Question

1. The children climbed under/over the wall to escape from the angry gardener.
2. She walked quickly past/along the shops without looking in the windows.
3. The current is very strong. It would be dangerous to swim through/across this river.
4. She got dressed quickly and ran up/down the stairs to the kitchen.
5. Fiona is going to come to the party by/in her car.
6. I saw a man walking from/towards me smiling, but I didn't recognise him.
7. We tried to push our way through/towards the crowds to see our favourite singer.
8. There was no way to cross the lake, so we had to walk through/round it.
9. The boy got over/out of bed and went to the window.
10. I put the bags onto/into the table, then I put the shopping away.
11. You will see the post office on your right when you go through/round the corner.
12. She looked along/into her crystal ball and told the girl her fortune.

Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition.
1. There is a man standing ...at... the entrance to the museum.
2. There was a note … the top of the page I was reading which I couldn't understand.
3. The phone rang … the middle of the night, waking everyone in the house.
4. It's very tiring to spend eight hours checking information … a computer screen.
5. Yesterday was a lovely day and we could see children playing … the beach.
6. I can't find the place you're talking about … the map.
7. There's a new shop … the corner of the street.
8. Jenny is coming … the six o'clock bus. I'm meeting her … the bus station.​

Answer 1

Ответ:

1) over

2) past

3) across

4) down

5) in

6) towards

7) through

8) round

9) out of

10) onto

11) round

12) into

2) on

3) in

4) from (?)

5) at

6) on

7) on

8) on(?), at