Complete these sentences with the appropriate prepositions
1.
The
immigrants disembarked (____________) the steamship that had carried
them (____________) the ocean.
2.
Like the thousands of other people milling (____________) them, they
are caught (____________) (____________) a mixture of hope and
apprehension as they crowd (____________) a vast waiting
room.
3.
They have come, seeking life (____________) a new world; and now they
are (____________) American soil (____________) the first
time.
4. After hours of waiting, they are called
(____________) a
desk.
5. All those who pass (____________) Ellis Island are
would-be
immigrants.
6.
(____________) many, passing (____________) Ellis Island was not so
much a matter of stepping (____________) a new world, it was stepping
(____________) a new life, a new character.
7. The man who
finally led his family (____________) the door and (____________) the
ferry packed (____________) a jostling crowd of new Americans was not
Franz Schumacher any more, but Frank Shoemaker.
8. Ellis Island,
almost (____________) the shadow (____________) the Statue of Liberty
(____________) the entrance (____________) New York Harbor, was the
first stop (____________) American soil (____________) some twelve
million immigrants (____________) the years 1892 and 1954.
Matching exercise:
Take
one element from each column to form a sentence, and add in an
appropriate time clause (e.g. "on 12th November
2008").
B
- ever since the Declaration of Independence
- saw 12 million immigrants
- because of restrictive immigration laws
- closed its doors
- opened for business
- disembarked on Ellis Island
- was destroyed by fire
- to build a federal immigration station
- opened
A
- Congress set aside funds
- Franz and Ulrike Schumacher
- the US has been a nation of immigrants
- the new building
- the new station
- the French Renaissance style building
- Ellis Island
- immigration declined sharply
- the Ellis Island Immigration Station
Role
Play Exercise:
Franz
and Ulrike Schumacher have just arrived on Ellis Island: they are at
last called to a desk, for the immigration formalities. The two
immigration officers are going to ask them a whole lot of questions
about their past and their future; they are also going to make some
suggestions about where to go and how to set about doing things in the
United States. They will also suggest the Schumachers anglicize their
name; while Franz thinks this is a great idea, Ulrike has reservations.
For
the purpose of this role play, both the Schumachers speak English.
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