1. Complete the sentences with the prepositions.

1. He says that he'll be back ... a few minutes.

2. She will stay ... London ... a few days.

3. She arrived ... school twenty minutes late.

4. We arrived ... Paris in the evening.

5. They live ... Washington Avenue.

6. What are your plans ... weekend?

7. He lives ... from here.

8. ... ourselves, I can't stand this sort of music.

9. What disease did she die ...?

10.What can you expect ... him?

11. Do you see a man ... a white shirt?

12. I saw a woman ... about thirty-five.

13.Don't forget us when you leave for London, we shall be glad to hear ...you.

14.He must get rid ... this bad habit of smoking.

15.They plan to take a trip ... the world.

16.A bat is an animal that sleeps ... the day and flies ... the night.

17.Many people find it difficult to read and listen to the radio ... the

same time.

18.We must find him ... all costs.

19.You can borrow my book ... all means, if you need it.

20. The lamp was hanging right ... my eyes.

2. Put necessary modal verbs.

1. You ... take care of your parents.

2. My sight is getting worse. Next year, I'm afraid, I ... read without

glasses.

3. Don't you see I'm tired? You ... help me, you know.

4. Police, fire-fighters, newspaper reporters ... work on holidays in the USA.

5. ... you get up early yesterday to meet the delegation at the airport?

6. The leopard ... not change his spots.

7. We ... learn from the past.

8. Excuse me, ... tell me the way to the Houses of Parliament, please?

9. ... you like a cup of coffee?

10. The windows were very dirty. I ... clean them.

11. Ann came to the party but she didn't stay very long. She ... leave early.

12. You look very pale. You ... not work so much.

13. I didn't have any money with me, so I ... borrow some.

14. He ... be in the bank today, he is still in Germany.

15. The puppy was so funny that we ... help laughing.

3. Put the verbs in brackets in correct tense form.

1. Helen (learn) English at the Institute. She (learn) English since last

autumn.

2. They are busy now. They (discuss) an important question now. They

discuss) it since nine o'clock.

3. Where is Dan? - He (work) in the library.- He (work) long? - Yes, he (work)

since morning.

4. Hello, Tom. I (look) for you all morning. Where you (be)?

5. My brother (be) in hospital. He (be) there for ten days already, he(break)

his leg.

6. I ( not see) Dick today. He may be still (travel).

7. We (graduate) from the institute in a year.

8. My brother (come) home late as a rule.- It's only 5 o'clock, but look your

brother (come) home.

9. It (not take) me long to wash and to dress in the morning.

10.We were watching TV while children (play) in the garden.

11.We (not be) in the theatre this month. We (not be) there for three months

already.

12.I (speak) to the engineer before I read the article about him in the

newspaper.

13 I (notice) his message on the table when I(come) home yesterday evening.

14.I (write) my composition. I (write) it for five hours already.

15.You ever (be) to Spain? - Yes, i (be) there last year, and I (go) there

next summer.