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*, nead the text and explain in your own words how the Darwin Write the story of Larry Walters by joining each group of two
Awards get their name. or three sentences into one complex sentence. When there
are two possible positions for a preposition, choose the more
The Darwin Awards forma[.
The various individuals upon whom the DarwinAwards are 1 Among the 'near misses' is the story of Larry Walters.
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bestowed each year are, by definition, unaware of the honour; and Most fans of the Darwin Awards are familiar with his
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exploits.
even if they were, it certainly is not an award of which any right- i
minded person could be proud.This is because the people to
t 2 ln 1,982, he attempted a daring ftight using only an
whom it is awarded have inadvertently caused their own dea[h ordinary garden chair. He'd attached 45 helium balloons
through an act of reckless stupidity. (The lamous scientist that
the awards are named afrer put furward the theor"y of natural i to it.
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seleclion, according ro which inferior members of a species are
He'd be abte to enloy a fine view of the surrounding
terrain from that height. The plan had been worked out
less likely to survive long enough ro pass on their genes.) Each Z
year: Lhe Danvin Awards websrte publishes a number o[ such
carefutly.
stories which are then voted for by the public in order to select i
Unfortunately, he rocketed into the air, climbing more
a winner. Although the purpose of the award rs, strictly speaking, :
Lo celebraLe these bizarre oealhs and the people whose stupidity than 5,000 metres. He remained at that altitude for more
brought them about, the website also includes 'near misses', which than fourteen hours.
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passenger planes. Their pitots had seen Larry.
Read the information below. Then, where possible, rewrite 6 It was a terrifying ftight. Larry had no control over it.
the clauses in bold in exercise 1 with the preposition in a 7 Luckily, Larry had brought his pistol. He burst some of tht
different position. lf it is not possible, explain why. balloons with it.
8 He gradually descended to the ground. At this point, he
Prepositions in relative clauses was arrested by the potice.
1 When a relative clause includes a preposition, we
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can often choose whether to put it at the beginning Work in pairs. Decide which of the complex sentences you
or at the end. The latter is more common and more wrote in exercise 3 could be rewritten in a less formalstyle by
informa[. putting the preposition in a different position.
That's the man from whom we bought our cor,
Add the information a-e to the correct place in the text 1-5
That's the man (who/that) we bought our car from.
using one or more relative clauses.
2 However, when the preposition is part of a phrasal
verb, it atways stays with the verb. One evening, Fabio was chatting to some friends.
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He adopted three children, whom he looked afrer Fabio was a 28-year-old ltalian truck driver. 'I He
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well. took a gadget out of his pocket to show his friends. lt
Mutti-word prepositional phrases can go at the looked like an ordinary pen, but was in fact a pistot aE .
beginning or end, but we don't separate the words. Keen to demonstrate the gadget to his friends, Fabio hetd
We saw o cafd, in front of which sot several diners. it to his head and putled the trigger 5[.
We passed a cof6, which severol diners sot in front of,
We can't put a preposition at the beginning when the a he'd recently become the proud owner of it.
retative pronoun is the subject of the fottowingverb. b a single .22 calibre bultet could be fired from it.
I bought a house which hadn't been lived in for c he was having a quiet drink with them.
yeors. d at this point, the gun fired and Fabio died.
The relative pronoun may form part of a noun phrase e his hobby was spy gadgets. He had some ofthem
such as some of which, many of whom, the first of with him.
which or an adverbial phrase like atwhich point,
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which reason, in which case. ffiffiffiffi Work in pairs. Student A: Briefly retettthe story
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I have three brothers, the youngest of whom is five. of Larry Walters in your own words. Student B: Briefly retell
He recorded more than fifty songs, many of which the story of Fabio in your own words. Try to use complex
become hits- sentences. Which person deserved a Darwin Award more, in
The host fell osleep, at which point we left. your opinion? Why?
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