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prepositions of place, position or direction. |
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I looked ______ the place but there
was no sign of the puppy. Later I found it fast asleep _____ my
bed. |
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He saw the little boy fall ______
the pond. He quickly took off his shoes and dived ______ the
water. |
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When all the students had got
______ the bus, the bus began to move ______ the bus-stop. |
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Lambert leaned the ladder ______
wall. Then he climbed ______ ladder ______ the roof. |
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The motorboat was heading ______
the quay when it crashed _____ a ship. The two men ______ the
motorboat were flung ______ the water. |
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The tourists threw pieces of bread
______ the swans ______ the pond. The swans glided _____ the
water to catch the bread. |
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The thief climbed ______ through
the window. Then he tiptoed ______ the stairs and ______ the
master bedroom. |
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As Alvin was walking ______ the
building, he saw smoke coming ______ one of the windows. He
quickly ran ______ the nearest telephone booth and called the
fire brigade. |
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I walked ______ the beach for a
while. Then I sat ______ a rock and looked ______ the sea. |
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I asked my friend to wait for me
______ the corner of the street ______ the baker's shop. |
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The fishermen threw their nets. The
nets sank ______ the water but the floats bobbed ______ the
surface. After some time they hauled the nets ______. |
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The coin she dropped rolled
______her, and disappeared from view ______a cupboard. |
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The bird flew ______ the tree,
circled ______ it once or twice and then flew ______ to settle
______ one of its branches. |
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We roamed ______ the town,
lingering ______ the stalls and looking ______ shops until we
were exhausted. |
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When I was young, I used to visit
my uncle who lived ______ the countryside. I loved to wander
______ the place. Sometimes I would hike ______ the hill ______
my uncle's house. |
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Answers |
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I looked
around the place but there was no sign of the puppy.
Later I found it fast asleep under
my bed. |
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He saw the little boy fall
into the pond. He quickly
took off his shoes and dived into
the water. |
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When all the students had got
on the bus, the bus began to
move away from the bus-stop. |
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4. |
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Lambert leaned the ladder
against wall. Then he
climbed up ladder
onto the roof. |
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The motorboat was heading
towards the quay when it
crashed into a ship. The two
men in the motorboat were
flung into the water. |
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6. |
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The tourists threw pieces of bread
to the swans
in the pond. The swans
glided across the water to
catch the bread. |
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The thief climbed
in through the window. Then
he tiptoed up the stairs and
into the master bedroom. |
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As Alvin was walking
past the building, he saw
smoke coming out of one of
the windows. He quickly ran to
the nearest telephone booth and called the fire brigade. |
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I walked
along the beach for a while. Then I sat
on a rock and looked
out to the sea. |
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I asked my friend to wait for me
at the corner of the street
outside the baker's shop. |
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The fishermen threw their nets. The
nets sank into the water but
the floats bobbed on the
surface. After some time they hauled the nets
in. |
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The coin she dropped rolled
away from her, and
disappeared from view underneath
a cupboard. |
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The bird flew
above the tree, circled
round it once or twice and then flew
down to settle
on one of its branches. |
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We roamed
about the town, lingering
among the stalls and looking
into shops until we were exhausted. |
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When I was young, I used to visit
my uncle who lived in the
countryside. I loved to wander about
the place. Sometimes I would hike up
the hill near my uncle's
house. |
