Exercise 26. Fill in prepositions if necessary.
1. When we go ... foreign countries we see and learn a lot ... things.
2. She says she likes to go ... the Caucasus ... winter.
3. Japan is a country ... the western part ... the Pacific Ocean. It consists ... many islands, large and small. Some ... them are only a few miles long.
4. The Crimea is ... the South ... our country.
5. My sister lives ... the Far East.
6. The Baltic Sea is ... the West.
7. Show us the longest river ... Russia ... the map.
8. Slovakia is ... the centre ... Europe.
9. St. Petersburg is ... the north-west ... Moscow.
10. Thousands ... students ... all nationalities study ... the institutes ... our country.
11. One ... the students ... our group is ... Rumania.
12. What's the capital ... Rumania?
13. What language do they speak ... Bulgaria?
Exercise 27. Fill in prepositions if necessary.
1. Pass ... me the salt, please.
2. Pass the salt ... me.
3. Give the bread ... me.
4. Show this text ... the teacher.
5. Show ... the teacher this book.
6. He is going to come ... half an hour.
7. Look ... the boy. How dirty he is!
8. I see a new wall-newspaper ... the corridor.
9. The children are playing ... the garden.
10. Are you going ... home? – No, I am going ... the library.
11. They have breakfast ... 8 o'clock ... the morning.
12. I dine ... 3 o'clock ... the afternoon.
13. What do you see ... this picture?
14. Excuse me, may I go ...?
15. Please, come ... . We are just beginning our lesson.
16. The bell is ringing, the students are coming ... the room. The teacher is entering ... the room.
17. The bell is ringing and the students are leaving ... the room.
18. He is leaving ... St.Petersburg, you know.
19. Will you wait ... me, I'll come ... a minute.
20. Are you ready ... the answer?
21. Have some fruit ... pleasure.
22. Help yourself ... some fruit, please.
23. I prefer an apple ... ice-cream.
24. The children are ready ... breakfast. They are waiting ... their father.
25. Let's have some herring to begin ... .
26. What do you say ... an ice-cream?
27. As ... me I prefer a piece of cake ... sweets.
28. A waitress is coming ... our table. What shall we order?
29. The pudding is ... your taste, I hope.
30. Going to the river is ... ... the question, it's too cold to bathe today.
31. Father usually comes ... home ... time.
32. We must pay the waitress ... the dinner.
33. I'm fond ... vegetables and meat.
Exercise 28. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with a preposition.
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1. I cut the paper … the scissors.
2. She usually goes to work … car.
3. Who is the woman … short hair?
4. They are talking … the weather.
5. The car is … fire.
6. She’s listening to some music ... Mozart.
7. The plane is flying ... 600 miles an hour.
8. They’re ... holiday.
9. Do you know the man ... sunglasses?
10. He’s reading a book ... grammar ...Vera P. Bull.
Exercise 29. Complete the sentences with a preposition
1. We listened to the news … the radio.
2. Please don’t be late. Try to be here … time.
3. I won’t be here next week. I’m going … holiday.
4. Did you see Linda? – No, but I talked to her … the phone.
5. What’s … TV this evening? – There’s a film ... 9 o’clock.
6. In tennis, you hit the ball ... a racket.
7. It’s cold today. Don’t go out ... a coat.
8. Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth are plays … William Shakespeare.
9. Do you know anything ... computers?
10. My grandmother died ... the age of 98.
11. How long does it take from New York to Los Angeles ... plane?
12. I didn’t go to the football match, but I watched it ... television.
13. My house is the one ... the red door on the right.
14. These trains are very fast. They can travel ... very high speeds.
15. I don’t use my car very often. I prefer to go … bike.
16. Can you give me some information ... hotels in this town?
17. I was arrested ... two policemen and taken to the police station.
18. The buses here are very good. They’re nearly always … time.
19. What would you like to drink ... your meal?
20. We travelled from Paris to Moscow ... train.
21. One of the most famous paintings in the world is the Mona Lisa ... Leonardo da Vinci.
Exercise 30. Choose the right variant.
1. He is a wicked boy. I'm sure he did it (by/on) purpose.
2. She shouted (at/to) me that I was wanted (on/to) the phone.
3. Take a pen. You can't sign contracts (by/in) pencil.
4. The voyage was tiring. The sea was rough and we had to be (in/at) sea more than a fortnight.
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5. He lives (at/on) a farm somewhere in Texas.
6. Put your signature (on/at) the bottom of the page. Don't write (at/in) the middle, put it (at/on) the right.
7. She made this sweater herself (at/by) hand.
8. He threw an egg (to/at) the speaker. It hit him (on/to) the shoulder.
9. The car that was going (with/at) the speed of 70 miles per hour braked (on/at) the traffic lights.
10. The participants of Greenpeace rally were standing (by/in) a line (in front of/before) the house of the mayor.
11. He was (on/at) work (before/until) 3 o'clock yesterday.
12. He was sent (in/to) prison for shoplifting (at/by) the age of seventeen.
13. (In/On) the whole, I liked our journey. But next year I'd like to go (to/on) a cruise.
14. She is not (by/on) the phone in the country. – Why won't she buy a mobile telephone? It is so convenient. – Her salary's decreased (on/by) two hundred dollars this year and she can't afford it.
15. (From/In) my opinion, she must go (to/on) a diet.
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