Exercise 282.. Exercise 283.

Exercise 282.

Fill in the blanks with prepositions of place at, in, on.

1 „ Excuse me, can you tell me where the concert hallis? — Turn___ the right___ the roundabout. It's___the corner of the square. 2. We spent our holiday___ thesouth coast of France. 3. He lives _. ___. the tenth floor___„ the centre of the city. 4. There was a black spot___the back of the letter. 5. There were no vacant chairs tosit. ___, so he sat____ the armchair,. __the corner. 6. Doyou know that Englishmen drive _____ the left? 7. Look,

how many stars there are___the sky! 8. I'm going to theconcert___the Central Concert Hall tomorrow. 9. Thedelegation was met___ the airport. 10. 1 don't want tosit___the back row, let's sit___the front. 11. At firstit seemed that there wasn't his name___the list, butthen he found it___ the bottom of the page. 12. __ myway home I saw fjelen. She was standing____ the bus

stop. 13. She did not want anybody to see her, so she sat___the back of the car. 14. We were____. the restaurantyesterday. There were a lot of delicious things___ themenu. 15. Where did you meet? — We met__„the party___ the Greens'.

Exercise 283.

Choose the right variant.

1. There are too many people (on/in/by) the bus. I want to go (on/in/by) a taxi. 2. Did you go there (on/in/ by) foot or (on/in/by) car? — I went (on/in/by) Peter's bicycle. 3. It is too hot to be (on/in/by) the sun at noon. We have been sitting (on/in/by) the beach for three hours. Let's sit (on/in/by) the shade. 4. We travelled (on/in/by) 9. 45 plane. There was a good lunch (on/in/by) the plane. 5. She didn't want to go (on/in/by) underground, so they came (on/in/by) a taxi. 6. Have you ever ridden (on/in/ by) the elephant? 7. Don't stay (on/in/by) the rain! Comein! 8. The children were afraid to sit (on/in/by) the dark. They came into the dining room and sat (on/in/by) their mother. 9. The rule is written (on/in/by) page twelve. 10. Where shall we hang the picture? — (On/In/By) the window. 11. 1 was too tired to talk to somebody (on/in/ by) the train. 12. It was an awful trip. My friend lent me his car, but after we'd been (on/in/by) the car for a few hours, it broke down. We started to go back (on/in/by) foot, but a van-driver stopped and took us (on/in/by) his van. We came back home at dawn.

Exercise 284.

Fill in the blanks with in, into, to, at, on, out of, from, off where necessary.

1. He took the wallet___of his pocket, opened itand put the cheque___it. 2. He took his suitcase___the rack and got. ___the train. 3. She got___the carand went___the club. 4. The president arrived___theairport___ ten minutes' time before the flight. Hequickly got___the plane and some minutes later theplane took____. 5. Get___the bus. It will take you___

„the Green Park. 6. 1 haven't heard___him for ages. Hewent___Canada two years ago, but I don't know if heis, ___Canada now or somewhere else. 7. When he came___home, he took___his coat, hang it___the hookand sat ___the armchair. 8. A lot of tourists ___different counties arrive___Moscow every year. 9. He'snever been___any foreign country. 10. Go___the

mirror and have a look___yourself. 11. Welcome___Egypt! A flight___this wonderful country will takeybu about four hours. 12. A sparrow flew___the roomthrough a window. 13. What time does this train get___Scotland? — It arrives___Glasgow at 10. 25 p. m. 14. When you leave the building, turn___the left___the High Street. 15. Take the hat___the boy. Don'tyou see what he is doing with it?

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