Prepositions of place, time and direction
at, on, in, to, into
1. Complete these sentences with at, on or in .
1. Do you live …Manchester? 2. He was …the bus stop for half an hour. 3. Are the plates … the cupboard? 4. Look at the example … the board. 5. I met my girlfriend …a party. 6. Kathy’s not here – she is … work at the moment. 7. Are my books … the shelf? 8. My toothbrush isn’t … the bathroom. Where is it? 9. She usually sits … the floor. 10. Is your daughter happy … school?
2. Complete the sentences with at, on, in, to or no preposition
1. My sister lives … Lisbon. 2. Sue flies from London … Scotland every Monday morning. 3. She is … work all day on Saturday. 4. I usually drive … work. 5. We meet … town every Saturday morning. 6. My parents usually stay … on winter evenings. 7. This train goes … Moscow. 8. Lily always walks … home with me.
3. Insert the proper prepositions on, in or into :
1. Where is the book? – It is … the table. 2. Where is the tea? – It is …the cup. 3. Put the plates … the table. 4. There is a beautiful picture … the wall. 5. I like to sit … the sofa …my room. 6. Mother is cooking dinner … the kitchen. 7. There is a girl standing … the bridge. Why is she crying? – She has dropped her doll …the water. 8. I saw many people … the platform waiting for the train.
4. Insert the proper prepositions on, in or into :
1. I opened the door and went …the classroom. 2. The teacher was writing some words … the blackboard. 3. The pupils were writing these words … their exercise-books. 4. There were some books and pens … the teacher’s table. 5. There were two maps …the wall and some flowers … the window-sills.6. I saw a pen …the floor. I picked it up and put it …the table. 7. He put his hand … his pocket, took out a letter and dropped it … the mail-box which hung… the wall of the house. Then he got … his car and drove off.
5. Insert preposition on, in, at or into
1. Where is the book? – It is … the table. 2. Where is the tea? – It is …the cup. 3. Put the plates … the table. 4. Put the book … the bag. 5. There is a beautiful picture ... the wall. 6. I like to sit … the sofa … my room. 7. Mother is cooking dinner … the kitchen. 8. She went … the room and sat down … the sofa. 9. I opened the door and went … the classroom. 10. The teacher is sitting … the table.
6. Insert prepositions in or to
1. We did not want to stay … town on such a hot day, so we went … the country. 2. It is very late. Go … bed at once. 3. Where is your little sister? – She is … bed. Mother always puts …bed at eight o’clock. 4. In summer my mother does not go … work and I don’t go … school. We live … the country. My father goes … work every day, so he stays … town. But sometimes he comes … the country after work and goes back …town early in the morning, when I am still … bed. 5. In winter I usually go … bed at ten o’clock because I learn … school and have to get up early. But in summer, when I don’t go … school and live … the country, I like to go … bed late. 6. Do you like to read … bed?
Prepositions of time at and on
At five o’clock At sunrise On Sunday
At noon At sunset. On the 5th of March
At midnight
7. Translate into your native language.
1. I get up at seven o’clock or at a quarter past seven. 2. On Sunday I usually get up at nine o’clock or at half past nine. But last Sunday I slept very long and got up only at noon. 3. Lev Tolstoy liked to get up at sunrise. 4. Our lessons are usually over at twenty minutes to two. 5. They returned from the wood at sunset. 6. I began writing my composition at seven o’clock and finished only at midnight. 7. My birthday is on the ninth of July. 8. The school year begins on the first of September. 9. On the twenty-fifth of December people celebrate Christmas. 10. On Wednesday I usually have a lot of homework.
8. Insert prepositions to or of:
1. He bought a book … English poems and gave it … his sister. 2. I wrote … him asking to send me a box… chocolates. 3. The roof … the house is very old. 4. There is a monument … Pushkin in the Square … Arts. 5. One wheel … my car must be changed. 6. He was standing outside the door … his house and explaining … the mechanic what was wrong with his car. 7. He gave her a big bunch … flowers. 8. I sent a letter … my friend. 9. The streets … Moscow are straight. 10. Many pages … this book are torn.