Complete the news item about the British runner Stan Crowe. Put in the missing prepositions. 


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Complete the news item about the British runner Stan Crowe. Put in the missing prepositions.



Stan Crowe hopes to run against James Boto of Kenya in a 1500 metres race in Paris (1) ….. June 16th. Both men will want to break Cliff Holding’s world record. Holding ran the 1500 metres (2) ….. 3 minutes 28 seconds last year. Holding will also be running in Seattle (3) ….. June 14th, two days (4) ….. the Paris meeting.

British fans have been hoping (5) ….. several months to see Crowe win back his record. He last ran against Boto (6) ….. April, when he fell and hurt himself (7) ….. the race. He was just behind Boto (8) ….. the time. The two men had not met (9) ….. the last Olympic Games in Peking. Crowe has had to rest (10) ….. his accident, but he was back in action (11) ….. seven o’clock (12) ….. Saturday evening when he won a rather slow race in Edinburgh. He hopes to be fully fit by the end of this month at the latest. If he is not fit for Paris, he will have to wait (13) ….. the Commonwealth Games. These Games take place in Ottawa (14) ….. August 14th (15) ….. 20th.

Translate into English using the prepositions of time.

1) Моцарт родился в Зальцбурге в 1756 году.

2) В субботу вечером я лег спать в 11 часов.

3) Возможно, меня не будет дома во вторник утром, но я, вероятно, буду днем.

4) Хэнри 63 года, и он уходит на пенсию через 2 года.

5) Сегодня утром автобус опоздал, хотя обычно он приходит вовремя.

6) Я чуть не забыл о дне рождения Мэри. К счастью, я вовремя вспомнил.

7) Я не мог решить, пойти ли мне на вечеринку. Наконец я решил не ходить.

8) К моему удивлению, в конце собеседования мне предложили работу.

9) Утром я чувствовал себя уставшим. Я оставался в постели до 10 часов.

10) Как давно ты знаком с Алисой?– Со школы.

11) Где ты был? Я жду тебя уже 20 минут.

12) В последний раз я посещал зубного врача 10 лет назад.

13) Все очень нервничали перед экзаменом.

14) Мы устали после посещения музея.

15) Она написала письмо, пока была в отпуске.

16) Мой друг будет здесь в выходные.

 

UNIT 3 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

 

IN/ AT/ ON/ (PLACE) (1)

Study these examples:

In: in a room, in a garden, in a building, in a town/city, in a box, in a country

At: at the bus stop, at the top (of the page), at the bottom (of the page), at the door, at the window, at the end of the street

On: on the floor, on her nose, on the wall, on a page, on the door, on an island, on the table, on top of the mountain.

 

Compare in and at: There were a lot of people in the shop. It was very crowded.

But: Go along this road, then turn left at the shop (somebody giving directions).

 

Compare in and on: There is some water in the bottle.

But: There is a label on the bottle.

 

Compare at and on: There is somebody at the door. Shall I go and see who it is?

But: There is a notice on the door. It says "Don’t disturb".

IN/ AT/ ON/ (PLACE) (2)

In: when somebody/something is: in a line, in a row, in a queue, in a street, in the mountains, in the north/east, etc.;

but: at 10 the High Street

in a photo, in a picture, (look at yourself) in a mirror;

in the sky, in the world;

in a book, in a newspaper, in a magazine, in a letter but: on a page

 

On: when somebody/something is: on the left, on the right; on the ground floor, on the first floor; on a map, on the menu (in a restaurant), on a list, on a farm

when a place is: on the river, on the lake, on the road, on the coast; on the beach, on the way to another place

Compare :in the corner of a room, but at the corner (or on the corner) of a street; in the front, in the back of a car, but at the front, at the back of a building (cinema, group of people, etc.); also on the front, on the back of a letter (piece of paper etc.)

 

 

IN/ AT/ ON/ (PLACE) (3)

In: with cities, towns and villages: in Paris, in Helston;

but at or in with the place as a point or station on a journey: We stopped at (or in) a small village on the way to London.

when somebody is: in bed, in hospital, in prison;

but at home, at work, at school, at university, at college; at sea (= on a voyage).

Compare: It was a long voyage. We were at sea for 30 days.

I love swimming in the sea.

 

At: when somebody is at an event: at a party, at a conference etc.; or to say where an event takes place: at the Odeon (cinema), at the Royal Hall

also at the station, at the airport; at somebody’s house (I was at Judy’s house last night.);

but in is used to say about the building itself: The rooms in Judy’s house are very small. It was very cold in the cinema.

On

Compare: on a bus, on a train, on a plane, on a ship; on a bicycle, on a motorcycle, on a horse; but in a car, in a taxi.

 

 

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