Tuesday 17/04/12

English Prepositions
Listen to this great song by the Beatles, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, and fill in the missing preposition from the list given below.

First, listen to the song without taking notes and then listen to it a second time while looking for the missing words.

over

as

at

down

on

to

in

for

with

by

of

Gap Fill Quiz - Type in the Missing Prepositions

Picture yourself  a boat on a river,
 tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl  kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers  yellow and green,
Towering  your head.
Look  the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.

Lucy  the sky with diamonds,
Lucy  the sky with diamonds,
Lucy  the sky with diamonds,


Follow her  to a bridge  a fountain,
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.
Everyone smiles  you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.

Newspaper taxis appear  the shore,
Waiting  take you away.
Climb  the back with your head  the clouds,
And you're gone.

Picture yourself  a train in a station,
With plasticine porters  looking glass ties.
Suddenly someone is there  the turnstile,
The girl  kaleidoscope eyes.

Time Prepositions

Multiple Choice Exercise

Complete the sentences below by choosing the correct prepositions

1. Jane is arriving atinNO PREPonuntil January 26 atinNO PREPonuntil 2 o'clock atinNO PREPonuntil the afternoon.

2. It snows here every year atinNO PREPonuntil December. We always go outside and play in the snow atinNO PREPonuntil Christmas day.

3. Michael is leaving atinNO PREPonuntil Friday atinNO PREPonuntil noon.

4. Frankie started working for her law firm atinNO PREPonuntil 1995.

5. Franklin began working on the project atinNO PREPonuntil yesterday.

6. Normally, atinNO PREPonuntil New Year's Eve, it's tradition to kiss the one you love atinNO PREPonuntil midnight.

7 Don't be ridiculous; there were no telephones atinNO PREPonuntil the seventeenth century! The telephone was invented atinNO PREPonuntil the 1870s.

8. The plane leaves atinNO PREPonuntil tomorrow morning atinNO PREPonuntil 8:00 AM.

9. The hills here are covered with wildflowers atinNO PREPonuntil early spring.

10. We met at the restaurant atinNO PREPonuntil 6:30 and stayed atinNO PREPonuntil 10:30.

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Got Chocolate? Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Trailer


Questions:

What's the only thing that comes out of the factory?
 People.
 Candy.
 Money.

What does Grandpa think of the factory?
 It's amusing.
 It's interesting.
 It's amazing.

How many children are allowed to visit the factory?
 Four.
 Five.
 Six.

Where are the golden tickets hidden?
 Under the wrapping paper of the chocolate bar.
 Inside the chocolate bar.
 On the wrapping paper.

Which ticket does Charlie find?
 The first one.
 The fourth one.
 The last one.

Does Willy Wonka really care about the children?
 Yes, he does.
 No, he doesn't.
 Of course!

In Willy's opinion, who is weird?
 Violet's mother.
 Charlie's Grandpa.
 Veruca's father.

Who is the guide?
 Willy Wonka.
 Oompa Loompa.
 Mrs. Gloop.

How many children will find Willy's heart?
 All of them.
 None of them.
 One of them.

Did you see the movie? The original or the new version? What did you think of it?


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Verb Tenses Exercises

Simple Past or Present Perfect - Exercise

Choose the correct words or phrases. 1) Peter    played has played have played  football yesterday. 2) They    has cleaned have cleaned cleaned  the car. It looks new again. 3) Last year we    went goed have gone  to Italy. 4) John and Peggy    just have read have just read read  the book. Now they can watch the film. 5) I    met have met meeted  my friend two days ago. 6) We    has never visited visited have never visited  another country before. 7) She    has bought buyed bought  a new car in 2005. 8) I'm sorry, but I    forgot has forgotten have forgotten  my homework. 9)    Did you win Have you win Have you won  the game of chess? 10) The girls    did not eat have not eaten has not eaten  their lunch yet.

Past Perfect - Mixed Exercise

Put the words in brackets into the gaps. Use the verbs in the Past Perfect. Example: Alex couldn't go for a walk because he ______________ his leg. (to break) Answer: Alex couldn't go for a walk because he had broken his leg. 1) When I arrived at the restaurant, Victoria  a glass of water.(already/to order) 2) He noticed that Peter  the old chair. (not/to paint) 3) Before Emma laid the table, she  a talk with her mother. (to have) 4) She asked me if I  the new words. (to learn) 5) There were no sausages left when I came back. The dog  them. (to eat) 6) It  for three weeks, so the land was dry. (not/to rain) 7) I did not wait for my brother because I  his text message. (to read) 8) Linda  to a magic show before yesterday evening. (never/to be) 9) She told me that Frank  his room. (not/to tidy) 10)  his hamster before he left his house? (Jack/to feed)