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26 UNIT 04 | On the move Prepositions Complete the text with the correct prepositions from the box. Some of the prepositions can be used more than once. by down for from in of on to at LANGUAGE 7 Why people used to drive on the left (1) the past, almost everybody travelled on the left side of the road because that was the most sensible option (2) societies then. Since most people are right-handed, right-handed knights preferred to keep (3) the left in order to have their right arm nearer (4) an enemy. Furthermore, a right-handed person finds it easier to mount a horse 1 (5) the left side of the horse, and it would be very difficult to do otherwise while wearing a sword (which would be worn on the left). It is safer to mount and dismount (6) the side of the road, rather than (7) the middle of traffic, so if one mounts (8) the left, then it is logical to ride the horse on the left side of the road. In the late 1700s, however, people in France and the United States began transporting farm products (9) big wagons pulled (10) several pairs of horses. These wagons had no driver’s seat; instead the driver sat on the left rear horse, so he could keep his right arm free to whip the horses. Since he was sitting on the left, he naturally wanted everybody to pass on the left, so he could look (11) and make sure he kept clear (12) the oncoming wagon’s wheels. Therefore, he kept (13) the right side of the road. Infinitive constructions Read the sentences from the website of a bicycle tour organiser and fill in the expressions in brackets in the correct form. 1 Have you ever tried to go on a cycling holiday and to enjoy it? Trek Tours to change this. (fail/promise/try) 2 It to see how our clients like the experience. It to adapt to our new methods. It to not enjoy yourself. (be easy/be difficult/be wonderful) 3 Let us you to race the slopes that you would never have to ride down before. Once we have to broaden your horizons, we to see you again soon. (attempt/hope/manage/teach) LANGUAGE 8 1 to mount a horse: ein Pferd besteigen Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv