Prof Francisco Zabala – 2014 Adapted from Prof Mónica Terluk Stranding Stranded Prepositions Complete the questions and answer B for the following sentences based on the example below Make sure your sentence ends in a stranded preposition Then, transcribe ALL the sentences What are they waiting for? a They’re waiting for the manager b It’s the manager (that) they’re waiting for What _? a Patricia dreams of starting her own company b Starting her own company Where ? a My grandmother came from Germany b Germany What ? a My daughter is looking at that gorgeous Persian carpet b That gorgeous Persian carpet Stranded Auxiliaries Rewrite the following sentences so that they contain a stranded auxiliary verb If there are two sentences, join them into one Then, transcribe ALL the sentences I am really young You aren’t so young, Ian a I’m younger b You aren’t as _ The weather is good today It wasn’t so good yesterday The weather is much better _ Vanessa works hard The other students work hard a Vanessa works as hard as _ The Greeks were really creative The Romans weren’t so creative a The Greeks b The Romans weren’t as _