PREPOSITION REVIEW 01
REMEDIAL EXERCISE: PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
Answers (Jim and his wife are rather stereotypical)
01. Jim is at the office.
02. His wife is at home.
03. He is sitting at his desk.
04. She is working at the kitchen table.
05. He has papers on his desk.
06. She has a cookery book open on the table.
07. Jim goes to the office at eight.
08. His wife stays at home until ten: then she goes to the supermarket.
09. At the supermarket, she buys groceries.
10. She walks from her house to the supermarket.
11. She walks to the end of her street to a busy road.
12. The courses is just round/on the corner.
13. She buys groceries at the courses and vegetables at an open market.
14. Jim works on the top floor of an office block.
15. He takes a lift (elevator) up and down.
16. The only exciting thing that ever happened to Jim was that once the lift stopped between the eighth and ninth floors and Jim was stuck in it.
17. He sat on the floor until help came.
18. When she has a lot to buy, Mary takes the car and parks in the car park, close to the store.
19. In/inside/at the supermarket, she walks along/down the aisles , pushing her trolley between the rows of shelves.
20. She pays at the checkout, loads the groceries into the boot (trunk) of her car, and drives (no preposition!) home.
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