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Prepositions - Exercises – the 27th of October, 2012
1. Jane is arriving January 26 2 o'clock the afternoon.
2. It snows here every year December. We always go outside and play in
the snow Christmas day.
3. Michael is leaving Friday noon.
4. Frankie started working for her law firm 1995.
5. Franklin began working on the project yesterday.
6. Normally, New Year's Eve, it's tradition to kiss the one you
love midnight.
7 Don't be ridiculous; there were no telephones the seventeenth century!
The telephone was invented the 1870s.
8. The plane leaves tomorrow morning 8:00 AM.
9. The hills here are covered with wildflowers early spring.
10. We met at the restaurant 6:30 and stayed 10:30.
1. She always gets up early the morning, so she can make it to
class time.
2. I was sick, so I didn't go to work last Thursday, but I did go to
work Friday.
3. Mary stopped talking the middle of her story, and suddenly started to
cry. I think we were all crying the time she finished telling us what had happened.
4. Late night, you can here coyotes howling in the distance.
5. Just wait a second, I'll be there a minute.
6. I need to give my parents a call. I haven't talked to them over a month.
7. Barbara is going to start her new job next September..
8. The professor said the first day of the course that there would be a big
final test the end of the semester.
9. I have been sitting here more than an hour. If they don't
arrive the next ten minutes, I'm leaving.
10. We were really worried first because the banks were
closed Saturdays, so we couldn't exchange money. But the end, everything worked out because we were able to exchange money at the hotel.
1. We have DSL Internet access work, but I don't have a high-speed
connection home.
2. The kids are learning about the Civil War their history class school.
3. Toby was the hospital for two weeks after his motorcycle
accident the freeway.
4. Jane and Debbie saw dolphins the ocean while they were having a
picnic the beach.
5. Fred loves to go camping the desert, but Kyle prefers to camp the mountains.
6. The conference was held a ski resort Telluride, a small
town southwest Colorado.
7. You can buy stamps the post office Delancy Street.
8. The old man who was standing the corner yelled at the kids who were
playing the street.
9. While they were hiking Ridgeback Mountain, Laurelle and Frank saw a
bear the woods.
10. They have a small house a lake in the countryside. When I visit them, I
always love to sit the shore and watch the kids swimming the lake.
1. You can buy your rail passes the ticket counter any train
station the country.
2. The brown bears found Kodiak Island are the largest the world.
3. There is no life the moon, but there are many forms of life the
ocean floor.
4. She bought her wedding dress an exclusive shop Fifth Avenue.
5. Nathan was able to exchange money the exchange counter the
airport.
6. If you want anything to eat, there is a freshly baked chocolate cake the
table the kitchen and plenty of food the refrigerator.
7. While Shirley was in Tacy's department store the mall, she ran into Evan
and Lea the furniture department.
8. While Dave was the top of the Eiffel Tower, he could see several tourist
boats the Seine, the river that runs through Paris.
9. I stood line for thirty minutes the ticket window the
movie theater to get tickets for the film.
10. Mike was sitting his desk his office work when Bill
called; Bill was Asia on business.
1. Donna went the store, but I don't think she found what she was looking
for because she came back almost immediately.
2. As Samantha was climbing the swimming pool, she slipped and fell
back .
3. The post office is just the street on the left near the hospital.
4. Lily had problems climbing back the tree house because she had
injured her ankle as she was climbing .
5. She didn't have any difficulty pulling the parking space, but as she
was backing , she scratched the car parked next to her.
6. Although you can take an elevator the top of the Eiffel Tower, we
decided to walk . I was exhausted by the time we got to the top.
7. When Mrs. Sims saw the kids playing on the roof she screamed, "You kids had better
come there, right now!"
8. You can go now; Dr. Wilson is ready to see you.
9. Our customer service center will help you solve that problem. Just
walk the hall and take the elevator the second floor.
10. Just as Debbie was stepping the elevator, she realized she was on
the wrong floor, so she quickly jumped back before the doors closed.
1. While they were hiking the forest, Laurelle and Frank saw a mountain lion.
2. We walked the river looking for a way to get it, but there was no bridge.
3. When the kids saw the snake in the grass, they started running screaming hysterically.
4. The train passed nine tunnels on the way to Denver.
5. They strolled the beach watching the sunset.
6. The plane flew the Grand Canyon on the way to Los Angeles.
7. Several animals, including emus, ran the road in front of the car as they
were driving the outback of Australia.
8. They walked the building twice looking for the entrance.
9. The cruise ship passed the Golden Gate Bridge as it was leaving San Francisco.
10. His dog is always trying to escape from the backyard. Sometimes he manages to
jump the fence, and sometimes he digs a hole and crawls it.
1. The computer printer is the table the computer.
2. Shawn and Noel stood the tree waiting for the rain to stop.
3. I didn't see the mailbox even though I was standing right it.
4. Everybody was already sitting the table waiting for dinner to be served.
5. Every evening, the dog sits the dinner table begging for food.
7. Debra was sitting the computer surfing the Internet.
8. I asked the woman standing me on the bus where I should get out.
9. My car keys were the desk, but I couldn't see them because they
were a magazine.
10. When I went to buy the concert tickets, there was nobody the ticket sales window.
1. Her wallet wasn't her purse; it was her coat pocket.
2. Tony had an ink stain his coat pocket.
3. Philip waited the movie theater for Simone, so they could buy tickets and go in together.
4. While Sam was talking to the bank teller, the woman him in line kept sighing impatiently.
5. There was a sign the restaurant saying that it was closed for renovations.
6. His grandfather, who had passed away years before, was the
painting which was hanging the wall.
7. Shelly didn't see Bobby because he was hiding the couch.
8. Frank had his passport his hand as he boarded the plane.
9. There is an electrical outlet the desk. Can you help me move the desk, so I can plug in the computer?
10. The kids were sitting the floor the TV when Barbara came home.
Bring + Prepositions
Gap-fill ExerciseFill in the blanks using the words in the box below
along around away back into on out over through up
1. His heart attack was brought by too much stress at work.
2. I didn't realize he had gotten divorced. I'm so embarrassed - I wish I hadn't brought
his wife at the party.
3. Your new dress really brings the color of your eyes.
4. Don't you bring those dirty shoes my clean house!
5. What exactly did you bring from the experience. Did you learn anything at all?
6. They brought a pizza and some beer and we watched an old movie on television.
7. You are only allowed to bring two bottles of wine customs when you enter this
country.
8. When we go camping, don't forget to bring the binoculars so we can look for wildlife.
9. Lisa is going to pick Ted up at the airport and bring him to the house.
10. Sarah doesn't want to go skiing this winter, but we still have time to bring her .
Complete the text below by choosing the correct prepositions
Suddenly Uncle Henry stood .
"There's a cyclone coming, Em," he called his wife. "I'll go look after the
stock." Then he ran toward the sheds where the cows and horses were kept.
Aunt Em dropped her work and came the door. One glance told her of the
danger close hand.
"Quick, Dorothy!" she screamed. "Run for the cellar!"
Toto jumped of Dorothy's arms and hid under the bed, and the girl started to
get him. Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap door the floor and
climbed down the ladder the small, dark hole. Dorothy caught Toto
last and started to follow her aunt. When she was halfway across the room there came
a great shriek the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing
and sat down suddenly the floor.
AFRICAN TRAVEL JOURNAL
January 9, 1995
We took a morning bus Arusha, and after checking a very simple hotel, started our search for a safari company. We went to Sunny Safaris, but nothing seems to be
going soon. Next, we went to Cheetah Safaris. They have a safari going Tuesday. It
sounds like a good deal $65 a day; we didn't want to search forever, so we chose them. While walking around town this afternoon, we met Joan and Per from Lamu. They
introduced us Senara who will be taking the Safari us tomorrow. Later,
we had dinner a less than exiting restaurant.
January 10, 1995
Our first day of safari! Uh, oh! Unfortunately, we had a late start after trying to get some cash for
Reiner and Walter. On the way the park, our driver John first stopped two
gas stations, and then we went to his house to pick some clothes. We didn't
get Lake Manyara until after one o'clock. Can you believe John actually suggested
stopping a restaurant before going the park? We all said, "No way!"
Bigfoot, also known Sasquatch, is an alleged ape-like animal said to inhabit the
remote forested areas of much North America, with many of the sightings
occurring the Pacific northwest of the United States and British Columbia, Canada.
Bigfoot is sometimes described a large, bipedal hairy hominoid creature, and many
believe that this animal, or its close relatives, may be found the world under different regional names, such as the Yeti of Tibet and Nepal. Bigfoot is also one of the more
famous examples of cryptozoology, a subject that has been dismissed
pseudoscience by mainstream researchers. It is because of that in addition
unreliable eyewitness accounts and a lack physical evidence that very few
scientists accept the likelihood Bigfoot's existence. Most who have expressed an
opinion consider the stories of Bigfoot to be a combination unsubstantiated folklore and hoaxes.
Complete the text below by choosing the correct prepositions
Turkey is a Eurasian country that stretches the Anatolian peninsula in
southwestern Asia and the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. The region
comprising modern Turkey has seen the birth major civilizations including
the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Owing its strategic
location the intersection of two continents, Turkey's culture is a unique
blend Eastern and Western tradition, often described as a
bridge the two civilizations. Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary,
constitutional republic whose political system was established in 1923 the
leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk following the fall of the Ottoman
Empire the aftermath of World War I. Since then, Turkey has increasingly
integrated with the West while continuing to foster relations with the Eastern world. It is
a founding member the United Nations, the Organization of the Islamic
Conference, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, a member state of the Council of
Europe 1949 and of NATO 1952.
Ruth Handler, an American businesswoman, watched her daughter Barbara at play
paper dolls, and noticed that she often enjoyed giving them adult roles. At the time, most
children's toy dolls were representations of infants. Realizing that there could be a
gap the market, she suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll her
husband Elliot, a co-founder the Mattel toy company. He was unenthusiastic about
the idea, as were Mattel's directors. But during a trip Germany 1956 with
her children Barbara and Kenneth, Ruth Handler discovered a German doll called the Bild Lilli
doll a shop window. The adult-figured Lilli doll was exactly what Handler
had mind, so she purchased three of them. She gave one her daughter
and took the others back Mattel. The Lilli doll was based a popular
character appearing in a comic strip of a German newspaper. Lilli was a working girl who knew
what she wanted and was not above using men to get it. The Lilli doll was first sold
Germany 1955, and although it was initially sold to adults, it became
popular children who enjoyed dressing her up in outfits that were available
separately. On her return the United States, Handler reworked the design of the doll
and it was given a new name, Barbie, after Handler's daughter Barbara. The doll made its debut
at the American International Toy Fair in New York March 9, 1959. This date is also
used as Barbie's official birthday.
Long before any recorded human history in Yellowstone National Park, a massive volcanic
eruption spewed an immense volume ash that covered all of the western U.S.,
much the Midwest, northern Mexico and some areas of the eastern Pacific Coast.
The eruption dwarfed that of Mt. St. Helens 1980 and left a huge caldera.
Yellowstone typically erupts every 600,000 900,000 years with the last event
occurring 640,000 years ago. Its eruptions are among the largest known to have ever
occurred Earth, producing drastic climate change the aftermath. The park
was named the yellow rocks seen the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
- a deep gash in the Yellowstone Plateau that was formed floods during previous ice
ages and river erosion from the Yellowstone River.
Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made solid glass; there was
nothing it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought was that it might
belong one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the
key was too small, but any rate it would not open any them. However,
on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind
it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock,
and her great delight it fitted!
Alice opened the door and found that it led a small passage, not much larger than a
rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage the loveliest garden you
ever saw. How she longed to get of that dark hall, and wander about
those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but she could not even get her head
through the doorway; 'and even if my head would go through,' thought poor Alice, 'it would
be very little use without my shoulders.'
I went down even into the vaults, where the dim light struggled, although to do so was a
dread my very soul. Into two of these I went, but saw nothing except
fragments old coffins and piles of dust. In the third, however, I made a discovery.
There, in one of the great boxes, of which there were fifty in all, a pile of newly dug
earth, lay the Count! He was either dead or asleep. I could not say which, for eyes were open
and stony, but without the glassiness of death, and the cheeks had the warmth of life through all
their pallor. The lips were as red as ever. But there was no sign movement, no
pulse, no breath, no beating the heart.
I bent over him, and tried to find any sign of life, but vain. He could not have lain
there long, for the earthy smell would have passed away a few hours. By the side of
the box was its cover, pierced with holes here and there. I thought he might have the
keys him, but when I went to search I saw the dead eyes, and in them dead though
they were, such a look hate, though unconscious of me or my presence, that I
fled the place, and leaving the Count's room by the window, crawled again up the
castle wall. Regaining my room, I threw myself panting upon the bed and tried to think.
PIZZA BIANCO
This pizza is made no toppings other than salt and oil and is served as a snack.
Preparation:
Preheat oven 500°F.
Whisk together hot water and 1/2 a teaspoon of kosher salt until most of the salt is dissolved,
then whisk one tablespoon of oil.
Coat the dough lightly flour, then stretch it a floured surface into a 13- by
9-inch rectangle. Transfer the dough an oiled baking pan, stretching the dough to
cover the bottom of the pan. Dimple the dough pressing your fingertips all over, then
brush the oil mixture.
Bake the pizza a pan on the bottom rack of the oven until it is golden
brown top and bottom, about 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer the pizza a rack,
then brush it with the remaining oil and sprinkle it with the remaining kosher salt. Serve the
pizza warm, torn pieces.
Makes 4 servings.
His wife had always spoiled him outrageously. No doubt of that. Take, example, the
matter of the pillows merely. Old man Minick slept high. That is, he thought he slept high. He
liked two plump pillows his side of the great, wide, old-fashioned cherry bed. He
would sink them with a vast grunting and sighing and puffing expressive of nerves
and muscles relaxed and gratified. But the morning there was always one
pillow the floor. He had thrown it there. Always, the morning, there it lay,
its plump white cheek turned reproachfully at him from the side of the bed. Ma
Minick knew this, naturally, after forty years of the cherry bed. But she never begrudged him that
extra pillow. Each morning, when she arose, she picked it on her way to shut the
window. Each morning the bed was made with two pillows his side of it,
as usual.
On August 31, 1869, Mary Ward became what is believed to be the first recorded
victim an automobile accident when she was thrown of a motor vehicle
and killed in Parsonstown, Ireland. Some years later, on September 13, 1899, Henry Bliss
entered the history books as North America's first motor vehicle fatality when he was hit
stepping a New York City trolley. Since that time, in excess of 20 million people
worldwide have lost their lives motor vehicle accidents.
The need a means of analysing and mitigating the effects of motor vehicle
accidents human bodies was felt very soon after the commercial
production automobiles began in the late 1890s, and by the 1930s, with the
automobile a common part of daily life, the number motor vehicle deaths was
becoming a serious issue. Death rates had surpassed 15.6 fatalities per 100 million vehicle-
miles and were continuing to climb; vehicle designers saw this as a clear indication it was time
to do some research ways to make their products safer.
The planet Mars, I scarcely need remind the reader, revolves about the sun a mean
distance 140,000,000 miles, and the light and heat it receives the sun is
barely half of that received this world. It must be, if the nebular hypothesis has any
truth, older than our world; and long before this earth ceased to be molten, life its
surface must have begun its course. The fact that it is scarcely one seventh the
volume of the earth must have accelerated its cooling the temperature
which life could begin. It has air and water and all that is necessary the support of
animated existence.
Richard Halliburton's book "Second Book of Marvels" 1938 said the Great Wall of
China is the only man-made object visible from the Moon. This belief has persisted
today, assuming urban legend status, sometimes even entering school textbooks. Arthur
Waldron, author the most authoritative history of the Great Wall, has speculated
that the belief might go back the fascination with the "canals" once believed to
exist Mars. The logic was simple: If people Earth can see the Martians'
canals, the Martians might be able to see the Great Wall. But in fact, the Great Wall is only a
few meters wide - similar in size highways and airport runways - and is about the
same color as the soil surrounding it. It cannot be seen the unaided eye from the
distance of the Moon, much less from Mars. If the Great Wall were visible from the Moon, it
would also be apparent from near-Earth orbit, but from there it is barely visible, and
only nearly perfect conditions. The Great Wall of China is no more
conspicuous outer space than many other man-made objects.
The first reference Great Britain in European annals which we know was
the statement in the fifth century B. C. of the Greek historian Herodotus, that Phoenician sailors
went to the British Isles tin. He called them the "Tin Islands." The people
whom these sailors traded must have been Celts, for they were the first inhabitants
Britain who worked in metal instead stone. The Druids were priests of the Celts
centuries before Christ came. There is a tradition Ireland that they first arrived
there 270 B. C., seven hundred years before St. Patrick. The account of them
written Julius Cæsar half a century before Christ speaks mainly of the Celts of Gaul,
dividing them two ruling classes who kept the people almost in a state
slavery; the knights, who waged war, and the Druids who had charge of worship and sacrifices,
and were addition physicians, historians, teachers, scientists, and judges.
I could not help laughing the ease with which he explained his process
deduction. "When I hear you give your reasons," I remarked, "the thing always
appears me to be so ridiculously simple that I could easily do it myself,
though each successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you explain
your process. And yet I believe that my eyes are as good as yours."
"Quite so," he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing himself down an
armchair. "You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have
frequently seen the steps which lead up the hall to this room."
"Frequently."
"How often?"
"Well, some hundreds times."
"Then how many are there?"
"How many? I don't know."
"Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know
that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed. By-the-way, since you
are interested these little problems, and since you are good enough to chronicle one
or two of my trifling experiences, you may be interested this." He threw over a sheet
of thick, pink-tinted note-paper which had been lying open the table. "It came by the
last post," said he. "Read it aloud."
A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists stars, an
interstellar medium of gas and dust, and dark matter. Typical galaxies range dwarfs
with as few as ten million stars up giants with one trillion stars, all orbiting a common
center gravity. Galaxies can also contain a large number of multiple star systems
and star clusters as well as various types of interstellar clouds. Historically, galaxies have been
categorized according their apparent shape. Interactions between nearby galaxies,
which may ultimately result a galaxy merger, may induce episodes of significantly
increased star formation, producing what is called a starburst galaxy. There are probably more
than a hundred billion galaxies the observable universe. Most galaxies are a
thousand a hundred thousand parsecs diameter and are usually
separated one another by distances the order of millions of parsecs.
Intergalactic space, the space between galaxies, is filled a tenuous gas with an
average density less than one atom cubic meter. There is some evidence that
supermassive black holes may exist at the center of many, if not all, galaxies. These massive
objects are believed to be the primary cause of active galactic nuclei found the core
of some galaxies. The Milky Way galaxy appears to harbor least one such object
within its nucleus.
Orchids are the largest and most diverse the flowering plant families, with over 800
described genera and 25,000 species. Some sources give 30,000 species, but the exact
number is unknown since classification differs greatly the academic world.
Revisions of different genera occur a monthly basis and this will
increase the growing use genetic research and biochemistry. More
than 100,000 hybrids and cultivars, produced horticulturists, have been
created the introduction of tropical species the 19th century. The Kew
"World Checklist of Orchids" includes about 24,000 accepted species. About 800 new species
are added each year. Orchids, along grasses, are considered
examples the most advanced (derived) floral evolution through their
interactions pollinators and their symbiosis orchid mycorrhizal fungi.
The intense interest aroused the public by what was known the time
as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided. Nevertheless, view of the
world-wide notoriety which attended it, I have been asked, both my friend Poirot
and the family themselves, to write an account the whole story. This, we trust, will
effectually silence the sensational rumours which still persist. I will therefore briefly set down the
circumstances which led my being connected the affair. I had been
invalided home from the Front; and, after spending some months a rather
depressing Convalescent Home, was given a month's sick leave. Having no near relations or
friends, I was trying to make my mind what to do, when I ran John
Cavendish. I had seen very little him for some years. Indeed, I had never known
him particularly well. He was a good fifteen years my senior, for one thing, though he hardly
looked his forty-five years. As a boy, though, I had often stayed Styles, his
mother's place in Essex.
For 28 years, the stark cement blocks of the notorious Berlin Wall reminded Germans and
travelers Germany that they were on the front lines the Cold War. As the
western city rebuilt its cement cage, a traumatized population began to express their
anger in paint. What started as graffiti on an architectural scar grew
extended visual commentaries on a divided nation caught in the ultimate ideological
battle. And then, the battle ended. As Germans rushed to tear their symbol of
division, some realized a work art was being destroyed as well - and that
least part of it was worth saving.
An immune system is a collection of mechanisms within an organism that protects
infection identifying and killing pathogens. It detects pathogens
ranging viruses parasitic worms and distinguishes
them the organism's normal cells and tissues. Detection is complicated as
pathogens adapt and evolve new ways to successfully infect the host organism. To meet this
challenge, several mechanisms have evolved that recognize and neutralize pathogens. Even
simple unicellular organisms such as bacteria possess enzyme systems that
protect viral infections. Other basic immune mechanisms evolved
ancient eukaryotes and remain their modern descendants, such as plants, fish,
reptiles, and insects. These mechanisms include antimicrobial peptides called defensins,
pattern recognition receptors, and the complement system. More sophisticated mechanisms,
however, developed relatively recently, with the evolution of vertebrates. The immune systems
of vertebrates such as humans consist many types of proteins, cells, organs, and
tissues, which interact an elaborate and dynamic network. As part of this more
complex immune response, the vertebrate system adapts time to recognize
particular pathogens more efficiently. The adaptation process creates immunological memories
and allows even more effective protection future encounters these
pathogens. This process of acquired immunity is the basis of vaccination.
Top of Form
1 He made his escape by jumping ______ a window and jumping ______ a waiting car.
over / into
between / into
out of / between
out of / into
up to / out of
2 To get to the Marketing department, you have to go ______ those stairs and then ______ the corridor to the end.
over / into
between / into
out of / between
out of / into
up / along
3 I saw something about it ______ television.in
on
at
through
with
4 I couldn't get in ______ the door so I had to climb ______ a window.through / in
between / into
out of / between
out of / into
up / along
5 She took the key ______ her pocket and put it ________ the lock.over / into
between / into
out of / in
by / on
up to / out of
6 He drove ______ me without stopping and drove off ______ the centre of town.
from / into
towards / over
along / up
past / towards
in / next to
7 I took the old card ______ the computer and put ______ the new one.through / in
out of / in
out of / between
out of / into
up / along
8 I went ______ him and asked him the best way to get ______ town.from / into
towards / over
along / up
by / on
up to / out of
9 It's unlucky to walk ______ a ladder in my culture. I always walk ______ them.
through / in
out of / in
under / around
out of / into
up / along
10 The restaurant is ______ the High Street, ______ the cinema.through / in
out of / in
under / around
in / next to
up / along
11 Sally left school ______ the age of 16 and went to work ______ a bank.through / in
out of / in
under / around
in / next to
at / in
12 He jumped ______ the wall and ______ the garden.over / into
towards / over
along / up
by / on
up to / out of
13 He was driving ______ 180 miles per hour when he crashed ______ the central barrier.
at / into
out of / in
under / around
in / next to
at / in
14 She ran ______ the corridor and ______ the stairs to the second floor.from / into
towards / over
along / up
by / on
in / next to
15 John is the person standing ______ the window, ______ the woman with the long blonde hair.
at / into
beside / next to
under / around
in / next to
at / in
16 When the bull ran ______ me, I jumped ______ the fence.from / into
towards / over
beside / next to
by / on
in / next to
17 Look, that car's ______ fire.through
with
in
into
on
18 He saw a parking space ______ two cars and drove ______ it.over / into
between / into
along / up
by / on
up to / out of
19 Harry comes to work ______ car but I prefer to come ______ foot.at / into
beside / next to
by / on
in / next to
at / in
20 He took the book ______ the shelf and put it ______ his bag.from / into
at / into
beside / next to
by / on
in / next to
