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Exercises

13.1 Complete these sentences with the correct preposition. Cover the opposite page first.
1 Isawit 0.0... TV. 11 I went .......... the afternoon.
2 They came .......... car. 12 Hecame.......... foot.
3 They are all.......... strike. 13 The clothes are made .......... hand.
4 He is here .......... business. 14 She broke it .......... accident.
5 I did it.......... my own. 15 He did it .......... purpose.
6 It was written .......... Goethe. 16 ll see you .......... a moment.
7 We went.......... a walk. 17 I’m very busy .......... the moment.
8 Tread it .......... a magazine. 18 It’s very quiet .......... night.
9 He’s .......... holiday this week. 19 We met.......... chance.
10 She took it .......... mistake. 20 She’s .......... least 25 years old.

15.2 Replace the underlined words with a suitable prepositional phrase. Look at the example first.
Example: The meeting was planned for 11 a.m. and we got here at 11 a.m. on time
WNP I wrote the reports without any help from anyone else.
Did you get to the cinema before the film started?
Thousands of people are without jobs in my town.
She’s making a phone call.
CTCoOomnrntianst I saw the advertisement when I was watching TV last night.
He opened her letter because he thought it was addressed to him.
It was a very long journey but finally we got there.
He gets killed in the last scene of the film.

= I’m afraid I’m very busy right now.
I saw her yesterday but I didn’t plan to see her.
15.3 Respond to these questions with a negative answer and a suitable prepositional phrase. Look
at the example first.
Example: Was it the man wearing the blue shirt?

1 Did she hit him on purpose?

15.4 Look at the prepositional phrases on the opposite page again, and make a list of the ones
which are not exact translations from your own language. Put the list in your pocket and
carry it around with you. Test yourself as often as possible by thinking of a translation
and/or explanation and/or example sentence for each one.

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