Prepositions. 1. Write in words all the numbers from the following news report

NUMBERS

1. Write in words all the numbers from the following News Report.

Example: May 20 – May the twentieth;

1) A man wearing a stocking mask and armed with a shotgun held up cashiers at the National Bank yesterday, May 20, and stole £5.500. The robberyhappened at about 4.15 p.m. It is the 3^rd robbery in the area this year.Luckily, there were no clients inside.Police have appealed for witnesses. The number to ring is 0106-744391.

2) Unemployment figures were released on Thursday, November 13. Last month there were 3,649,712 registered unemployed. That is 14.5% of the work force. Over the past 2 years this number has increased by over 260,000.

(Time, Place, Direction, Movement)

1. Choose the appropriate prepositions to complete the sentences below.

Example: 1 – on;

1. Could you come to see me … Saturday morning?

in

at

on

2. Their children are camping … this week.

at

-

in

3. You shouldn’t go out late … night.

over

at

by

4. Sit down. Mr Brown will join you … а moment.

at

for

in

5. I’ve studied English … I was ten, and still I can’t speak it.

till

for

since

6. How long are you going to wait for him? - … five.

for

till

since

7. I got a letter from my American friend … last Saturday.

-

on

during

8. I live … Central Avenue not far from the station.

on

in

at

9. Put your signature … the bottom of the letter.

at

on

above

10. What’s going on … the corner of the street?

on

in

at

11. The Alps are … the South of Europe.

to

in

on

12. I don’t like office work. I can’t spend the whole day sitting … the desk

in front of

at

by

13. The weather is sunny. There isn’t a single cloud … the sky.

in

on

at

14. As soon as you arrive … London give me a call.

at

in

into

15. We walked … the bridge to the other side of the river.

along

across

through

16. Planes fly … Amsterdam … Paris every day.

from, in

from, to

out of, to

17. They are leaving … Japan next Tuesday. They will stay for a fortnight in Tokyo.

-

for

to

18. I’ve been … Canada but I haven’t been … the USA.

in, in

to, to

to, in

19. He got … the car and started the engine.

in

on

into

20. When I came … the hotel I started to take my clothes … my suitcase.

in, from

to, out of

into, out of

PAST SIMPLE versus PAST PROGRESSIVE

1. Choose between the Past Simple and the Past Progressive.

1. He gave/was giving up his job as a journalist and became/was becoming a teacher.

2. We went/ were going down in the lift when it suddenly stopped/was stopping.

3. It happened/was happening while I lived/was living in Bristol.

4. They lived/were living in London all their life.

5. “What did you do/were you doing between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday?” asked the detective. – “I cleaned/was cleaning my house.”

2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.

1. Everyone was talking but stopped then/the moment Mr. Smith entered the room.

2. I lived in Glasgow until/by the time I was fourteen.

3. While/Once I was having breakfast this morning, my sister called from the States.

4. James always let me know at the time/ whenever he was going to be late.

5. Now, Mr. Star, what were you doing between/by ten and ten thirty last night?

3. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or the Past Progressive.

1. The driver (fall) asleep as he (drive) along.

2. I (not/understand) what (go on). Several people (shout) at me and one (wave) a newspaper in front of my face.

3. The only thing I disliked about him when we (study) at college was that he always (borrow) my things without asking.

4. She said she (get) more forgetful as she (grow) older.

5. The sun (shine) brightly and Maria (have) to put on her sunglasses.

6. He (use) to smoke forty cigarettes a day till he finally (give) up smoking.

7. I (visit) London last year.

8. He (enter) the office, (look) around and (come) up to the secretary.

9. What you (do) yesterday at seven p.m.?

10. Peter (meet) someone that night so I (stay) at the office and (work) for a few extra hours.

PRESENT PERFECT versus PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

TASK1. Choose the appropriate tense-form.

1. Sorry about the mess. I have painted/been painting the house.

2. How long has he lived/been living in Manchester? – All his life. He was born there.

3. They are in London now. They have lived/been living there for the last six months.

4. It has rained/been raining since morning already.

5. I’m afraid I have broken/been breaking one of your glasses.

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