I heard this song…

1. …on the radio.

2. ….on TV.

3. …for the first time.

4. …at the disco.

For more details, please contact us…

1. …at 01273 566309

2. …on extension 499

3. …in a week or so

4. …by e-mail

I saw this girl…

1. …in the photograph.

2. …on TV.

3. …on the front of a magazine.

4. …in a musical film.

5. …in the kitchen

6. …at the crossroads near my house.

7. …in a night club.

Упражнение 4. Вставьте предлоги если необходимо.

My grandparents had been living …in the mountains …for twenty years. … every winter I would come …to the small village near the lake which is within a short walking distance …to the right …of their cottage. The place is really lovely. If you climb … the mountain top you can get a splendid view …from there. Far away, …on the white snow you will see some tiny coloured spots …of the cottages …on the green …of the forest and the shining mirror …of the lake. I liked to ski down the mountain slope through the forest …to the lake and then across it …to the village. …at times I would skate …on the lake or go …to the forest …on foot.

Usually I stayed …with my grandparents …for three weeks during my vacations, but … this year my sister Mary invited me to spend a fortnight …with her. … last summer she bought a house …in the country and said that she lived …at 12, Cherry Lane, not far from the railway station and if I went …by train she would meet me.

I decided to go …on the 3 of February late …at night. …At 1 o’clock …in the morning I was …at the bus stop, just …in time to catch the last bus, and …at 1.30 got …to the station. There were very few people …on the train and the seat next …to mine was vacant, so I sat there …by the window. …In a few minutes I fell asleep.

As I looked out …of the window …in the morning I saw Mary waiting …for me …on the platform. She came …in her car and was glad to arrive …in time. She said that there was an accident …at the beginning of Cherry Lane. Fortunately we met no more obstacles …on our way and reached Mary’s place …in no time at all.

…At the gates we were greeted …by John, an old friend of mine who happened to live nearby. It was a surprise …for I had no news from him since the last spring. We had a nice chat …at breakfast. He left his job …at the university and …at present works …at a school. …At first he wasn’t much interested …in the new work but now he is quite satisfied …with it. A group of his pupils was even asked to take part …in a TV programme which will be …on TV … next week and …in future John also plans to work …for the radio. We talked pleasantly all the morning till it was time …for him to go …to the school and Then Mary showed … me the room …on the upper floor where I could have some rest.

Упражнение 5. Прочитайте предложения, обращая внимание на предлоги. Поставьте галочку против правильных предложений и исправьте те предложения, в которых есть ошибки.

1. Have you ever had a holiday on a caravan? _in__

2. There’s an old caravan parked at the end of our street. __٧___

3. The British Prime minister lives in 10 Downing Street. ___at__

4. Sherlock Holmes lived somewhere on Baker Street. _____

5. Were you at the football team yesterday or didn’t you play? _____

6. Were you at the football match yesterday or didn’t you go? __in___

7. My brother is a sailor. He’s been on sea for three months. ___at__

8. Look at those children swimming on the sea. They’re having fun. __in___

9. She studies in Harvard University. ___at__

10. She left her glasses at home. _____

11. She left her glasses at her jacket pocket. __in___

12. My friend lives at the middle of Exeter Street. __in___

13. My teacher lives at the end of Third Avenue. _____

14. Turn left at the bank and the chemist’s is at the end of the road. _____

15. I always meet someone in the doctor’s. __at___

16. Yesterday Jack was ill. He stayed in bed all day. _____

17. She was sitting on a towel at the beach. __on___

18. He is waiting on the bus stop. ___at__

19. I can’t find this place on the map. We’re lost. _____

20. What’s in the menu today? __on__

21. The answers are on page 3. _____

22. The road signs were on Swahili, so we didn’t understand anything. _in__

23. I look awful on my passport photo. __in__

24. Stop looking at yourself in the mirror! _____

25. Call me at work. I’m on extension 2387. _____

26. We stopped in a pub for a drink at the way home. _at_on

Упражнение 6. Переведите словосочетания на английский язык.

Через час in an hour, весной in spring, к пяти часам by five o’clock, в пять часов at five o’clock, в понедельник on monday, пятого апреля on the fifth of April, на прошлой неделе last week, справа от двери to the right of the door, в будущем году next year, на работе at work, в кабинете in the office, у окна at/by the window, в постели in bed, на закате at sunset, в городе in town, загородом in the country, в деревню to the country, на севере in the north, на море at sea, внизу страницы at the bottom of the page, на завтрак for breakfast, к ее ужасу to her horror, в углу комнаты in the corner of the room, на углу двух улиц at the corner of two streets, за обедом at dinner, по ошибке by mistake, нож для колки льда a knife for cutting ice, на Рождество on/for Christmas, понемногу little by little, в этом месяце this month, ехать поездом to go by train, утром следующего дня in the morning of the next day, на автобусной остановке at the bus stop, нa автобусную остановку to the bus stop, в лесу in the forest, в лес to the forest, на уроке at the lesson, на урок to the lesson, на выставке at the exhibition, на выставку to the exhibition, в театре at the theatre, в театр to the theatre, на доске on the blackboard, на доску (смотреть) at the blackboard, на мосту on the bridge, на полу on the floor, в поезде on the train, по прибытии on arrival, через два дня in two days, в прошлый вторник last Tuesday, на следующей неделе next week, на такси by taxi, в такси in a taxi, на ваш вкус to your taste, в течение некоторого времени for a while/some time, в то же время at the same time, во время войны during the war, за столом at the table, посреди площади in the middle of the square, по моему мнению in my opinion, тихим голосом in a low voice, по возвращении on coming back, в плохом настроении in a bad/blue mood, слушать музыку to listen to music, ждать друга to wait for a friend, на улице in the street, на улице Чехова on Chekhov Street, на Чехова 15 at 15, Chekhov Street, к примеру for example.

Упражнение 7. Переведите предложения на английский язык, обращая внимание на предлоги.

1. Я набрал ваш номер по ошибке. I dialed your number by mistake.

2. Я с удовольствием сяду у окна. I will sit by the window with pleasure.

3. Мне нужно купить нож для резки мяса. I need to buy a knife for cutting meat.

4. По пути домой я люблю слушать музыку. I like to listen to music on the way home.

5. Не открывайте консервы ножом. Это опасно. Don’t open a tin/can with a knife.

6. Один дом в середине нашей улицы продается. One house in the middle of our street is for sale.

7. Абонемент нельзя купить в автобусе. You can’t buy a season ticket on the bus.

8. Что находится на углу Коммунистической и Карла Маркса? What is there at the corner of K. Street and K.M. Street?

9. – Я приду через полчаса. – Хорошо, я подожду тебя на автобусной остановке. I’ll be back in half an hour. – Ok, I’ll wait for you at the bus stop.

10. К моему удивлению на фотографии она выглядела даже лучше, чем в жизни. To my surprise in the photo she looked even better than she really was.

11. Она посмотрела на меня с удивлением. She looked at me in surprise.

12. Не слушай, что он говорит. Он, кроме того, что хвастун, еще и лгунишка. Don’t listen to what he says. He is both a boaster and a liar.

13. Я люблю ходить пешком. К тому же, по моему мнению, это полезно. I like walking/going on foot. Besides, I think it’s useful.

14. За обедом все хранили молчание. At dinner everyone kept silent.

15. Я нахожусь в Англии по приглашению Премьер-министра. I am in England at the Prime Minister’s invitation.

16. – Мистер Питт у себя? – Нет, но он уже на пути в офис. Перезвоните через 10 минут. Is Mr. Pitt in? – No, but he is on the way to the office. Call back in 10 minutes.

17. – Объясните мне, пожалуйста, что это за блюдо в меню внизу страницы. – Это пирожные, покрытые сахарной глазурью. Explain to me, please, what dish is there on the menu at the bottom of the page? – These are cakes covered with sugar icing.

18. На мой день рождения мы пойдем в ночной клуб. We’ll go to a night club on my birthday.

19. –Что у тебя на уме? – Я спешу, потом объясню. What’s on your mind? – I’m in a hurry, I will explain later.

20. – У меня не получается задача по математике. – Я с удовольствием помогу тебе. Я хорошо разбираюсь в математике. I can’t do the sum. – I’ll help you with pleasure. I am good at Math.

REVISION

B. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the word in bold type.