Exercise 3. Fill in the correct prepositions.

1. I broke my leg 3 weeks ____. The doctor says I have to be off work ____ 6 weeks, so I won’t be back ____ another 3 weeks. And I’m going on holiday ____ a month, so I’ll only be back at work ___ a week before I’m off ____ another two weeks.

2. I usually do my shopping ____ Friday evening but yesterday I went ____ the afternoon. That was a mistake! I know town is busy ____ lunchtime, but I thought it would be quiet ___ the afternoons, except ____ the weekends, of course. Anyway, next time if I can’t go ____ the evening, I’ll go the next morning or do without!

3. My birthday is ___ the 30^th of July. Last year I had a great day. I got up ___ 8 o’clock ____ the morning and tidied the house. Then ___ the afternoon I went into town with my friend to buy food for the party. The party started ___ 7 o’clock ___ the evening a didn’t stop until very late ___ night! ___ the 31^st of July I was very tired, so I went to bed early ___ the evening.

4. Hightown Zoo opens ___ 9 o’clock ___ the morning. ___ Saturdays and Sundays it opens ___ 10.30. It’s a good idea to come early ___ the summer because the zoo gets very full. The best time to visit is ___ the afternoon because you can see the animals being fed. The zoo first opened ___ Easter ___ 1903. But most of the buildings were built ___ the nineteenth century. People can visit Hightown Zoo ___ any time, ___summer or ___ winter. It’s only closed ___ Christmas and ___ 1^st January.

Exercise 4. Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions – at, on, in.

1. The course begins ___ 7 January and ends ___ 10 March. 2. I went to bed ___ midnight and got up ___ 6.30. 3. We came ___ 5 o’clock ___ the morning. 4. Mozart was born ___ 1756. 5. What do you do ___ weekends? 6. Hurry up! The train leaves ___ minutes. 7. I saw her ___ Tuesday. 8. I’ll phone you ___ Sunday morning ___ 10 o’clock. 9. I’m ___ home ___ the morning. 10. Can you phone ___ the afternoon? 11. Tom’s grandmother died ___ 1977 ___ age of 79. 12. He is out of work ___ the moment. 13. It’s already cold ___ October. 14. ___ Sunday afternoons I usually go for a walk. 15. We always have a party ___ New Year’s Day. 16. I like to walk around the town ___ night. 17. Would you like to go to the cinema ___ Friday night? 18. Tom usually sees his parents ___ Christmas and sometimes ___ summer. 19. Their wedding was ___ 14 February. 20. I’ll come back ___ half an hour.

Exercise 5. Fill in the prepositions of time in the following:

1. It was ____ the Spring of 1945 that my parents met for the first time. They didn’t get married ____ 1955! 2. There were a lot of refugees ____ the Second World War. 3. I hate to work ____ night. My best work is done ____ the morning. 4. This year my birthday is ____ Friday the thirteenth. 5. I’m only free ____ weekends ____ August. 6. There can be a lot of rain ____ August and September, but October is generally quite dry. 7. The road works will start ____ 3 weeks and they’ll last ____ about 3 weeks. 8. If we arrive ____ 2 o’clock ____ the morning, what will we do ____ 9, when the shops open? 9. “Sugar ____ the morning, sugar ____ the evening, sugar ____ suppertime” was a pop song ____ the early sixties. 10. ____ 1970 the cost of living was only a part of what it was ____ 1988.

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