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    Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition of direction.
     
1.   I received a letter ______ my aunt in Florida, USA.
2.   On his way ______ work, Johan topped at the bakery.
3.   Linda ran ______ the burning building just before it collapsed.
4.   The frightened mouse jumped ______ the drain and got wet.
5.   Mirs Rohay tied a ribbon ______ her daughter's waist.
6.   Sunita flew the kite ______ into the sky, but it got stuck in the tree.
7.   The old man was jogging ______ the side of the highway.
8.   My father made a U-turn and headed ______ the hospital.
9.   The avalanche came crashing ______ the side of the mountain.
10.   The cowboy climbed ______ the back of the horse and galloped away.
11.   The old boatman paddled his boat slowly ______ the wide river. He took an hour to get to the other side.
12.   The clever monkey climbed ______ the wall and into the garden full of fruit.
     
    Use suitable prepositions to complete the sentences.
     
    Mr Hee keeps his turtles in large tanks. He puts a layer of sand into each of the tanks ___1___ the turtles will not scratch their fins.

By the side of each tank, he places a box filled with sand. This is ___2___ the females to lay their eggs in. Mr Hee collects the eggs ___3___ the morning. He has to dig into the sand ___4___ find the eggs. Afterwards, he puts the eggs into a special hatchery. Here, they will hatch ___5___ 60 days.

Female turtles start to lay eggs ___6___ two years of age. They lay eggs every month. ___7___ the first few times, they lay only five to six eggs each time. ___8___ that, they can lay ten eggs at a time.

     

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1.   I received a letter from my aunt in Florida, USA.
2.   On his way to work, Johan topped at the bakery.
3.   Linda ran out of the burning building just before it collapsed.
4.   The frightened mouse jumped into the drain and got wet.
5.   Mirs Rohay tied a ribbon around her daughter's waist.
6.   Sunita flew the kite up into the sky, but it got stuck in the tree.
7.   The old man was jogging on the side of the highway.
8.   My father made a U-turn and headed towards the hospital.
9.   The avalanche came crashing down the side of the mountain.
10.   The cowboy climbed onto the back of the horse and galloped away.
11.   The old boatman paddled his boat slowly across the wide river. He took an hour to get to the other side.
12.   The clever monkey climbed over the wall and into the garden full of fruit.
     
    Mr Hee keeps his turtles in large tanks. He puts a layer of sand into each of the tanks so that the turtles will not scratch their fins.

By the side of each tank, he places a box filled with sand. This is for the females to lay their eggs in. Mr Hee collects the eggs in the morning. He has to dig into the sand in order to find the eggs. Afterwards, he puts the eggs into a special hatchery. Here, they will hatch in/after 60 days.

Female turtles start to lay eggs at two years of age. They lay eggs every month. For the first few times, they lay only five to six eggs each time. After that, they can lay ten eggs at a time.

 
 
 

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