Academic Writing for International Students of Business

8 Practice C

 Complete the following with suitable verbs and prepositions.

(a) The enquiry ___ the cause of the accident, not the consequences.

(b) Dr Cracknell ___ that there were only two weeks before the deadline.

(c) Fewer British students are ___ foreign languages.

(d) The theory of relativity will always be ___ Albert Einstein.

(e) A football game is ___ two halves.

(f) A series of strikes were ___ the decline in production during May.

(g) Millions of men died for the cause they ___.

3.8:Prepositions 201

Verb + prep. Example

depend on (also: rely on) The company data. depends onIT for a rapid flow of sales

derive from Modern computers machines derive fromwartime decoding

divide into Trees are deciduous.divided intotwo main types: conifers and

invest in Far more money needs to be programmes. invested intraining

learn from All successful students learn fromtheir mistakes.

pay for Goods delivered in April must be 30 June. paid forby

point out Goodson (2001) overgeneralisation.points outthe dangers of

specialise in This department specialises inmarine insurance.