REMEDIAL EXERCISE: PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE Complete with the missing preposition. Careful! In one place, a preposition is not needed. 01. Jim is . the office. 02. His wife is . home. 03. He is sitting . his desk. 04. She is working the kitchen table. 05. He has papers . his desk. 06. She has a cookery book open . the table. 07. Jim goes the office eight. 08. His wife stays . home ten; then she goes . the supermarket. 09. . the supermarket, she buys groceries. 10. She walks her house the supermarket. 11. She walks . the end of her street a busy road. 12. The courses is just the corner. 13. She buys groceries the courses and vegetables . an open market. 14. Jim works the top floor an office block. 15. He takes a lift (elevator) and . 16. The only exciting thing that happened to Jim was that once the lift stopped . the eighth and ninth floors and Jim was stuck it. 17. He sat . the floor until help came. 18. When she has a lot to buy, Mary takes the car and parks the car park, close . the store. 19. . the supermarket, she walks . the aisles, pushing her trolley the rows of shelves. 20. She pays the checkout, loads the groceries the boot (trunk) of her car, and drives . home. Exercise Answers : 1)at; 2)at; 3)at;4)at;5)on;6)on;7)to-at;8)at-until-to;9)at;10)from; 11)to-to;12)round/on;13)at-at;14)on-of;15)up-down;16)between-in;17)on;18)in; 19)in/inside/at-along/down-between;20)at-into-no preposition. PREPOSITIONS 02 : REMEDIAL EXERCISE PREPOSITIONS OF TIME Complete. 01. The movie starts . 2.30. 02. The restaurant opens . the evening only. 03. Her birthday is Thursday. 04. The restaurant closes . midnight. 05. We usually have lunch . one. 06. He leaves for New York . Friday. 07. The plane takes off . 14.50. 08. He returns . March 24. 09. We usually go holiday the summer. 10. He went to Florida February. 11. We are leaving three days. 12. He goes to work early . the morning. 13. They eat dinner the evening. 14. The train always leaves time. 15. Will we be . time to catch it? 16. Too late! We weren't time. 17. Don't be late! Be . time for the start of the race. 18. What were you doing 1989? 19. We stay up late New Year's Eve. 20. We are off to the seaside . the Exercise Answers : 1)at;2)in;3)on;4)at;5)at;6)on;7)at;8)on;9)on-in;10)in; 11)in;12)in;13)in;14)on;15)in;16)in;17)in;18)in;19)on;20)for. 04 MORE PREPOSITIONS ELEMENTARY REVIEW Complete. 1. I am leaving for Paris . Tuesday. 2. The match starts . three. 3. She is having a party . her birthday. 4. We are going away Christmas. 5. They don't work Sunday. 6. The cinema opens two. 7. We eat too much Christmas Day. 8. We have a holiday . Saturday. 9. My birthday is May 10. 10. Her birthday is . April. 11. We must finish the work . Friday. 12. We sleep night. 13. We work . day. 14. He died . the age of 92. 15. We get up early the morning. 16. What time do we have to be . the airport? 17. They live . that house. 18. He lives 24 West Street. 19. They live New York. 20. I am staying . that hotel. Exercise Answers : 1.on ;2.at; 3.on(for); 4.for(at); 5.on; 6.at; 7.on; 8.on; 9.on; 10.in; 11.by(on?) ; 12.at; 13.by; 14.at; 15.in; 16.at; 17.at(in); 18.at; 19.in; 20.at. 09 ELEMENTARY USAGE Complete the blanks with one missing word. 01. The little child stood . the chair in order to see out of the window. 02. She's the office gossip and knows everything . everybody. 03. Ice melts when the temperature is . zero. 04. The work of a government adviser is done secret, behind closed doors. 05. His confession seemed . make his guilt absolutely certain, beyond all reasonable doubt. 06. The soldier saw his girl-friend when he was duty. 07. The golfer got . difficulties when his ball ended up in the rough, twenty metres off the fairway. 08. We must keep the formula in as secure a place possible, under lock and key. 09. After his illness, he was as weak . a kitten. 10. The boss wanted to know the reason his secretary was late. 11. A taxi-driver has to be good remembering street names. 12. I haven't been to the movies . last April. 13. The baby-sitter . after the children while the parents went to the opera. 14. He failed his driving test five times but in the . he passed. Exercise Answers : 1.on; 2.about; 3.below; 4.in; 5.to; 6.off; 7.into; 8.as; 9.as; 10.why; 11.at; 12.since; 13.looked; 14.end. 10 ELEMENTARY USAGE Complete the blanks with one missing word. 01. Servicing a large car such as a Cadillac or Mercedes costs lots . money. 02. After the cow died, its calf was brought . by the farmer's children. 03. I've looked . for my keys and simply cannot find them. 04. The reason I failed is that I did not work hard . . 05. You need a . of scissors to cut open the packet. 06. Don't keep it to yourself. . me the secret. 07. She had a party her birthday. 08. I haven't been on holiday . the year before last. 09. I would like to diet but I am a little too fond . chocolate. 10. Let's pay separately. You pay for your ticket and I'll pay for . 11. That is the woman . handbag was stolen in the tube train. 12. Believe it or ., P G Wodehouse is the most entertaining author I've ever read. 13. In spite working until the early hours of the morning, he still didn't finish his work. 14. How long have you . living in London? Exercise Answers : 1.of 2.up 3. everywhere 4. enough 5. pair 6. Tell 7.on 8. since 9. of 10. for mine. 11. whose 12. not 13. of 14.been 16 Time Statements with "Since", "For" and "Ago" Complete: 01. I have been studying English . three years. 02. We have been waiting for delivery . last Tuesday. 03. They arrived here ten days . 04. I met him two years . 05. I have been trying to get through on the phone . the past hour. 06. The machine broke down an hour . 07. I have been driving . 1974. 08. The new art gallery has been open . October. 09. We had to buy a new washing machine a couple of days . 10. That politician has been talking . six hours. 11. I haven't had a cigarette . I gave up on my birthday last year. 12. I was waiting . only a few minutes. 13. He has been eating in that expensive restaurant ever . he got his new job. 14. I left the firm two years . 15. He has been working here . the beginning of the month . Exercise Answers : 1.For 2.since 3.ago 4.ago 5.for 6.ago 7.since 8.since 9.ago 10.for 11.since 12.for 13.since 14.ago 15.since 22 TO BE: THERE IS, THERE ARE Colloquial English Elementary exercise in the use of the indefinite "there is ." Examples: There are no shops open because there is a holiday. There is no train service today because there is a strike. Read through the following aloud, providing "there is/there are" as needed. 01. no one watching TV because no good programmes on. 02. . a cat in the kitchen because mice in there. 03. a lot of policemen about because a political demonstration today. 04. . a queue at the department store because . a sale on. 05. no complaints because good service. 06 . no hot water because a power shortage. 07 . no swimming today because no water in the pool. 08. there is a lot of work to do because a new manager in the office. The same sentences can now be read in the past tense: "There was . There were ." Exercise Answers : 1. there is - there are 2. there is - there are 3.there are –there is 4.There is –there is 5.there are –there is 6.there is –there is 7.there is –there is 8.there is –there is 28 INDEFINITES: USE OF "SOME" AND "ANY": REMEDIAL Complete the blanks with SOME or ANY or ONES. 01. Have you read . interesting books lately? 02. They don't have any interesting . in our local library. 03. Surely they have ? 04. Well, they don't have by my favourite authors, but they have . that might interest you. 05. For example, they have science fiction novels like the you were reading last year. 06. That's interesting. I haven't read . for ages. 07. Well, if you want to borrow you can have my ticket. 08. Well, I don't think I'll take . out today. 09. Like me, you're too busy at work to read . novels. 10. Too true. And as far as science fiction novels are concerned, I still have to read the . I was given last Christmas. Exercise Answers : 1.any 2.any 3.some 4.any-some 5.some-ones 6.any 7.some 8.any 9.any 10.ones. . 13.since 14.ago 15.since 22 TO BE: THERE IS, THERE ARE Colloquial English Elementary exercise in the use of the indefinite "there is ." Examples:. groceries the boot (trunk) of her car, and drives . home. Exercise Answers : 1)at; 2)at; 3)at;4)at;5)on;6)on;7)to-at;8)at-until-to;9)at;10)from;