Exercise 141. Put the prepositions on, it, into. 1. Where is the book? – It is … the table. 2. Where is the tea? – It is …
the cup. 3. Put the plates … the table. 4. Put the book … the bag. 5. There is a
beautiful picture … the wall. 6. He went … the room. 7. I like to sit … the sofa
… my room. 8. Mother is cooking dinner … the kitchen. 9. She went … the
room and sat down … the sofa. 10. There are many people … the park today.
11. There is a girl standing … the bridge. Why is she crying? – She has dropped
her doll … the water. 12. There is no tea … my cup. 13. Pour some tea … my
cup. 14. Put these flowers … the window-still. 15. I saw many people … the
platform waiting for the train. 16. We went … the garden and sat down … a
bench. 17. The teacher hung a picture … the blackboard. 18. I opened the door
and went … the classroom. The teacher was writing some words … the
blackboard. The pupils were writing these words … their exercise-books. There
were some books and pens … the teacher’s table. There were two maps … the
wall and some flowers … the window-sills. I saw a pen … the floor. I picked it
up and put it … the table. 19. He put his hand … his pocket, took out a letter and
dropped it … the mail-box which hung … the wall of the house. Then he got …
his car and drove off.
Exercise 142. Put the prepositions it, to. 1.We did not want to stay … town on such a hot day, so we went … the
country. 2. It is very late. Go … bed at once. 3. Where is your little sister? – She
is … bed. Mother always puts her … bed at eight o’clock. 4. In summer my
mother does not go … work and I don’t go … school. We live … the country.
My father goes … work every day, so he stays … town. But sometimes he
comes … the country after work and goes back … town early in the morning,
when I am still … bed. 5. In winter I usually go to … bed at ten o’clock because
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I learn … school and have to get up early. But in summer, when I don’t go …
school and live … the country, I like to go … bed late. 6. Do you like to read …
bed?