A. Complete each sentence b so that it means the same as sentence a. Use two to four words, including the word in brackets.
1 a It’s 10 o’clock now – we’re going to leave at 11 o’clock. (hour)
b We’re going to leave ……in an hour……, at 11 o’clock.
2 a There’s a red house on one side of our house and another red house on the other side. (two)
b Our house is ………………………… red houses.
3 a Walter stood behind us while we were waiting to buy tickets. (front)
b We stood ………………………… Walter while we were waiting to buy tickets.
4 a The best time to phone is 3 pm. (at)
b You should phone ………………………… the afternoon.
5 a W e met her two days ago. (yesterday)
b We met her ………………………… .
6 a They left the shop and went home. (out)
b They came ………………………… the shop and went home.
7 a I went to see my grandmother in New York 12 months ago. (visited)
b My grandmother lives in New York. I ………………………… year.
8 a Sorry – I can’t help you right now. (moment)
b Sorry – I can’t help you ………………………… .
Answers
2 between two 3 in front of 4 at 3 in
5 the day before yesterday 6 out of
7 visited her last 8 at the moment
B. Complete the sentences with in, on or at.
1 There’s someone ……at…… the door.
2 He got …………………… his bike and went home.
3 They got up …………………… lunchtime.
4 She’s asleep …………………… bed.
5 The cup is …………………… the shelf.
6 What happens …………………… the end of the story?
7 I’ll see you …………………… Sunday.
8 She was born …………………… 1998.
9 I go to ballet classes …………………… Fridays.
10 He’s still …………………… work.
11 We’ll be there …………………… about an hour.
12 There’s a spider …………………… the wall.
13 It was cold …………………… the evening.
14 Our house is the third …………………… the left.
15 She arrived …………………… the hotel very late.
16 They jumped …………………… the water.
17 What are you doing …………………… the weekend?
18 Put the box …………………… the corner.
Answers
2 on 3 at 4 in 5 on 6 at 7 on
8 in 9 on 10 at 11 in 12 on
13 in 14 on 15 at 16 in 17 at 18 in
C. Match the sentence beginnings to the correct endings.
1 My parents got married
2 She has a house
3 A tall man was sitting
4 We travelled to Spain
5 The Queen is standing
6 I’ll see you
7 Please put those CDs
8 Rabbits live
9 I do my homework
10 We put the photograph
a on the wall above the television.
b by plane.
c next to the President.
d into their boxes.
e in five minutes.
f by the sea.
g in 1992.
h at night.
i in front of us in the cinema.
j under the ground.
Answers
1 g 2 f 3 i 4 b 5 c 6 e 7 d 8 j 9 h 10 a
D. Complete the story using the prepositions in the boxes.
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at in off on out of |
Scarface sat 1……on…… the bed in his small room 2………… the prison. 3………… midnight he got 4………… the bed, took the knife 5………… his pocket and started cutting the metal bar in the window.
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down through |
Ten minutes later, the bar was cut and he climbed 6………… the hole in the window.
He then climbed carefully 7………… the wall.
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behind into round on |
When he was 8………… the ground, he ran 9………… the corner and 10………… the prison kitchen. It was very dark. He waited 11………… the door and listened carefully.
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at opposite out of towards towards |
There was another wall 12………… the door of the kitchen. When he was sure no one was there, he ran 13………… the kitchen 14………… the wall. When he arrived 15………… the wall, he stopped again and listened. He heard a noise – a guard was coming 16………… him.
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into near past to under up |
There was a car 17………… the wall, so he lay down 18………… it and waited. He heard the guard walk 19………… him and 20………… the kitchen. He went back 21………… the wall and started to climb 22………… it.
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along at below between off on |
23………… the top of the wall he could see a car 24………… him on the other side. It was his wife’s car – she was waiting to take him home. He started walking 25………… the top of the wall … when suddenly he fell 26………… the wall. He landed 27………… the ground 28………… two guards.
Answers
2 in 3 At 4 off 5 out of 6 through
7 down 8 on 9 round 10 into
11 behind 12 opposite 13 out of
14 towards 15 at 16 towards 17 near
18 under 19 past 20 into 21 to
22 up 23 At 24 below 25 along
26 off 27 on 28 between
E. Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order. The first and last words are already in the right places.
1 We / the / 3 / arrived / the / at / o’clock / in / at / airport / morning.
We ……arrived at the airport at 3 o’clock in the…… morning.
2 I’ll / half / in / meet / in / you / of / the / an / front / hour / cinema.
I’ll ………………………………………………. cinema.
3 He / box / out / the / took / into / of / the / and / put / the / it / pizza / oven.
He ………………………………………………. oven.
4 I’m / after / day / to / the / her / in / going / visit / hospital / tomorrow.
I’m ………………………………………………. tomorrow.
5 They / on / eighth / an / live / apartment / in / the /floor.
They ………………………………………………. floor.
6 I / best / my / next / friend / sit / at / always / to / school.
I ………………………………………………. school.
7 We / on / to / usually / by / went / by / work / train / but / Tuesday / go / w e / taxi.
We ………………………………………………. taxi.
8 The / over / the / along / the / road / dog / jumped / ran / and / wall.
The ………………………………………………. wall.
Answers
2 I’ll meet you in half an hour in front of the cinema.
3 He took the pizza out of the box and put it into the oven.
4 I’m going to visit her in hospital the day after tomorrow.
5 They live in an apartment on the eighth floor.
6 I always sit next to my best friend at school.
7 We usually go to work by train but on Tuesday we went by taxi.
8 The dog ran along the road and jumped over the wall.
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