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Prepositions and prepositional phrases




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PREPOSITIONS
I Use the appropriate preposition��AT, IN�or ON
1. Do your parents live �Mexico?� ������������������������������
2. We will go out to dinner���Friday night.������������������
3. The keys are���the kitchen counter.�����������������������
4. Diamond was born �Monday.�������������������������������
5. I am �bed by eleven o'clock in the evening.�����������
6. Her grandmother will arrive there �half-past seven in the morning.
7. Your father is arriving in Texas �five o'clock in the evening.
8. Your sister is arriving �Texas at seven o'clock the next morning.
9. By eleven o'clock �the evening, I am in bed.����������
10. We eat cereal �breakfast-time.�����������������������������
11. We will stop �the mall on the way to my house.�����
12. I like to swim the beach, not just in the pool.�������
13. Diamond was born 7:37 A.M.�����������������������������
14. Lina's birthday will be �a few months.�������������������
15. I like to put make-up �when I dress up.����������������
16. Will you drop me my house on your way home?���
17. I am up at five o'clock the morning
18. Did you grow up Mexico or California?
19. Diamond's birthday will be a week or two.
20. breakfast-time we do not eat salad.
22. Lina was born 1954.
23. We always put tomatoes the salad.
24. Diamond was born the 30th of July.
25. what year were you born?
26. Lina was born �Wednesday.
27. My husband is �his way home now.
28.�I swim �the school pool.
29. Do you like to shop �Lucky's Supermarket?
30. Ron was born the twentieth century.
II Write the correct preposition:
1. You must look yourselves!����������������������������������
2. Look ! A car is coming.
3. Go talking. I'm all ears.��������������������������������������
4. Who did you receive it ?
5. Will you please get �? It's almost noon.�����������������
6. This flu may develop �a serious disease.
7. John was born August 22nd, 1995.����������������������
8. I never go to school Sundays.
9. They go to school car, but sometimes they prefer to walk.
10. We have business classes night.��������������������������
11. He fell the ladder and broke his arm.
12. The pictures will be in the lobby two weeks.���������
13. I must put my visit to the dentist.
14. John is sitting �his favorite armchair.��������������������
15. He was not home yesterday when I called.
16. We are looking �to hearing from you soon.������������
17. She often gets her husband's nerves.
18. He smiled me and then spoke with me.���������������
19. I always agree my classmates.
20. When I saw her, she was a beautiful white coat.��
21. I prefer writing ink.
22. He always mixes passion hate.������������������
23. The airplane is flying the ocean.
24. We do have to fight our freedom of speech.�����
25. Excuse me being late.
26. We are leaving Paris next Saturday.������
27. The government should care homeless children.
28. He reminds me my brother in law.�������
29. It�ll all depend his mood.
30. I�m happy that he came the conclusion that I was right.�
31. They aren�t interested biology.���������������������
32. She was angry herself for making a mistake.
33. I was born 1991.����������������������������������������������������
34. It�s late. I must go bed now.
35. What did you do the weekend?�����������������������������
36. Why are you looking ���the window?
37. I always go a party Saturdays.������������������������
38. What do you usually do Sunday mornings?
39. Can you please pick me the airport?��������
40. Do you like travelling train?
41. I always go foot school.�������������������������������
42. Please write pencil and not ink.
43. I love swimming the sea.������������������������������������������
44. I�m love the prettiest girl in town.
45. What time does your plane land Edinburgh?����
46. Look! That house is fire!��
47. Welcome �Greece!���������������������������������������������������
48. Are you fed up this exercise?
49. I stayed home last night. I didn�t go �the concert.������������
50. Are you good languages?
51. Please translate this document �English �German.
52.�Who are you waiting ?
53. You�ve put a lot of weight recently. You should go a diet.����
54.�I�m fond learning languages.
55. He is afraid spiders.��
56. Italy is famous its art and architecture.
57. My grandfather died the age of 96.�������������������������������
58. Most men are interested football.
59. Before Christmas shopping centres are crowded �people.
60. The United Kingdom consists Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
61. Are you looking your glasses? They are the desk.� �
62. Can you help me the housework?���������
63. Have you heard �the Australian bushfires? ������
64. This landscape painting reminds me �Italy.
65. Have you heard your Canadian relatives recently?����������
66. Do you believe �God?
67. Have you heard Mr Smith? He is our new boss.
III Choose the correct preposition:�������
1. She hasn�t live in Paris all her life. She lived in London �4 years.
2. I need a change. I think I�ll go away �a few days.��������������������
3. He lived there 1985 �2000.
4. I fell asleep �I was watching the film.������������������������
5. I must go. I have to be at home �5 o�clock.
6. Fred is away at the moment. He�ll be away �Monday.
7. We haven�t seen each other �we were children.����
8. He smells awful. He hasn�t had a bath �weeks.
9. We met a lot of interesting people �we were on holiday.�������
10. Could you wait here �I get back?
11. If you are interested in applying for the job, your application must be received �Friday.
12. You should have a break. You have been working �7 �this morning.
13. We saw Amanda �we were waiting for the bus.���������������������������������
14. Bill works �9 every day.
15. It rained�for 3 days �our holiday.
IV Match verbs and prepositions:
to accuse/to be accused�
to complain
to pay
to belong
to apologise
to suffer
to agree
to consist
to believe
to agree
to arrive
V Use the following phrases in the sentences:
by chance ���� for ages���� for a moment���� in trouble��� off the coast����
face to face���� on the move
1. Did you see Donata �?
2. She was �with the police.
3. She stopped talking �and started to laugh.
4. As a young man he travelled a lot and was always .
5. I�ve spoken with him on the phone but I�ve never met him .
6. Cargo ship sank �of Ukraine.
7. I haven�t spoken to her .