Use the prepositions in the box.after by during x2 for x2 in x2 since x2 until Buckingham Palace has been the London home of Britain’s royal family 0 since 1837.. In/ On/ At IN In the p
Trang 1GRAMMAR 19: PREPOSITIONS
PART 1: PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
In September
In winter
In the 21st century
In the morning/ evening/ afternoon
I did the crossword in five minutes.
Could you walk thirty miles in a day?
Your photos will be ready in an hour.
The building will open in six weeks
On On Wednesday
On 15 April
On that day
On Easter Monday
On Christmas Day
On Friday morning
On Tuesday evening
At At three o’clock
At lunch
At that time
At the moment
At Easter
At Christmas
At weekend
By They’ll inform us of their decision by the
end of the month
Before/
After
I never go to bed before midnight
I’ll meet you after the class
Since We’ve been here since Tuesday
For They lived in Poland for three years
During I worked during the summer.
Until/
Till
The ticket is valid until/ till March
He slept from midnight until/ till 8 o’clock
Past We worked past midnight
Through She worked through the night
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0 I’ll meet you at 10.30 on Monday, June 14.
1 We’re talking our holiday July
2 I always finish work early Fridays
3 Who know that the world will be like the year 2030?
4 You don’t want anything to go wrong your wedding day
5 the 19th century many children died before they were a year old
6 We got up dawn and reached the summit noon
7 the age of 14 I realized I would never become a brain surgeon
8 The birds don’t find much to eat in our garden winter
9 What will you be doing the holiday?
10 What will you be doing New Year’s Day?
11 The year was 1986 that time I was working as a waiter
12 We try to get away Christmas time
13 I’ll see you ten day’s time
14 They prepared a surprise for me at the office my birthday
II If the word in bold in each sentence is correct, put a tick () If it is wrong, write the correct
word
1 We first visited China on 2006.
2 My birthday is at the second of July.
3 Let’s meet on five o’clock, shall we?
4 School starts again in September.
5 There’s a party at Emily’s at Saturday.
6 What do you want to do on the morning?
7 Let’s go and see Grandma on Easter.
8 Where do you usually go in Christmas Day?
III Circle the correct answer.
0 It was by / past midnight when the party ended and everyone went home.
1 My husband often works at / in night I see him at / in the morning.
2 My grandfather fought during / for the war He was in the army during / for four years.
3 They’ve only had the Ford for / since two months By / Until last year they didn’t own a car.
4 She caught malaria during / though her holiday in Africa Before / By then, she’d never been abroad.
5 The film should be over until / by nine o’clock We’ll be home before / in an hour.
6 We’re leaving for Prague on / at 19th July and we’ll be there through / until the end of the month.
IV Complete the conversation Use prepositions.
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
Are you free to come round for a meal (0) on Saturday?
Do you mean (1) the evening?
That’s right Come round (2) eight o’clock, if that’s OK
Thanks, I’d love to but I’ll have to leave (3) about midnight – I’ve got to get up early (4) Sunday morning
That’s all right I don’t like staying up much (5) midnight, anyway
Neither do I I stayed up (6) three o’clock last Saturday and I felt terrible (7) the morning
Trang 3V Complete the article Use the prepositions in the box.
after by during (x2) for (x2) in (x2) since (x2) until
Buckingham Palace has been the London home of Britain’s royal family (0) since 1837
(1) _ 1761 George III bought Buckingham House as a family home for his wife, Queen Charlotte Then (2) _ 1826 George IV decided to turn Buckingham House into
a palace Workmen doubled the size of the house and build the Marble Arch in front of the palace The work continued (3) _ four years and (4) _ 1829 haft a million pounds had already been spent on it George IV never lived in Buckingham Palace
Victoria was the first monarch to make Buckingham Palace her official home (5) _ her marriage to Albert in 1840, she decided that the palace needed a nursery and more guest rooms (The Marble Arch was moved to a park in central London so that workmen could add a fourth wing to the building.) The work continued (6) _ 1847 and today the palace has 775 rooms The last major changes to the building were made (7) _ the early twentieth century, when the stone on the front of the building was replaced
Today Buckingham Palace is a major tourist attraction (8) _1993 the state rooms in the west wing have been opened to the public (9) _ two months (10) _ the summer and they are visited by 300,000 people over this period
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I In/ On/ At
IN In the phone box
In the kitchen
Work in the garden
Swim in the pool
In Shirley Road
Kate lives in York.
Atlanta is in America
In prison/ hospital
In the lesson
In a book newspaper
In the photo/ picture
In the country
In the middle
In the back/ front of a car
In a queue/ line/ row
ON Sit on the floor
Walk on the pavement
Egg on your shirt
On Fifth Avenue
A village on this road
Paris is on the Seine
On the platform
On the farm
On the page/ map
On the screen
On the island/ beach/ coast
Drive on the left/ right
On the back of an envelope
AT Sit at my desk
Wait at the bus stop
At the crossroad
Wait at the traffic light
At Mike’s house
At 65 Shirley Road
At the party/ wedding
At the station/ airport
At home/ work/ school
At the seaside
At the top/ bottom of a hill
At the back of the room
At the end of a corridor
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1 There are lots of people the restaurant
2 The people who live _ number 44 are away on holiday
3 You should go to the Louvre when you’re _ Paris
4 Gorillas live _ forests in Africa and eat fruit
5 What does that sign _ the wall say?
6 What did Ethan say _ his letter?
7 Have you heard of the strange statues _ Easter Island?
8 Do you really want to spend the whole day _ the beach?
II Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.
1 This photo was taken _ winter
2 We’re _ a concert
3 She’s _ the sea
4 It’s _ page 62
5 It’s _ the middle
6 He’s _ an island
7 It’s _ the mountain
8 They’re _ a wedding
III Supply at or in.
0 He’s gone to the station He’s probably at the station now.
1 She’s gone to school She’s probably _ school now
2 He flew from London He’s probably _ Paris now
3 He’s gone into the garden He’s the garden now
4 She’s gone to bed She’s bed now
5 He’s gone to a diner party He’s probably _ the diner now
6 She’s gone to a wedding She’s probably _the wedding now
7 He’s gone into the kitchen He’s probably _ the kitchen now
8 They’ve come out of the desert They’re probably _ the jungle now
9 They’ve gone to New York They’re probably _ New York now
10 She’s gone to the waiting room She’s probably _ the waiting room now
11 He’s been sent to prison He’s probably _ prison now
12 She’s gone to the doctor’s She’s probably _ the doctor’s now
13 He’s gone home He’s probably _ home now
14 She’s gone to the old town She’s probably _ the old town now
15 They’ve sailed to the Pacific They’re probably _ the Pacific now
16 We live 14 Woodland Avenue
17 She was taken to hospital She’s hospital now
IV Put in the preposition in, on or at.
0 We spent the whole holiday on the beach.
1 I read about the pop festival _ a magazine
2 My parents’ flat is _ the twenty-first floor
3 Melanie was holding a small bird _ her hands
4 I’ll meet you _ the airport
5 Natasha now lives _ 32 The Avenue
6 I was standing _ the counter in the baker’s shop, waiting to be served
7 London is _ the Thames
8 There weren’t many books _ the shelves
9 The passengers had to stand _ a queue
10 The woman sitting next to me left the train _ Chesterfield
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III Prepositions of movement
Up the stairs Down the stairs Toward the box Away from the box
Into the box Out of the box Across the bridge Through the tunnel
Onto the box Off the box Past the box Around the box
Trang 7I Circle the correct answers There may be more than one correct answer.
0 A lamp hung above / among / on top of the table.
1 The actor walked at / from / onto the stage at the end of the performance and bowed.
2 The road that goes above / over / against the mountain at / to / into the village is steep and
dangerous
3 The ball rolled along / among / between his feet and at / to / into the garden shed, where it got lost against / among / between the tools on the floor.
4 There’s an envelope above / on top of / over the fridge with some money in / inside / into it.
5 I could hear voices in / at / inside the garden below / beneath / past my window.
6 They could see something shining below / from / in the surface of the water.
7 If you’re going by / next to / past my house, would you give me a lift?
8 We walked from / opposite / along our home at / to / in the centre of town and had lunch at a restaurant against / beside / by the river.
9 The supermarket is along / across / next to the cinema and by / next to / opposite the car park on the
other side of the street
10 The shout came from at / inside / into the house across / among / past the street.
11 We arrived at / into / to our destination and parked the car out of / against / opposite the entrance.
12 The child accidentally kicked the ball above / over / on top of the wall.
13 He leaned against / next to / along the wall and watched the people going by.
14 After walking at / along / beside the river for an hour, they stopped at / into / past small inn for a
bite to eat
II Complete the blog Use prepositions.
We caught the ferry (0) from Dover and travelled (1) _ the English Channel to
France Within an hour we had arrived (2) _ the ferry terminal (3) _ Boulogne We went to the market (4) _ the main square, where I bought some souvenirs to take back to my family in England It was a beautiful day so we had lunch (5) _the beach It was very relaxing, with the sound of the waves and the seagulls flying (6) _ our heads
After lunch we walked (7) _ the beach (8) _ the old part of town We walked uphill (9) _ the narrow streets towards the castle but when we got there, they told us we had to pay an admission fee to get (10) _ the castle so we didn’t bother Instead, we explored the old town for an hour By then it was time to go back to the ferry terminal All in all, it was a good day out
Trang 8PART 3: NOUNS & PREPOSITIONS
I Preposition + Noun
A hurry
A mess
Advance
Aid of
Cash
Conclusion
Control
Danger
Favour of
General
Other words
Stock
Beginning/ end
Time
Use
My opinion
A diet Arrival Average Behalf of Business Duty Fire Holiday
My own
No account Offer Purpose The contrary The phone The whole Time Television The market Foot Accident
Air/ land/ sea
Chance
Cheque
Credit card
Hand
Heart
Mistake
Breath Control Danger Date Fashion Luck/ money/ time Order
Sight Stock Touch Work
A change
A while
Ages
Breakfast/ lunch/ dinner
Sale/ hire/ rent
Breakfast/ lunch/ dinner Present
Beginning/ end The moment The same time Times
College/ home/ school/ work/ university Memory
Morning to night
Now on
Time to time
My point of view
Age Control Discussion Pressure
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I’m driving into town I’ll get some petrol on the
way
We couldn’t get past because there was a parked
car in the way.
It took Claire hours to decide In the end she
chose a long blue dress
We all left quickly at the end of the meeting
We decided to Brussels by car He came there in my car
PRACTICE
I Put in by, from, in or on.
0 There’s something I want to listen to on the radio.
1 They’ve promised me more money, but I haven’t got it _ writing
2 Why can’t you look at the problem _ my point of view?
3 Would you mind moving? You’re rather _ the way here
4 I rang the wrong number _ mistake
5 I booked our seats more than a month _ advance
6 Sarah’s mobile phone was stolen while she was away _ a business trip
7 Could you be quiet for a minute, please? I’m _ the phone
8 We’ve had a few nice days, but _ general it’s been a poor summer
9 I was lucky I found the solution _ accident
10 It’s a long journey Let’s stop somewhere _ the way and have a meal
11 I spent ages looking for a phone box _the end I found one
12 Are you here _ holiday or _ business?
II What would you ask? Use the word in brackets with the correct preposition You may also
need to use the or your.
0 Ask if you can book a cabin before you travel (advance)
Can I book a cabin in advance?
1 Ask if you can pay in notes (cash)
Can ?
2 Ask if the information is current (date)
Is ?
3 Ask your friend if he dropped the ball deliberately (purpose)
Did ?
4 Ask if there is anything to watch tonight (television)
Is ?
5 Ask your teacher if he or she will be here on the last day of July (end)
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6 Ask Melanie if she thinks nuclear power is a good idea (opinion)
Is ?
7 Ask Nick if he is selling his car (sale)
Is ?
8 Ask Sarah if she approves of the plan in general (whole)
Do _?
III Complete the conversation Put in by, in or on.
Sarah:
Mark:
Sarah:
Mark:
Sarah:
Mark:
It’s a long way to Glasgow Why don’t you go (0) on the train?
I don’t know I think I’d rather go (1) car
How far is your hotel from station?
Oh, it’s only five minutes (2) foot, but with all my luggage, I’d probably go (3) a taxi
Well, why not? It’s less tiring going (4) train, isn’t it?
I could go (5) air That would be quickest
IV Complete the sentences Use the prepositional phrases in the box.
at last at least at the end at the least in the end in the way in time on the way to date
0 This is her best performance to date.
1 I thought about the problem for a long time and _ I decided that the best thing to do was to ask for help
2 He’s probably _ to London by now
3 _ fifty people were waiting in the queue to buy tickets for the concert
4 If you have any questions, can you ask them _ of the lecture, please?
5 _ we can afford a holiday! We’ve been saving for months
6 There’s a car _ and I can’t get out of the garage
7 I won’t be late I should be back by eleven o’clock _
8 Will the new stadium be finished _ for the match?
V Complete the story Use one word in each gap.
My family wanted to do something different this summer and (0) in the end, we decided to go (1) _ a safari holiday in Tanzania We booked our holiday (2) _ advance and because I’m studying zoology (3) _ college, I prepared myself by learning the scientific names of many animals (4) _ heart!
(5) _ last our departure date arrived We were met (6) _ our arrival in Tanzania and we travelled (7) _ car to our hotel in the safari park We stopped (8) _ the way to the hotel and (9) _ my surprise, we saw a lion a few metres from the car!
Every day at the park was different and we were busy (10) _ morning to night
We would set off early in a Land Rover as it was too hot go to far (11) _ foot and return to the hotel (12) _ time for lunch Most evenings we ate out (13) _ doors
But it was the animals that were (14) _ far the best part of the holiday Lying in bed at night, I could hear them and (15) _ times, they came very close to my window But I never felt I was (16) _ danger (17) _ the contrary, I felt closer
to nature than I’ve ever been in my life
(18) _ the end of our stay there was a farewell party attended by everyone on the safari We were all sad to be leaving but (19) _ the same time, we knew we’d had the experience of a lifetime