Упражнения к on/in/at place (5)

Упражнения к UNIT 126 On/in/at
EXERCISES

1 Complete the sentences using on + one of the following:

 

business strike a tour the whole television fire holiday a diet the phone purpose


1. Look! That car is _free!_ Somebody call the fire brigade.
2. It's difficult to contact Sarah because she's not ---.


3. Workers at the factory have gone --- for better pay and conditions.
4. Soon after we arrived, we were taken --- of the city.
5. A: I'm going --- next week.
B: Are you? Where are you going? Somewhere nice?
6. I feel lazy this evening. Is there anything worth watching ---?
7. I'm sorry. It was an accident. I didn't do it ---.
8. George has put on a lot of weight recently. I think he should go ---.
9. Jane's job involves a lot of travelling. She often has to go away ---.
10. A: How did your exams go?
     B: Well, there were some difficult questions but --- they were OK.

2 Complete the sentences using in + one of the following:

 

block letters cash my opinion the shade cold weather love pencil

 

1. He likes to keep warm, so he doesn't go out much ---.
2. Diane never uses a pen. She always writes ---.
3. They fell --- with each other almost immediately and were married in a few weeks.
4. Please write your address clearly, preferably ---.
5. I don't like the sun. I prefer to sit ---.
6. Ann thought the restaurant was OK, but --- it wasn't very good.
7. I hardly ever use a credit card or cheques. I prefer to pay for things ---.

3 Put in the correct preposition: on, in, at, or for.

1 Water boils.....at..... 100 degrees Celsius.

2 When I was 14, I went...........................a trip to France organised by my school.

3 There was panic when people realised that the building was............................fire.

4 Julia’s grandmother died recently............................the age of 79.

5 Can you turn the light on, please? I don’t want to sit............................the dark.

6 We didn’t go............................holiday last year. We stayed at home.

I’m going to Switzerland............................a short holiday next month.

8 I w'on’t be here next week. I’ll be............................holiday.

9 Technology has developed............................great speed.

10 Alan got married............................ 17, which is rather young to get married.

11 I heard an interesting programme............................the radio this morning.

12 ............................my opinion, violent films should not be shown............................television.

13 I wouldn’t like to go............................a cruise. I think I’d get bored.

14 I mustn’t eat too much. I'm supposed to be............................a diet.

15 I wouldn’t like his job. He spends most of his time talking............................the phone.

16 The earth travels round the sun............................ 107,000 kilometres an hour.

1“ "Did you enjoy your holiday?* ‘Not every minute, but............................the whole, yes.’

18 When you write a cheque, you have to write the amount............................words and figures.

 

Keys:

 

1

 

  2 on the phone

 

  3 on strike

 

  4 on a tour

 

  5 on holiday

 

  6 on television

 

  7 on purpose

 

  8 on a diet

 

  9 on business

 

  10 the whole

 

2

 

  1 in cold weather

 

  2 in pencil

 

  3 in love

 

  4 in block letters

 

  5 in the shade

 

  6 in my opinion

 

  7 in cash

 

3

 

2 on

3 on

4 at
5 in

6 on

7 for or on

8 on

9 at

10 at

11 on

12 In my opinion ... on television

13 on

14 on

15 on

16 at

17 on

18 in

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