The Use of Prepositions

There is a box on the table. There are trees in the park. There is a ruler on the desk.

There are roses behind the wall. There is a chair near the table. There are charts in the corner of the class.

There are cats in the room. He is at the railway station. I am sitting at my table.

1. He came ____ noon.

2. Come ____ five o’clock.

3. The book is ___ the table.

4. This is a book ____ chemistry.

5. What do you do ____ your day off?

6. Come ___Tuesday.

7. I shall go there ____ the 2^nd of July.

8. The letter is ____ my drawer.

9. He is ___ the room.

10. It took place ___ 1925.

11. Summer begins ___June.

12. They went ___ the performance –concert.

13. He came ___Moscow last year.

14. Let us go ___cinema this evening.

15. Give the magazine ____ the teacher.

16. Put the book ____ my drawer.

17. He fell ____a pool.

18. We are coming ___ the market.

19. Take the book ____ the shelf.

20. I shall be busy ____ ten till one today.

21. It took place _____ (перед) sunrise.

22. It happened 200 years _____ our century.

23. ____(до) the end of this week I shall be busy.

24. _____ eight ____ twelve we shall have lessons.

25. Please tell me ____ this affair.

26. This is a story ____ a little mermaid.

27. He wandered _____the forest for two hours.

28. Come ____ _____ (где-то в) three o’clock.

29. It was _____ (почти) midnight when he returned home.

30. I have lived there ____ two years.

31. He has been waiting ____ you for three months.

32. I went ____ a walk in our park.

33. That can be useful ____ all of us.

34. Here is a present ____ my niece from me.

35. We left ____ Leeds at 10 o’clock.

36. The train ____ the Caucasus is due ____ five.

37. The people ____ the world must be united.

38. The harvest ____ this year is very rich.

39. You must never speak badly ____him.

40. We were ____ our necessary things.

41. This field can’t be cultivated _____ (без) seeds.

42. I went there ____my parents.

43. Her face was pale ____ fear.

44. He was quite red ____ anger.

45. This was done ____me.

46. This story is written ____ a very famous author.

47. They spent the evening ____the fireplace.

48. He sat ____ hours ____ his brother’s bedside.

Put necessary prepositions:

1. He sat ____ a stone ____ the road.

2. Though he walked fast enough, he was soon left _____.

3. Wait here _____ I come back.

4. Of all the books mentioned _____ this one is the most interesting.

5. I shall tell you all _____ it when we meet again.

6. She turned ____ but saw nobody.

7. I shall stay here ____ the end ____ the week.

8. Don’t come in_____ I call you.

9. We waited outside the house ____ it was nearly dark.

10. They will meet where the oak-tree stands in ____ of the wall.

11. They came after us ____ once.

12. He swam bravely ____ the river.

13. The house stands _____ the road in the main part of the village.

14. He stood _____ the pharmacy.

15. They have not spoken to me ______ .

16. He gave _____ the idea of going there.

Put prepositions: in, at, about, of, with, to, on, by, between, from, till, under

1. What are you talking _____?

2. When I am ____ home I work ____ the garden ___ the morning, read and write ___ the afternoon, visit my friends ____ the evening, I get up ___ dawn and go to bed ____ ten o’clock.

3. ____ the door ___ summer evenings we sat ____ the big trees.

4. She was sitting ___ the pavement and beating it ____ a bit decorated ____ three or four brown leaves.

5. Supplies ___ food, water, and ammunitions were rushed ____ the fighting men.

6. The first word ___ every sentence should begin ____ a capital letter.