Question

I. Fill in prepositions if necessary: A. 1. Pass ... me the salt, please. 2. Pass the salt ... me. 3. Give the bread ... me. 4. Show this text ... the teacher. 5. Show... the teacher this book. 6. He is going to come ... half an hour. 7. Look ... the boy. How dirty he is! 8. I see a new wall-newspaper ... the corridor. 9. The children are playing... the garden. 10. Are you going ... home? - - No, I am going ... the library. 11. They have breakfast... 8 o'clock ... the morning. 12.I dine ... 3 o'clock ... the afternoon. 13. What do you see ... this picture? 14. Excuse me, may I go ...? 15. Please, come ... . We are just beginning our lesson. 16. The bell is ringing, the students are coming ... the room. The teacher is entering ... the room. 17. The bell is ringing and the students are leaving ... the room. 18. He is leaving... St.Petersburg, you know. B. 1. Will you wait ... me, I'll come ... a minute. 2. Are you ready ... the answer? 3. Have some fruit ... pleasure. 4. Help yourself ... some fruit, please. 5. I prefer an apple ... ice-cream. 6. The children are ready ... breakfast. They are waiting ... their father. 7. Let's have some herring to begin ... . 8. What do you say ... an ice- cream? 9. As ... me I prefer a piece of cake ... sweets. 10. A waitress is coming ... our table. What shall we order? 11. The pudding is ... your taste, I hope. 12. Going to the river is......the guestion, it's too cold to bathe today. 13. Father usually comes ... home ... time. 14. We must pay the waitress ... the dinner. 15. I'm fond

Answer 1

1. Pass ... me the salt, please.

2. Pass the salt to me.

3. Give the bread to me.

4. Show this text to  the teacher.

5. Show... the teacher this book.

6. He is going to come in half an hour.

7. Look at the boy. How dirty he is!

8. I see a new wall-newspaper in  the corridor.

9. The children are playing in  the garden.

10. Are you going ... home?   - No, I am going to  the library.

11. They have breakfast at  8 o'clock in  the morning.

12.I dine at  3 o'clock in  the afternoon.

13. What do you see in this picture?

14. Excuse me, may I go out ?

15. Please, come in. We are just beginning our lesson.

16. The bell is ringing, the students are coming into the room. 

The teacher is entering  the room.

17. The bell is ringing and the students are leaving  the room.

18. He is leaving for St.Petersburg, you know. 

B.

1. Will you wait for  me, I'll come in a minute.

2. Are you ready for the answer?

3. Have some fruit  for pleasure.

4. Help yourself  to  some fruit, please.

5. I prefer an apple to ice-cream.

6. The children are ready for  breakfast. 

They are waiting for  their father.

7. Let's have some herring to begin with.

8. What do you say about an ice- cream?

9. As for me I prefer a piece of cake to  sweets.

10. A waitress is coming to our table. What shall we order?

11. The pudding is to your taste, I hope.

12. Going to the river is  out of  the question, it's too cold to bathe today.

13. Father usually comes ... home in  time.

14. We must pay the waitress  for  the dinner.

15. I'm fond of music (reading...)