Extended Activities

Ex. 6.Fill in the correct preposition.

1. The lifeguard saved the child … drowning. 2. She’s sensitive … the needs of her daughter. 3. He was sorry … the way he had behaved at the party. 4. Tom was sorry … damaging his neighbour’s fence. 5. Clare spent all her pocket money … sweets. 6. Rod sympathized … Delia’s situation. 7. You weren’t sympathetic … that man. 8. Professor Reading specializes … criminal law. 9. This bread tastes … garlic. 10. She hasn’t got a lot of taste … clothes. 11. It’s typical … Jim to forget his keys. 12. Lisa was so angry that she threw a cup … Mark.

Ex. 7.Fill in the correct preposition.

1. We usually go … bus because it’s cheaper than the train. 2. I left my purse … the bus when I got off. 3. She was … a plane to Madrid when the bomb exploded. 4. I must pass my tests … all costs. 5. I’m sorry, I put milk in your coffee … mistake. 6. The bus only stops here … request. 7. She came … his request. 8. I know him … sight, but I’ve never spoken to him. 9. I was … a loss for words when I saw him. 10. Mum made the skirt … hand. 11. … the end of the programme, she turned the television off. 12. … the end they got married, but we had thought they never would.

Ex. 8. Complete the sentences with during, by, until, at, on or in. If no word is needed, leave a space (—).

1. We usually finish work early on Fridays. 2. ... the time you get this letter, I shall be in Miami. 3. She wrote this article ... her holiday. 4. He won’t hand over the parcel … we pay him. 5. The children aren’t here ... the moment, but they’ll be back ... a few minutes. 6. Can you come to tea with us ... next Sunday? 7. I want to be at the stadium early so that we’re ... time to get good seats. 8. Please don’t touch anything ... the police arrive. 9. I should be free by 3 p.m. If the meeting doesn’t end ... time, I shall have to make my apologies and leave. 10. She was reluctant to help us at first, but … the end she agreed to do what she could. 11. I’m not sure whether it’ll be Thursday or Friday, but I’ll definitely be back ... the weekend. 12. Will you finish work ... time to do the shopping?

Ex. 9. Complete the gaps with a suitable preposition or adverb of time or place.

It was 8 o’clock on a cold morning ... January. She was still asleep. She usually stayed ... bed … about 9 o’clock ... the winter. Suddenly she was woken up by a knocking at the door. She got ... bed and went ... the door. There was a man ... the doorstep. She thought she recognized him. ‘Hello Edna’, he said. ‘It’s Tom. Can I come ...?’ And then she knew who it was but she didn’t quite believe it. She hadn’t seen him ... thirty years, not ... the summer of 1940 when she’d said goodbye to him the night ... his final departure. That was when he went off ... war. It was two years ... that when she received the letter ... the War Office which said that Tom had been missing ... some time and was now presumed dead. She kept on hoping that they were wrong right up … the end of the war. But then she gave up. … then, she’d continued to think of Tom every day. … his birthday, she always stayed … home all day because she couldn’t bear to meet anybody. She’d met Tom … the age of sixteen and they’d had a wonderful time together … the start of the war. She was nineteen when war broke out and they’d been together … three years. They were going to get married … the war.

Ex. 10. Write the correct preposition in each gap.

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