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32. Look for stranded prepositions in the final version of the interview
about movies, located in Activity 33.

Remember session 11

In the example, “This is the movie I told you about.”, you have two actions:
This is the movie and I told you about the movie”, linked into a single
sentence. Both actions talk about a movie. In the second action, you have
a preposition (about) before the object you are talking about, so when
you link it with another action, you leave the preposition at the end of the
sentence, as shown in the example. We called that stranded preposition.

• Write the sentences you found in the following chart.
• Think about two more sentences with stranded prepositions and

include them in the chart. Stranded prepositions

1. 3.

2. 4.

• Check your interview and include some sentences with stranded
prepositions to provide more details.
For our interview

33. Write the final version of the interview.
• Offer some compliments to your interlocutor.
• Do not include fillers, as you will incorporate them while speaking.

Example:
He: Do you like movies?
She: Yes, I do. Very much. I want to major in cinema studies at college.

He: Cinema studies? I am sorry, I don’t understand what you're talking about.
She: Cinema studies examines movies as both an art form and as a form of mass culture.
He: So, you are an expert, aren’t you? What is your favorite type of movie?
She: Action movies are what I'm really into.
He: What type in particular? Can you elaborate?
She: Sure. I am into all kinds of action films but my favorites are the ones about superheroes.

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