Mozart was born in Salzburg ........in........ 1756.
Mozart was born in Salzburg ........in........ 1756.
Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with Preposition of Time 1. Mozart was born ______ Salzburg ______ 1756. * 2. They got married ______ April 2002. * 3. I'm usually free ______ 8 pm and 10 pm. * 4. What do you usually do ______ Sunday? - We often go for long walks in the country ______ weekends or ______ holidays. * 5. The course begins ______ 12 May and ends sometimes ______ August. * 6. She works hard ______ the week, so she likes relaxing ______ weekend. * 7. I'll leave ______ 7 o'clock, so you should call me ______ 7. * 8. My English class finishes ______ 7.30. Let's meet ______ 7.30. * 9. Do you give each other presents ______ Christmas? * 10. There are usually a lot of parties ______ New Year's Eve. * 11. He asked me to come ______ 11:30, not ______ noon. * 12. I suddenly felt ill ______ the examination. * 13. The book was easy to read, so I read it ______ a day. * 14. She started dancing ______ 8 and now she is a great star. * 15. Call me again ______ 11 o'clock because my classes will finish ______ 11:00. * 16. Did you phone your teacher the day ______ yesterday? * 17. My parents will get back from their holiday the day ______ tomorrow. * 18. Mr. Brown enjoys walking around his garden ______ night. * 19. Let's wait ______ it stops raining. * 20. He took a boat and reached the island ______ half an hour. * 21. My mother used to wear long dresses ______ special occasions. * 22. The bills always arrive ______ the first of the month. *
Complete the sentences with Preposition of Time
1. Mozart was born ______ Salzburg ______ 1756.
2. They got married ______ April 2002.
3. I'm usually free ______ 8 pm and 10 pm.
4. What do you usually do ______ Sunday? - We often go for long walks in the country ______ weekends or ______ holidays.
5. The course begins ______ 12 May and ends sometimes ______ August.
6. She works hard ______ the week, so she likes relaxing ______ weekend.
7. I'll leave ______ 7 o'clock, so you should call me ______ 7.
8. My English class finishes ______ 7.30. Let's meet ______ 7.30.
9. Do you give each other presents ______ Christmas?
10. There are usually a lot of parties ______ New Year's Eve.
11. He asked me to come ______ 11:30, not ______ noon.
12. I suddenly felt ill ______ the examination.
13. The book was easy to read, so I read it ______ a day.
14. She started dancing ______ 8 and now she is a great star.
15. Call me again ______ 11 o'clock because my classes will finish ______ 11:00.
16. Did you phone your teacher the day ______ yesterday?
17. My parents will get back from their holiday the day ______ tomorrow.
18. Mr. Brown enjoys walking around his garden ______ night.
19. Let's wait ______ it stops raining.
20. He took a boat and reached the island ______ half an hour.
21. My mother used to wear long dresses ______ special occasions.
22. The bills always arrive ______ the first of the month.
COMPLE THE SENTENCES WITH SUITABLE PREPOSITIONS:
in, at, on, after, before, between
1.Mozat was born...Salzburg....1756.
2....Saturday night i went to bed...11 o'clock.
3. I'm usually free...8p.m and 10p.m
4. I always brush my teeth....meals.
5.He always gets home...6.00 p.m because he doesn't want to miss the six o'clock film.
6.Is your birthday...April?---Mine is....April 7th.
7.Columbus discovered America....1942.
17. When were you born? – I was born ___________November 1997.
A. in B. on C. at D. during
18. Don’t come in. Pleased wait ___________ for your turn.
A. inside B. downstairs C. outside D. upstairs
19. Our friends ____________ meet us at the airport tonight.
A. are B. are going to C. go to D. will be to
20. The children ___________are going to plant trees and flowers in the school garden and water them every afternoon after school.
A. themselves B. ourselves C. herself D. themself
21. I know you worked really___________ this semester.
A. hardly B. good C. bad D. hard
22. The sun __________ in the east.
A. rise B. set C. sets D. rises
23. Martina has been a professional tennis player ____________ 1994.
A. since B. for C. on D. in
24. _____________. have you known Jane? – For three years.
A. What B. How many C. How long D. How far
25. The water wasn’t __________ in.
A. clear enough to swim B. enough clear to swim
C. clear enough for swimming D. enough clear for swimming
26. I really love ___________shoes. It’s relaxing!
A. clean B. cleans C. to clean D. cleaning
..................... charlie chaplin was born in london england (legend)
She was born ………….March 15th
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III. Read the following passage and do the tasks below :
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest writers in English Literature. He was born into a poor family in England. His father was a clerk in an office. It was a good job but he always spent more money than he earned, so he was often in debt. When Dickens was eleven years old, his father was put into prison because he could not pay his debts. At the age of twelve, Dickens was sent to work in a factory labeling bottles for six shillings a week.
When Dickens was sixteen, he worked for a newspaper, and soon became a good journalist. He also wrote many short stories and novels about London’s life. Many of his characters were poor and hungry people. Some of his novels have been translated into many different languages. His two novels “Oliver Twist” and “David Copperfield” are famous all over the world.
A.Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:
1. Which of the following sentences is NOT true ?
A. Charles Dickens was born into a poor family in England.
B. Charles Dickens always spent more money than he earned.
C. His father was put into prison when he was 11 years old.
D. “Oliver Twist” and “David Copperfield” were written by Charles Dickens.
2. The word famous in the second paragraph mostly means________.
A. strange B. well done C. well- known D. unknown
B. Answer the questions:
1. Was Charles Dickens one of the greatest writers in English Literature?
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2. How old was he when he worked for a newspaper?
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3. What did he write about in his short stories and novels?
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Isaac Newton is one of the greatest men in the history of scientists. He was born on December 25th, 1642 in a small village in Woolthorpe in England. His father was a poor farmer. When the boy was fourteen, his father died. Newton left school and helped his mother on the farm. But the boy didn’t like farming, he was fond of the poetry and mathematics. So Newton was sent to school. After he left high school, Newton studied at Cambridge University. In 1667 he became a professor on mathematics at Cambridge University after graduating. His greatest discovery is the law of gravitation. He died in 1727.
1. When was Newton born?
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2. How old was he when his father died?
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3. What was he interested in when on the farm?
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4. What did he discover?
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Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was a young man of twenty-three he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family and gone to Boston. Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound. This led to the invention of the telephone.
TRUE/ FALSE
25. Alexander Graham Bell was a Scotsman. ____________
26. In Boston, he taught people who were not able to hear. ____________
27. He experimented with ways of transmitting sound by day. ____________
28. He moved with his parents to Canada in 1871. ____________
29. When did he emigrate to the United States?
A. 1874 B. 1867 C. 1870 D. 1871
30. Which of the followings is not used to describe Alexander Graham Bell?
A. dreamy B. practical C. active D. social