience / the winning lottery number

Exercise 6.8. Supply the necessary preposition and substitute the underlined noun with a pronoun.

1. 1. Lou ran ... Charlie in a health club.

2. 2. She decided to give ... her job.

3. 3. She proudly turned ... the donation.

4. 4. When he reads the paper, he always cuts ... articles about his wife.

5. 5. She's going to put ... a picture of the president on the wall.

6. 6. It looks like Democrats are going to take ... the Senate after the next election.

7. 7. A congressional committee will check ... the report of the senator.

8. 8. She always goes ... her notes quickly before she gives a speech.

9. 9. I have picked ... the list of voters in the electoral committee.

10. 10. He has been looking ... the possibility of a job with this clothing company.

11. 11. The state legislature has put ... the vote on the creation of a wilderness area.

12. 12. Do you have any idea which cab companies are looking ... drivers?

13. 13. The pilot pointed ... the cities we were flying over.

14. 14. I wonder if the travel agency is going to fill ... the plane to Hawaii.

15. 15. Can you tell me how I need to fill ... these lines on this lost luggage form?

16. 16. Did you call ... your agent yet?

17. 17. Her boss doesn't know when she's going to turn ... her request for a transfer.

18. 18. The police might have come ... some evidence in their search last night.

19. 19. The thief told the customers to put ... their hands.

20. 20. The man who held ... the liquor store wore a ski mask.

Exercise 6.9. Translate the sentences and compare English and Russian objects.

1. 1. Какой смысл спорить с ним и доказывать ему, что он неправ? Все равно он останется при своем мнении.

2. 2. Он должно быть забыл о том, что мы виделись в прошлом году на юге.

3. 3. Что заставило его отказаться от вашего предложения?

4. 4. Они посоветовали поговорить с ним лично и попросить, чтобы он объяснил свое непонятное поведение.

5. 5. Все газеты пространно комментировали читателям это событие.

6. 6. По мере того, как он приближался к дому, его нетерпение возрастало.

7. 7. Поскольку у меня мало времени, я не собираюсь касаться в своем выступлении всех вопросов, относящихся к этой проблеме.

8. 8. Жюри объявит о результатах соревнования несколько позднее.

9. 9. Что напоминает вам этот мотив?

10. 10. Ему нельзя поручать такое ответственное задание.

11. 11. Вы уже расписались в регистрационной книге?

12. 12. Он надеялся, что никто не станет упоминать об этом случае.

13. 13. Никто никогда не сомневался в его честности.

14. 14. Вы пытались повлиять на него каким-либо образом?

15. 15. Неужели вы не могли догадаться об этом сами?

16. 16. Я никак не мог припомнить его адрес, как вдруг я вспомнил о записке.

17. 17. Я очень удивлен, что он не ответил на ваше письмо.

18. 18. Если увидишь его, скажи, что собрание перенесено на вторник.

19. 19. Они должны были бы известить о дне приезда заранее.

20. 20. Мы на него так надеялись, а он подвел нас.