Prepositions and prepositions/adverbs: at, by, in, into, of, off, on, out (of), to, under, with

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Fill the gaps in the following sentences from the above list.

I I'm going to Bath . . . Monday . . . Tom. Would you like to come . . . us?-

Are you going . . . bus? -
No, we're going . . . Tom's car.

2 I saw him standing . . . the queue but I don't know whether he got . . . the bus or not.

3 How do you go . . . school? ~

It depends . . . the weather. . . . wet days I go . . . tube; . . . fine weather I go . . . foot.

4 The car stopped . . . the traffic lights and wouldn't start again, so the driver got . . . and

pushed it . . . the side . . . the road.

5 Someone threw a stone . . . the speaker. It hit him . . . the head and knocked his

glasses....

6 I want to post this . . . a friend . . . Italy. Will he have to pay duty ... it?

7 According . . . Tom, it is impossible to live . . . Paris . . . less than £10,000 a year.

8 Are you . . . your own (alone)? -

No, I'm . . . a friend . . . mine.

9 You ought to be ashamed . . . yourself for coming . . . my nice clean kitchen . . . muddy

boots.

10 Children get presents . . . Christmas and . . . their birthdays.

11 How would we get ... ... {escape from) this room if the hotel were ... fire?

12 He arrived . . . London . . . 6 p.m. . . . a foggy November day. We often have fogs . . .

November.

13 The man . . . his back . . . the camera is the Minister . . . Agriculture.

14 How do I get . . . the Public Library? ~

Go . . . the end . . . this street and turn right; turn left . . . the next traffic lights and then

take the second turning . . . your right. This will bring you . . . Brook Street, and you'll

find the library . . . your left.

15 Alternatively you could get a 14 bus . . . this stop and ask the conductor to tell you

where to get . . . (alight).

16 The boy was leaning against the wall . . . his hands . . . his pockets.

'Take your hands ... ... your pockets,' said his father sharply.

17 As she was getting . . . . . . the car one . . . her buttons fell ....

Although we were . . . a hurry she insisted . . . stopping to look for it.

18 Mr Jones is very keen . . . punctuality. His lessons start dead . . . time and you get . . .

terrible trouble if you're late.

19 The man . . . the pipe and red hair is the brother . . . the girl . . . blue.

20 Don't leave your luggage . . . the corridor. It'll be . . . everyone's way. Bring it . . . the

compartment and put it . . . the rack.

21 He sits . . . his desk all day . . . his head . . . his hands. It gets . . . my nerves.

22 . . . mistake I opened Mary's letter instead . . . my own. She was very angry . . . me and

said that I'd done it . . . purpose.

23 I buy a newspaper . . . my way . . . the station and read it . . . the train. By the time I

get . . . London I've read most . . . it.

24 He was charged . . . driving while . . . the influence . . . alcohol.

25 People who drop litter . - . the pavements are liable . . . a fine . . . £50.

26 He accused me . . . selling secret information . . . the enemy.

27 You look worried. Are you . . . some sort . . . trouble?-

Yes, . . . a way. I'm . . . debt and my creditors want to be paid . . . the end . . . the

month, and . . . the moment I haven't any money . . . the bank.

28 The car skidded . . . the tree, the windscreen was smashed and the driver was cut . . .

the face . . . splinters . . . glass.

29 Four people were injured . . . the demonstration. Three . . . them are students . . . the

university, the fourth is here . .. holiday. That's him over there . . . his arm . . . plaster.

30 This picture was painted . . . Picasso; and there's another Picasso . . . the opposite wall.

31 The horse stopped suddenly and the rider fell . . . . He couldn't get . . . again without

help and there was no one . . . sight.

32 The children hastily changed . . . bathing things and jumped . . . the river . . . shouts of

delight.

33 We'll have to go . . . car; we can't go . . . bus . . . account . . . the bus strike.

34 Divers breathing a mixture . . . helium and oxygen can work . . . a depth . . . 100

metres.

35 I'm tired . . . working . . . the suburbs and I've asked to be transferred . . . our central

branch.

36 Can I have Monday . . . ? or Can I have a holiday . . . Monday? I want to go . . . my

grandson's wedding.

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