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
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