34 - ] Grammar Practice Exercises
Upper Intermediate
19 - ] Common Prepositions Of Time .
at , on , in , by , before , after , since , for ,
during , until / till , from a time to / until /
till
We use at with festivals and religious
celebrations : at Easter
Complete the gaps with a suitable preposition of time
.
Basma and Gamila are friends .
Example
B : Gamila , how would you like to come round for a
meal (1) on Saturday ?
G : Yes , that sounds a good idea . (2)
--------------the evening , do you mean ?
B : Yes . (3) --------------------about 8 o’clock if
that’s O.K.
G : Sure , that would be fine . The only thing is ,
I’ll have to leave (4) ------------about midnight because I’ve got to get up
early (5) -----------Sunday morning .
B : That’s all right . I don’t like staying up much
(6) -----------midnight anyway .
G : No , neither do I . I stayed up (7)
---------------three o’clock last Saturday and I felt terrible (8)---------------Sunday
morning .
B : So what were you doing (9)
---------------------three o’clock ?
G : Oh , Kamilia came down (10) ----------------the
weekend . We actually got home (11)
----------------about half past twelve (12)
---------------Saturday night but then we stayed up talking (13)
-------------another two and a half hours .
B : Oh , how is Kamilia ? I haven’t seen her (14)
--------------------your party last year .
G : Oh she’s a bit fed up . She’s just split up with
her husband (15) --------------four years together .
B : Oh , poor Mamilia .
G : Yes , and they split up just (16)
-------------------her exams started too . In fact , I think she had her first
exam the next day . Isn’t that awful ? Anyway , I’ll tell you about it (17) ---
Saturday .
B : O.K. I’ll see you then .
20 ] Common Prepositions Of Position And Movement
Notes
- We usually use on rather than onto . We use onto when we want to emphasize
the movement from one place onto another .
Examples
I drove onto the motorway . ( I drove off
another road onto the motorway .)
I drove on the motorway . ( That’s where I
drove . / That’s how I got there . )
- in as an adverb : When does the train get in
?
- on a train , bus , plane
- in a car
Complete the gaps with a preposition ( or adverb ) of
position or movement .
Two friends , Badria and Mariam , are talking .
Example
B : I didn’t see you (1) at the club last
night . Where were you ? Did you stay (2)-------home?
M : Yes , I thought it was time to stay (3)
-----------for a change and , besides , I didn’t feel very well . I just lay
(4) ---------------bath reading for ages . I decided I wasn’t going to get (5)
---------------the bath until I’d finished the book . But then Rashida turned
up (6) ----------
the doorstep so I had to get (7) --------------to see
her .
B : So are you feeling well enough to come out later
on ?
M : I think so .
B : Well , I’m going round (8) -------------Huda’s at
5.00 and we’re going to take the train (9) ------------------Qusia ---------------Assiut
. So we should get (11) ------------nice café(14) ----
the riverbank . And if we see Hassan there , he might
invite us (15) ------------his boat .
M : Oh , that would be nice .
B : Did he tell you about Khalid pushing him (16)
--------------last week ?
M : No . So he fell (17) ----------------the boat ,
did he ?
B : Yes , and straight (18) ---------------------the
river . He was soaked , and pretty cold too .
Complete the gaps with a suitable preposition or
adverb of time or place .
Example
It was 8 o’clock (1) on a cold morning (2)
-------------January . She was still asleep . She usually stayed (3)
--------------bed (4) ----------------about 9 o’clock (5) ---------------- the
winter . Suddenly she was woken up by a knocking at the door . She got (6)
---------------bed and went (7)---------------the door . There was a man (8)
----------------the doorstep . She thought she recognized him . ‘Hello Rania,’
he said . ‘It’s Tamer . Can I come (9) ----------?’
And then she knew who it was but she didn’t quite
believe it . She hadn’t seen him (10) -----
thirty years , not (11) --------------the summer of
1990 when she’d said goodbye to him the night (12) -----------------his final
departure . That was when he went off(13) ----------war.
It was two years (14) ------------that when she
received the letter (15) --------------- the War Office which said that Tamer
had been missing (16) -------------some time and was now presumed dead . She
kept on hoping that they were wrong right up (17) -----------the end of the war
. But then she gave up . (18) ----------------then , she’d continued to think
of Tamer every day . (19) ----------------his birthday , she always stayed (20)
----------------home all day because she couldn’t bear to meet anybody . She’s
met Tamer (21) ---------------the age of sixteen and they’s had a wonderful
time together (22) ------------the start of the war . She was nineteen when war
broke out and they’d been together (23) -----------three years . They were
going to get married (24) --------------the war .
She looked at his face . It was still the same face but with quite a few lines (25) ---------------it and there was a bit less hair (26) --------------his head . He put his hand(27) ----------his pocket and took out a small photograph . It was one she’s sent him just (28) ---------------his disappearance . It was a picture of her (29) ---------------a teenager (30) -------------the war . She held it (31) ------------her hand and remembered back to those times . She felt rather hot and dizzy and thought that she might fall (32) -------------the floor at any moment . She asked him to come (33) -----------------the living-room and they sat down together to tell their stories .
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