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Exercise 1:

Fill the gaps with these prepositions: 
at,  in,  on

1.  Lisa and George arrived _______ the disco just after midnight.

2.   Can you turn down the TV, I´m _______ the phone!

3.   What did you study _______ university?

4.   It´s far too hot to sunbathe.  I´m going to sit _______ the shade.

5.   Katherine met her husband while she was _______ holiday _______ Turkey.

6.   Philip works _______ advertising.  He´s _______ $80,000 a year (= he earns).

7.   Where´s Miguel?  He´s _______  Helen´s (= Helen´s home).

8.   The nurses wanted better pay so they decided to go _______ strike.


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Exercise 2:

Fill the gaps with these prepositions:  at,   in,   on

1.  Did you see the film "Titanic" _______ the cinema or _______ TV?

2.  We paid for the flights _______ cash.

3.  You must fill out the tax form _______  ink, not _______ pencil.

4.  I´m fed up of being _______ a diet.  From now on I´m going to eat whatever I like!

5.  In the UK many people learn to drive _______ 17.

6.  Lucy found her job _______ the Internet.

7.  Paula feels lonely as her husband is often away _______ business.

8.  Seven ________ ten Europeans do not speak a second foreign language. *


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More tests:
ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITIONS (1)
ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITIONS (2)

*  The Higher Education Authority European Report, March 2001
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