Stage b

Vocabulary Practice

I.

Fill in prepositions if necessary:

a.

1. Pass … me the salt, please. 2. Pass the salt … me. 3. Give the bread … me. 4. He is going to come … half an hour. 5. They have breakfast … 8 o’clock … the morning. 6. What do you see … the picture? 7. Have some fruit. - … pleasure. 8. Help yourself … some fruit, please. 9. I prefer an apple … ice-cream. 10. The children are ready … breakfast. They are waiting … their father. 11. As … me I prefer a piece … cake … sweets. 12. Let’s have some herring to begin … . 13. What do you say … an ice-cream? 14. A waitress is coming … our table. 15. The pudding is … your taste, I hope. 16. I’m fond … vegetables and fruit. 17. We must pay … the bill now. 18. Eating sweets now is … … the question. 19. In the park Bob treated us … an ice-cream each. 20. I know your mother is suffering from liver trouble and keeps … a strict diet. 21. He came down … breakfast though he did not feel well. 22. At noon all workers have a break … lunch. 23. … dessert they served plum pudding. 24. Mutton usually disagrees … me. 25. Mr. Pickwick raised his glass … the well-being and happiness of the bride and bridegroom.

b.

There is no dinner … home today. So, let us dine … . – Where shall we go? – I recommend you to visit the café … the corner … the street. They have a good choice … things there. Here we are. Let us sit … the table … the door. What would you like to have … dinner? – Roast chicken … the main course, vegetables … garnish and some fruit … dessert. – Good. And what shall we do … dinner? Shall we go … the cinema? – No, there is a good film … TV. Let’s go … home.

c.

Tom and Nick are going … the canteen to have dinner. It is only half … one but there are many people … the canteen already. Some … them are reading newspapers, others are eating their dinner. The friends always enjoy … their meals there.

They go … a small round table … the window, take a menu-card … the next table and begin to read it. Tom doesn’t want to have any soup today. He is going to take some roast beef and vegetables. Nick takes some cabbage soup … himself, some fried fish and potatoes. He goes over … the buffet and soon comes back … some tomato and cucumber salad. Then a waitress comes … … their table and brings them the soup, meat and fish. She also brings some mustard, pepper and salt and puts a knife, fork, spoon … the table … front … each person.

Nick wants to have some ice-cream … dessert but as it is not ready yet, he takes a piece … cake and a glass … tea. Tom orders some fruit as he always prefers fruit … cakes and ice-cream.

The boys are usually satisfied … their meals … the canteen. So they finish their dessert and pay the waitress … the dinner. Then they put … their coats and go … … the street.

II.

Insert articles where necessary:

a.

1. Dinner isn’t ready yet. You’ll have to wait … little. 2. You were invited to … dinner at … Johnsons’. How did you find … dinner? What did you do after … dinner? 3. Children, wash your hands before … breakfast. 4. What breakfast did you have in … morning: … light or heavy one? 5. I like to have … light supper. 6. What did you have for … lunch? Was … lunch substantial? Did you have … soup for … first course? How did you find … soup? 7. Would you like … white or … brown bread? - … piece of brown bread, please. – How do you find … bread? – Thank you, it tastes good. 8. do you like to talk at … table? – No, I prefer to listen to … latest news at … table. 9. Before … breakfast Michael entered Julia’s room: “The boys have gone off to play golf. They asked if they need come back to … lunch.” 10. She was not out to give the mother … perfect Sunday night supper. 11. She picked at … delicious breakfast Doreen had prepared for her. 12. I don’t care for … late dinner. 13. At … breakfast Alison looked very gloomy. 14. … dinner lasted a long while and was great fun. 15. We sat crosslegged one on each end of the bed and shared … big turkey dinner from the big tray between us. 16. Eva had been especially silent during … dinner. 17. You don’t think you swallowed a fish bone at … tea? 18. As soon as he was dressed he sat to … light French breakfast. 18. I’m afraid I have to cancel … dinner tonight. 19. He and the captain sat a long time over … lunch. 20. I’m going to find a place for … lunch. 21. She arranged … little breakfast for herself. 22. It was during the first part of … dinner that he was very quiet. 23. We were having … excellent dinner cooked by Mary Mills. 24. “I haven’t noticed that … dinner is any different from usual,” he said. 25. Carrie had prepared … good dinner at the flat but was in a solemn and reflective mood. 26. It was two o’clock in the afternoon and Harold was still home at … lunch.

b.