Unit 4 prepositions Place

1. Underline the correct variant

1. If you leave the hotel, please, leave your key at/in reception. 2. Who is that man standing in/at the bus-stop? 3. There’s no one on/in the room. 4. What have you got at/in your hand? 5. Have you read this article on/in the newspaper? 6. Our office is between/at two shops. 7. When we flew over/at Paris we couldn’t see much because we were above/between the clouds. 8. The USA is a country on/in America. 9. The window in/on our office is behind/at the curtain. 10. Write your name at/in the top of the page.

2 Complete the following sentences with a suitable preposition

1. Put the books … the table. 2. The butter is … the fridge. 3. We saw them … the bus-stop. 4. I met her … a party. 5. She works … Barcelona. 6. I left my books … the institute. 7. There was still a lot of snow … the ground when I arrived. 8. He lives … a very nice area. 9. Yesterday we went … the museum and then had lunch … the cafeteria. 10. Look! You have mud … your shoes. Wipe them … the mat before you come … the house. 11. I’ve got to go … town this morning, but we can meet later … John’s house. 12. I saw Jessica … Oxford Street and she told me she’s still … university.

3. Add the appropriate preposition of place to these phrases

…. the corner of the road	…. street
… the back	… work all day
…. the crossroad	…. the open air the
…. the television	….home
….. a journey	…. the park
….. the bus-stop	…. a chair
…. hospital	…. the door
… Europe	…. a queue
….. Earth	… the bottom
…. the north	… top

4. translate from Russian into English

1. Она встала и подошла к окну. На улице она увидела женщину, сидящую на скамейке. 2. Я раньше никогда не был в Соединенных Штатах. 3. Я не могу найти Тома на этой фотографии. 4. Наша компания находится в конце той улицы. 5. – Скажите, пожалуйста, как пройти к площади? – Вам нужно пройти между этим домом и магазином. Затем поверните направо и вы увидите площадь. 6. Пожалуйста, найдите отчет на моем столе. В конце списка напишите свою фамилию и адрес. 7. Мы долго гуляли по улице и, наконец, подошли к дому, который искали. На двери висела табличка с именем жильца. 8. Наш офис расположен на пятом этаже. 9. Над столом в кабинете отца висит фотография всей нашей семьи В левом нижнем углу указан год когда она была сделана. 10. Посмотри! По той стороне улицы идет моя подруга. Давай пойдем за ней и догоним ее.

Time (at, on, in)

1. underline the correct variant

1. The train will be leaving in/on a few minutes. 2. The first man landed on the moon on/at 21 July 1969. 3. In Britain children have to start school at/in the age of five. 4. You can see the stars at/in nights. 5. Mr. Benn is busy in/at the moment. 6. Will you be here at/on the week-end? 7. I usually go out on/at Monday evenings. 8. Our meeting will start at/in 7 o’clock. 9. In/at the end, we found a taxi and arrived at the theatre on/at time. 10. Hurry up and we’ll be there in/at time for lunch.

2. Complete the following sentences with a suitable preposition

1. The course begins … 7 January and ends … 10 March. 2. … the end of the book they get married. 3. She thought about it for some time and, … the end, she decided to go to America. 4. … the morning he went to see his friend. 5. … Tuesday morning I’m going to town. 6. I like walking round the town … night. 7. Are you doing anything special… the week-end? 8. I’m just going out to do some shopping. I’ll be back … half an hour. 9. My friend is out of work …the moment. 10. The telephone and the door bell rang … the same time.

3. Add the appropriate preposition of time to these phrases

… present	… the beginning
… arrival	… a moment
… 6.30 pm	… last
… the afternoon	… the year 2000
… Wednesday afternoon	… her birthday
… an hour	… midnight
… weekends	… March 25
… weekdays	… a winter’s night
… a cold day	… times
… a week	… the summer

4. Read the text and add the preposition which best fits each space

Going to the zoo

(1)… Saturday morning, we took the children (2)… the zoo because (3)… school they are doing a project (4)… the moment on zoos - and we thought they should go (5)… one and do some research (6)… the spot. Later on, when we got home, they looked up some information (7)… the encyclopedia and we found out that the first public zoo (8)… the world was opened (9)… Paris (10)… 1793; this was the famous Jardin des Plantes. (11)… it were animals, of course, but there was also a museum and a botanical garden. The next big zoo to be opened was (12)… 1829 in Regent's Park (13)… London. (14)… Britain, there are now many more zoos. (14) … Whipsnade Zoo, in Bedfordshire, animals from all parts of the world are free to roam (15)… the surrounding countryside.

4. Translate from Russian into English

1. Заседание начнется через несколько минут. 2. На Пасху люди обычно посещают церковь. 3. Менеджер и секретарь пришли в офис в одно и то же время. 4. Мы путешествовали всю ночь и прибыли в Лондон в 5 часов утра. 5. Я закончу институт в 22 года. 6. В понедельник утром у нас важная встреча. 7. Она получит водительские права через 2 месяца. 8. В полночь я слышал странный шум в коридоре. 9. Мы начнем продавать эту продукцию в апреле. 10. Увидимся на следующей неделе. 11. Мы познакомились в прошлом году на Рождество.