The preposition
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 438.
Ex. 1. Choose the preposition that best completes the phrase. Write the number of the phrase and the preposition you choose.
| 1. in at on | |
| 1) the morning; 2) night; 3) Wednesday; 4) winter; 5) late night; 6) June; | 7) midnight; 8) the day-time; 9) early summer; 10) early May; 11) a cold day; 12) the morning of July 4, 1993. |
| 2. by over on | |
| 1) a conference smth; 2) plane; 3) land; 4) a meeting smth; 5) a quarrel smth; 6) a dispute smth; | 7) sea; 8) a lecture smth; 9) book-post; 10) a row smth; 11) telegraph; 12) a debate smth. |
| 3. over on in | |
| 1) a talk smth; 2) a crisis smth; 3) unrest smth; 4) lie the sun; 5) see smth the picture; 6) sit the tree; | 7) a clash smth; 8) be the dock; 9) smb's resignation smth; 10) be the street; 11) blind one eye; 12) deaf one ear. |
| 4. in on at | |
| 1) be good smth; 2) bite smb the arm; 3) agreement smth; 4) strike smb the face; 5) a resolution smth; 6) to result smth; | 7) sting smb the leg; 8) be bad doing smth; 9) to vote a resolution; 10) to end victory; 11) to end failure. |
| 5. of out of from | |
| 1) make a fool smb; 2) do smth curiosity; 3) escape somewhere; 4) do smth charity; 5) What came it? 6) do smth jealousy; | 7) become smb; 8) remove smb office; 9) Nothing came it; 10) do smth spite; 11) transfer smb somewhere. |
| 6. to of with | |
| 1) critical smb, smth; 2) charge smb smth; 3) smb's attitude smth; 4) characteristic smb, smth; 5) smb's reply smth; 6) be guilty a crime; | 7) smb's reaction smth; 8) be innocent murder; 9) typical smb, smth; 10) smb's answer smth; 11) suspect smb a crime; 12) accuse smb murder. |
| 7. in of on | |
| 1) rich smth; 2) wipe one's hands smth; 3) be proud smth; 4) caught the rain; 5) comment smth; 6) deprive smb smth; | 7) force smth smb; 8) remind smb smth; 9) end smth; 10) operate smb; 11) full smth; 12) trade smth (buy and sell). |
| 8. for to with | |
| 1) catch up smb; 2) interfere smb; 3) ask smth; 4) sympathize smb; 5) feel smb; 6) contribute smth; | 7) medicine smth; 8) remedy smth; 9) object smth; 10) prepare smth; 11) ready smth; 12) married smb. |
| 9. to for on | |
| 1) leave a place; 2) debt smb; 3) medicine a disease; 4) treatment a disease; 5) look keys; 6) pills some ailment; | 7) mixture some ailment; 8) start a place; 9) duty smb; 10) smb's departure a place. |
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| The conjunction | | | Ex. 2. Choose the preposition or no preposition (-) that best completes the phrase. Write the number of the phrase and the variant you choose. |