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UNIT
EXERCISES - | Q 7

107.1 If necessary, correct these sentences with at, in or on, or put a S. (A, B & C)
1 She's going home to Australia on Christmas.
2 The exhibition opens in Berlin at the end of May.
3 Northern Sweden is beautiful, but I wouldn't go at the middle of January.
4 If she gets really feverish at the night, give her two of these tablets.
5 The baby is due to be born on Christmas Eve.
6 By then it was about three in the morning and I felt very tired.
7 He would always arrive around ten in night carrying his suitcase and a bunch of flowers.
8 The survivors were eventually found in the morning of Friday, 21st January.

107.2 Complete these sentences with at, in or on and the most likely of these words and phrases.
(A, B & C)
the week before Christmas midnight lunch the 4th July half an hour
a moment

1 I was talking so much ...*£..!#•£*!.. that my food went cold.
2 It shouldn't take long to repair your watch. Come back and I'll have it
ready for you.
3 I was very busy at work and I ended up buying all my presents
4 It's a holiday in the USA
5 She put her head on the pillow, closed her eyes and was fast asleep.
6 The children were still running around the streets , when they should have
been in bed.

107.3 Put at, in, on or - if no preposition is needed. (A, B, C & D)
1 A: 'What are you doing Easter?'
B: 'We haven't decided yet.'
2 It's traditional here to celebrate the first day of spring.
3 A woman sitting next to me dinner spilt her drink all over me.
4 Chan took power in a military coup the beginning of the decade.
5 She held the world record for seven years the 1970s.
6 his arrival in Thailand, Mr Surat fell ill and spent the next five weeks in hospital.
7 I was woken up the middle of the night by a helicopter going overhead.
8 I had to get up the night to close the window.
9 We meet every Saturday afternoon to go shopping.
10 He had to leave a quarter to six this morning to catch the train.
11 I'm afraid she's left now, but you'll be able to see her the day after tomorrow.
12 Don't worry, the exam will be over a couple of hours.
13 These pink roses have a beautiful smell which becomes stronger the evening.
14 The programme was shown on television one afternoon last week.
15 He painted the whole house only three days.
16 We all met Easter Day and went for a long walk across the hills.
17 I generally get my salary the fifth of the month.
18 Until I changed my job, I used to lie awake night worrying about work.

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