Prepositions_at_in

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Exercise 1:

Fill the gaps with these prepositions: at, in, on

1. Lisa and George arrived _______ the disco just after midnight.

2.   Can you turn down the TV, I'm _______ the phone!

3.   What did you study _______ university?

4.   It's far too hot to sunbathe. I'm going to sit _______ the shade.

5.   Katherine met her husband while she was _______ holiday _______ Turkey.

6.   Philip works _______ advertising. He's _______ $80,000 a year (= he earns).

7.   Where's Miguel? He's _______ Helen's (= Helen's home).

8.   The nurses wanted better pay so they decided to go _______ strike.

Exercise 2:

Fill the gaps with these prepositions: at,   in,   on

1. Did you first see the film "Titanic" _______ the cinema or _______ TV?

2. We paid for the flights _______ cash.

3. You must fill out the tax form _______ ink, not _______ pencil.

4. I'm fed up of being _______ a diet. From now on I'm going to eat whatever I like!

5. In the UK many people learn to drive _______ 17.

6. Lucy found her job _______ the Internet.

7. Paula feels lonely as her husband is often away _______ business.

8. Seven ________ ten Europeans do not speak a second foreign language. *

ANSWERS

More tests:
ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITIONS (1)
ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITIONS (2)

* The Higher Education Authority European Report, March 2001

PREPOSITIONS: AT, IN, ON