Prepositions

Ex.5 Use the suitable preposition where it is necessary:

My sister got a very comfortable flat … last year. It is … the third floor … a new block … flats. I got a letter … my sister … several pictures … her flat. … one of the pictures you can see her family sitting … the table … the living-room. My sister is sitting … her husband and two sons. They are watching TV. It is … the corner … the window. There is a pian … the left … the table and a small table … a telephone … it … the right.

My sister is going to speak … me … the telephone tonight. You can see a lovely carpet … the middle … the room and some pictures … the wall … the piano. My sister's sons learn to play … the piano. Beside they are fond … reading books and have plenty … them … the bookcase and … the shelves.

Ex.6 Put prepositions or adverbs in the sentences:

Mr. Foster is a young man. He is married and has two children. He plays cricket and football … his local club and works … an office. He usually walks … his office. He has lunch … a small restaurant … his office.

Mr. Foster's office is not very large. There is a desk … it and some chairs. … the desk there is a shelf… books and … the center… the room there is a table. There is a vase … flowers on it. … the walls … his room there are some pictures and a map.

… his desk there is a box … which there are some old Roman coins; nobody uses them for money now. Mr. Foster collects them

1. Note!

Any – in negative and interrogative sentences;