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Prepositions

The document provides instructions for completing several grammar exercises involving prepositions and verb tenses. For the first exercise, the learner is shown a picture and must fill in gaps using correct prepositions like "on", "at", "under", etc. Subsequent exercises involve choosing the appropriate preposition for sentences, identifying the correct use of "since" or "for", and conjugating verbs in different tenses.

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Prepositions

The document provides instructions for completing several grammar exercises involving prepositions and verb tenses. For the first exercise, the learner is shown a picture and must fill in gaps using correct prepositions like "on", "at", "under", etc. Subsequent exercises involve choosing the appropriate preposition for sentences, identifying the correct use of "since" or "for", and conjugating verbs in different tenses.

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Complete the exercise according to the picture. 1. ____ the picture, I can see a woman.

2. The woman is sitting ____ a table. 3. She is sitting_____ a chair. 4. There is another chair _____ the woman. 5. Her feet are ______ the table 6. The woman is holding a cup ____ her hands. 7. _____the table are a laptop, a paper, a calculator, an appointment calendar, two pens and a muffin. 8. The woman is looking_____ her laptop. 9. The woman's bag is________ the table. Fill the gaps using the correct preposition. 1. We live ____ London.

2. Would you like to go ____ the cinema tonight? 3. No, thanks. I was _____ the cinema yesterday. 4. We are going _____ holiday next week. 5. There is a bridge ____ the river. 6. The flight from Leipzig to London was _____ Frankfurt. 7. _____ my wall, there are many picture postcards. 8. Who is the person _____ this picture?

9. Come ______ the sitting room, we want to watch TV. 10. Munich lies 530 meters _______ sea level.

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Peter is playing tennis ___ Sunday.

2. My brother's birthday is ___ the 5th of November. 3. My birthday is ____ May. 4. We are going to see my parents _____ the weekend. 5. _____ 1666, a great fire broke out in London. 6. I don't like walking alone in the streets ____ night. 7. What are you doing ______ the afternoon? 8. My friend has been living in Canada _____ two years. 9. I have been waiting for you _____ seven o'clock. 10. I will have finished this essay ______Friday.

Complete the exercise according to the picture 1. ____ the picture, there are three kids.

2. The girl is standing____ the two boys. 3. The boy with the green shirt is _______the right. 4. He has a video player ____ his hands. 5. The kids are looking ______ his video player. Fill the gaps with the correct preposition/s. 1. What are you doing ____ the weekend?

2. I don't know yet. Maybe I'll go to the cinema _____ Saturday. 3. That's interesting. I haven't been to the cinema_____ so many years. 4. We could go there together______ the afternoon. 5. That would be great. But I would prefer to go there _____ the evening. I am visiting my grandma _____ Saturday. 6. That's okay. The film starts_____ eight o'clock. 7. I can pick you up _____ half _____ seven. How long does the film last? 8. It lasts _____ two hours and forty-five minutes. 9. ____eight ____ a quarter _____ eleven. 10. That's right. But I must hurry home ______ the film. I have to be home _______eleven o'clock. Decide whether to use since or for.

since - if the starting point is given (two o'clock, last Friday, 1998)

for - if the period of time is given (twenty minutes, two days, one year)
1. I have been waiting ____ 4 o'clock.

2. Sue has only been waiting _____ 20 minutes. 3. Tim and Tina have been learning English _____ six years. 4. Fred and Frida have been learning French_____ 1998. 5. Joe and Josephine have been going out together ____ Valentine's Day. 6. I haven't been on holiday____ last July. 7. Mary has been saving her money ______ many years. 8. I haven't eaten anything _____ breakfast. 9. You have been watching TV ____ hours. 10. We have been living here_____ 2 months.

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