Drive, lie, repair, work

John Latton, 39, an engineer at Felton Plastics in Upton, had a lucky escape after an accident on the A34 in the early hours of the morning. Mr. Latton fell asleep while driving and crashed into a pile of sand left by workers who (1) ___ road. When he left Felton Plastics at 3.00 this morning, Mr. Latton (2) ___ for 72 hours without any sleep.

A passing motorist discovered the accident after the engineers (3)___ in his car with a broken leg for half an hour. Ambulance workers said that if Mr. Latton (4) ___ any faster his injuries might have been much worse.

Exercise 7. Complete the sentences with in, at or on.

1. Write your name ___ the top of the page.

2. I like that picture hanging ___ the wall ___ the kitchen.

3. There was an accident ___ the crossroads this morning.

4. I wasn’t sure whether I had come to the right office. There wasn’t name ___the door.

5. ___the end of the street there is a path leading to the river.

6. You’ll find the results ___ the back page of the newspaper.

7. I wouldn’t like an office job. I couldn’t spend the whole day sitting ___ a desk.

8. My brother lives ___ a small village ___ the south-west of England.

9. The man the police are looking for has a scar ___ his right cheek.

10. The headquarters of the company are ___ Milan.

Exercise 8.Complete the sentences. Use in, at or on + one of the following:

the window your coffee the mountains that tree my guitar the river the island the next garage

1. Look at these people swimming _____.

2. One of the strings ____ is broken.

3. There’s something wrong with this car. We’d better stop _____.

4. Would you like sugar _____?

5. The leaves ____ are a beautiful colour.

6. Last year we had a wonderful skiing holiday ____.

7. There’s nobody lining _____. It’s uninhabited.

8. He spends most of the day sitting ____ and looking outside.