Prepositions

Ex. 16. Put the correct preposition in, at, on (time).

1. The course begins____January 7th and ends____March 10th.

2. I went to bed____midnight and got up___6:30 the next morning.

3. We traveled overnight to Paris and arrived____5:00____the morning.

4. Mozart was born in Salzburg___1756.

5. Are you doing anything special_____the weekend?

6. Hurry up! We’ve got to go ____five minutes.

7. I haven’t seen Ann for a few days. I last saw her____Tuesday.

8. I’ll call you____Tuesday morning____about 10:00, okay?

9. I might not be home____the morning. Can you call____the afternoon instead?

10. Tom’s grandmother died____1977____the age of 79.

11. I get paid____the end of the month.

12. Jack’s brother is an engineer, but he’s unemployed____the moment.

13. The price of electricity is going up____October.

14. ____Sunday afternoons I usually go for a walk in the park.

15. There are usually a lot of parties____New Year’s Eve.

16. I like walking around town____night. It’s always so peaceful.

17. Tom doesn’t see his parents very often these days - usually only____Christmas and sometimes____the summer for a few days.

18. _____the end of a course, the students usually have a party.

19. I’ve been invited to a wedding____February 14.

20. I’m just going out to do some shopping. I’ll be back____half an hour.

21. ____Ann works hard during the week, so she likes to relax____weekends.

22. It was a short book and easy to read. I read it____a day.

23. Carol got married____17, which is rather young to get married.

24. Would you like to go to the movies____Friday night?

25. The telephone rang and the doorbell rang____the same time.

26. ____Mary and Henry always go out for dinner____their wedding anniversary.

27. Mr. Davis is 63. He’ll be retiring from his job____two years’ time.

Ex. 17. Put the correct preposition in, at, on (position).

1. I’ll meet you____the corner (of the street) at 10:00.

2. We got stuck in a traffic jam____the way to the airport.

3. There was an accident____the intersection this morning.

4. Look at those beautiful horses____that field!

5. I can’t find Tom____this photograph. Is he____it?

6 ____the end of the road there is a path leading to the river.

7. I wouldn’t like an office job. I couldn’t spend the whole day sitting____a desk.

8. Do you take sugar____your coffee?

9. Ann’s brother lives_____a small town____the coast of Maine.

10. You’ll find the sports results____the back page of the newspaper.

11. Sue and Dave got married____Denver four years ago.

12. Paris is____the river Seine.

13. Mr. Black’s office is the fifth floor. When you get off the elevator, it’s the third door____your left.

14. We normally use the front entrance to the building, but there’s another entrance____the back.

15. If you want to get away from modern life, you should go and live____a small island in the middle of the ocean.

16. The man the police are looking for has a scar____his right cheek.

17. I wasn’t sure whether I had come to the right apartment because there was no name ____the door.

Ex. 18. Put the correct preposition in, at, on (position).

1. I didn’t see you____the party on Saturday. Where were you?

2. It was a very slow train. It stopped____every little station.

3. He speaks French quite well. He studied____Paris for a year.

4. Tom’s sick. He wasn’t____work today. He was____home____bed.

5. The exhibition____the art gallery finished on Saturday.

6. There will be a public meeting____the Town Hall next week, to discuss the plan to build a new highway.

7. I haven’t seen Ken for some time. I last saw him____Dave’s wedding.

8. Paul is a student____Central Community College.

9. Don’t call tomorrow evening. I won’t be____home. I’ll be____Ann’s.

10. _____It’s always too hot____Linda’s house. She has the heat on too high.

11. ____Jane is an anthropology student____college.

Ex. 19. Complete these sentences with in, to, into, on, or by. If no preposition is necessary, leave the sentence as it is.

1. I’m tired. I’m going____bed.

2. What time are you going____home?

3. I decided not to go____car. I went____my bike instead.

4. We went____a very good party last night. We didn’t get____home until 3 a.m.

5. I saw Jane this morning. She was____a bus that passed me.

6. Sorry I’m late. I missed the bus, so I had to come____foot.

7. The quickest way to get around New York is____subway.

8. I have to go____the bank today to change some money.

9. I had lost my key, but I managed to climb ____the house through a window.

10. ____Marcel has just returned____France after two years in Canada.

11. I didn’t feel like walking, so I came home____a taxi.