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9 Verb patterns (1)
lig Complete the sentences by adding an appropriate personal or reflexive pronoun (e.g. her or herself),
an adjective from box A and an ending from box B.
A
fit for its collapse
incapable
guilty of the murder
Independent to play again
lucky
of the Soviet Union
responsible
tillable to-sing to be alive
of maintaining order
After undergoing a minor operation on her throat, she found herseLf unabLe, to sing .
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Although the police didn't have hard evidence against Karl Stevens, they still believed
2

3 The police officers lacked experience in crowd control and proved

4 After all his injury troubles, Marcuson has now pronounced
5 When I looked at the damage to my car in the crash, I considered

6 Mary Walrus had been the company's CEO for five years and the board of directors held
In 1991, Estonia declared
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3.4 Complete the sentences with a personal pronoun, a reflexive pronoun or a reflexive pronoun +
preposition. In one sentence, no pronoun is necessary. Write the reflexive pronoun in brackets if it can be
omitted.
under the floorboards until they
1 When the police came to arrest him, Thomson hid
(hirn5dif)
had gone.
2 his physical fitness, so it surprised him when he found it so difficult
He had always prided
to acclimatise walking in the mountains.
3 Sarah came in carrying a big box of chocolates. At first I thought they were for me, but she said she'd
bought them for because she'd had such a bad day at work. So I had to content
a couple of rather boring biscuits.
I tried to prepare
4 the interview by looking at the company's website and familiarising
their range of products.
5 Thanks for taking the children to the zoo last week. They enjoyed enormously. I'm looking
outside the restaurant at
forward to having lunch with you on Thursday. Shall I meet
about 12.30?
6 My father had broken his arm and couldn't shave so I had to do it for him. I found it
really difficult and had to concentrate
hard.

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