JOKE TIME

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 488.

ü Patient: Doctor! Doctor! I think I'm a dog.

ü Doctor: Sit down, please.

ü Patient: I can't. I'm not allowed on the furniture.

Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences with the prepositions in, on, at:

1. I'm going there ____ Monday.

2. The meeting's ____ the third of June.

3. The course starts ____ the autumn.

4. I'm going away _____ Easter.

5. She was born ___ 2002.

6. It happened ____ Wednesday.

7. It was popular ____ the 1990s.

8. I'm going skiing _____ Christmas.

9. ____ the weekend.

10. I'll call you back ____ a minute.

Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences withduring, for, while:

1. She's going to study abroad ____ the summer.

2. Something funny happened _____ the lecture.

3. It happened ____ I was away.

4. Do it ____ you can.

5. _____ I was coming here it was starting to rain.

6. He's been working _____ three weeks.

7. I fell asleep _____ the film.

8. Did you see Tom _____ your vacation?

9. We talked _____ an hour.

10. _____ our stay in London, we visited a lot of museums.

11. What did you do _____ you were in London?

12. I think I need to study French _____ a few months before I go there.

13. I broke my arm _____ I was playing squash.

14. He broke into tears _____ the film.

15. Could you hold on _____ a few moments?

Exercise 3. Insert the necessary prepositions of time:

Exercise 4. Insert the prepositions of time:

My birthday's...... May a) in b) on c) at She'll be away ...... next week a) since b) at c) until The exam is ...... the tenth of December a) in b) on c) at     I always have dinner with my family..... Christmas Day a) in b) at c) on In Spain, they give each other presents..... Christmas Eve a) in b) on c) at The lecture finished..... five thirty a) at b) on c) in I hate it when people telephone......... I'm having dinner a) during b) while c) for I like to go to a party....... New Year's Eve a) in b) on c) at The term is from September...... December a) to b) for c) at He hasn't worked ....... he lost his job a) since b) for c) by The car won't be ready..... Friday a) until b) in c) since You must see Paris..... the Spring a) in b) on c) at He doesn't start work until late.... the afternoon a) on b) in c) at Snow generally falls..... February a) in b) on c) at People give chocolate eggs as presents...... Easter a) on b) in c) at Did I miss anything ....... I was on the phone? a) while b) during c) for I have lessons.... Mondays and Wednesdays a) in b) on c) at He didn't do the work ...... his boss got angry a) since b) for c) until She was off work ...... a fortnight a) for b) at c) in Nobody spoke ...... the film a) during b) since c) on It's always colder....... November than September a) on b) in c) at Their first child was born..... the spring a) on b) at c) in I've known him ....... a long time a) since b) for c) at I'll see you..... ten o' clock a) at b) on c) in She was born..... 1985 a) at b) in c) on

C. Prepositions of Place

2) at - у, около, на (указывает на нахождение предмета вблизи другого предмета);The car is at the house. - в, на (указывает на участие в каком-либо действии или процессе): She is at the meeting now.
Tom is waiting for his sister at the bank.
Sue spent the whole afternoon at the market.
2) on – обозначает на поверхности There is a new roof on the house.
Three players are practicing on the field. (поверхность)
The frost made patterns on the window.

3) in – обозначает в (внутри чего-либо) The house is in the county.
There are five rooms in the house, which has a lovely fireplace in the living room.
A face appeared in the window.

a) The children are playing in the street.
b) Our house is on Third Street.
c) He declared bankruptcy last week, and now he's out on the street.	(This is an idiom meaning that he's poor.)

Exercise 1. Insert the necessary prepositions of place:

1. I live ___________ Australia.
on at in by

2. The bank is __________ the supermarket.
next beside to side next to

3. The file is ____________ the table.
under down bottom

4. There is a restaurant _______________ the Empire State Building.
top on the top of above over

5. The bridge goes __________ the river.
above over through across

6. There's a good film __________ the screens.
by with to on

7. Paris is __________ France.
in to by at

8. Versailles is __________ Paris.
next by near at

Exercise 2. Write the correct prepositions of place:

1. I met Christine..... university.

2. Don't believe everything you read ..... newspapers.

3. Christian isn't here. He's ..... work.

4. Kurt's office is..... the second floor.

5. There were a lot of people..... the party.

6. Frank met Maria..... the way to work.

7. Susanne is..... a meeting.

8. I had a meal..... the train.

9. My children are..... home.

10. This is the best cake..... the world!