Choose the appropriate prepositions. (Chọn giới từ thích hợp.)
LANGUAGE FOCUS
- Pronunciation : Contracted forms of auxiliaries (continued)
-Grammar: Prepositions and articles
❖ Grammar
Exercise 1: Choose the appropriate prepositions. (Chọn giới từ thích hợp.)
1. Luckily, you are in/on time for the meeting.
2. Many people are dying of/by various types of cancer.
3. I will not be here next week. I am going to be on/in business in Mexico.
4. At/In the end of the book, they get married and live happily ever after.
5. Thank you for everything you’ve done. You are a true friend of/to me.
6. I can’t believe in/to you. You always let me down.
7. I have warned you on/about the difficulties you have to face when applying for the job.
8. Britney Spears is famous by/for her beautiful face and sweet voice.
9. The bookshop is among/between the chemist’s and the butcher's and across/opposite the library.
10. Next year, I am going to set married to/with John and we are going to move to Bristol.
1. in/on time 2. of 3. on 4. At 5. to
6. in 7. about 8. for 9. between, opposite 10. to
Exercise 2: Put a / an / the or in each space to complete the following sentences. Điềna
1. We went by……………….train to the west of England.
2. …………..people who live in ………….Scotland are calle………..Scots.
3. ………….Columbus was one of………….first people to cross………..
4. Davis learned to play………….. violin when he was at……..university.
5. Did you read………….. book I lent you…………..last week?
6. Is that ………… present Bill gave you for……….Christmas?
7. …….. computer has already changed………….our lives dramatically.
8. there was……….. accident yesterday at ………corner of……….street.
9. I need ………….time to think about ……..offer you gave me.
10. …………..little knowledge is……….dangerous thing.
1. 0 2.0,0,0 3.0, the,the 4. the, 0 5. The, 0
6. the, 0 7. The, 0 8. an. the, the 9. 0, the 10. A, a
