prepositions - seminář

PREPOSITIONS –practice

1. Fill in an appropriate preposition

   1. The game was postponed __________ rain.

   2. The biologists did not manage to get ________ the jungle.

   3. He turned green _______ envy.

   4. He fastened the paper on the door _______ scotch.

   5. You can open the door _______ pushing this button.

   6. What are you doing _____ Christmas.

   7. ______my arrival in China I fell ill and had to spend a week in bed.

   8. Do you still have an account ______ Barkley’s bank?

   9. After taking a degree ______Oxford, Thomas Hughes trained as a barrister.

   10. The Prime minister lives _______10 Downing Street.

   11. I have been invited to a wedding ______ 14 February.

   12. Jonathan is 63. He’ll be retiring from his job _____ two years’ time.

   13. _______ weekends we often go for long walks in the country.

   14. I don’t like driving _____ night.

   15. It was a short book and easy to read. I read it ____ a day.

   16. The bus was late this morning, but it’s usually _____ time.

   17. I like to get up ____ time to have a big breakfast before going to work.

   18. I’m going away ____ the end of the month.

   19. It took me a long time to find a job. ____ the end I got a job in a hotel.

   20. There was a long queue of people _____ the bus stop.

   21. There was an accident ______ the crossroads this morning.

   22. You’ll find the sports results ______ the back page of the newspaper.

   23. I wouldn’t like an office job. I couldn’t spend the whole day sitting _____ the table.

   24. If you come here by bus, get off _____ the stop after the traffic lights.

   25. Is your sister _____ this photograph? I don’t recognize her.

   26. The television is ___ the corner of the room.

   27. There is a post box ______ the corner of the street.

   28. We normally use the front entrance to the building, but there’s another one ___ the back.

   29. When I am a passenger in a car, I prefer to sit _____ the front.

   30. A friend of mine was injured ____ an accident a few days ago. She’s still _____ hospital.

   31. We stayed ____ a very nice hotel when we were ____ Amsterdam. ____ the hotel there were just 15 rooms.

   32. Shall we travel ____ your car or mine? Or shall we rather go _____ a bus?

   33. Julia is studying chemistry ____ university.

   34. She got _______ the car and went _____ a shop.

   35. I would like to get to the museum. Which stop am I supposed to get ____ the bus?

   36. We arrived ____ our hotel ____ London _____ 8 p.m.

   37. Did you enjoy your visit ____ the zoo?

   38. Tracy left school _____ the age of 16.

   39. Water boils _____ 100 degrees Celsius.

   40. Next week I will not be _____ work. I am going _____ a business trip.

   41. The best way to get there is ____ car. Shall we go _____ my car or ____ yours?

   42. Have you read anything _____ Ernest Hemingway?

   43. Did you come here ____ bus or _____ foot?

   44. It all happened so quickly, one minute I was making chips and next the whole kitchen was ___ ___ fire

1. Explain the difference between:

   1. Outside/ out of

   2. Throw to/ throw at

   3. As/ like

   4. Because/ because of

   5. Between/ among

   6. Under/bellow, over/above (check the copy in Moodle)

4. Fill in appropriate prepositional phrases using the words in brackets:

1. ___________my fellow employees, I would like to thank the management for all they have done to improve our situation. (behalf)

2. We finally solved our problem __________a new device created by our research and development department. (means)

3. __________me, I will be happy to dedicate a few extra hours to the cause. (for)

4. You will have to remember that, __________Hania, no one wants to work on this problem. (except)

5. How can they be going out?! Joanna has nothing _______________Peter.(common)

6. ___________Magda, they won't finish the project until the end of next week. (according)

7. I'm all _____________helping out the poor when in need. (favour)