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Prespostions of Time and Place
Prespostions of Time and Place
Prespostions of Time and Place
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With buildings/rooms and places that can be thought of as surrounding a person or object on all
sides:
•Can you take a seat in the waiting room please?
•There’s a wedding in the church this afternoon.
•Lots of people were swimming in the lake
With containers:
•There’s fresh milk in the fridge.
•I think I have a tissue in my pocket.
•The money is in the top drawer of my desk.
With roads/streets, or other things that can be thought of as a line, e.g.: rivers:
•The bank is on the corner of King’s Street.
•Koblenz is on the Rhine.
•Bournemouth is on the south coast.
•It’s the second turning on the left.
To show movement in the direction of a surface:
I dropped my bags on the floor.
To show when the surface of something accidentally hits or touches a part of the
body:
I cut my finger on a sharp knife.
With festivals:
•Are you going home at Christmas/Easter?
With addresses:
•They live at 70, Duncombe Place.
With events:
•I met her at last year’s conference. She wasn’t at Simon’s party.
1.Do you think it is a good idea to ban smoking _____in public places?
2.Look at the picture _____ on the wall.
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2) Do you usually eat chocolate eggs__________ Easter?.
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3) What are you doing ________the weekend?.
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4) I always eat a lot ________
at breakfast time..
5) My father always reads the paper ________
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6) She plays tennis _________Fridays.
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7) The trees here are really beautiful ________ spring..
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8) I'll see you ________Tuesday afternoon then..
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9) Shakespeare died ________1616..
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10) They were born _________ March.