Exercise 143. Put the prepositions on, at. 1. I get up … seven o’clock or a … quarter past seven. 2. … Sunday I
usually get up … nine o’clock or half past nine. But last Sunday I slept very
long and got up only … noon. 3. Lev Tolstoy liked to get up … sunrise. 4. Our
lessons are usually over … twenty minutes to two. 5. They returned from the
wood … sunset. 6. I began writing my composition … seven o’clock and
finished only … midnight. 7. My birthday is … the ninth of July. 8. The school
year begins … the first of September. 9. … the twenty-fifth of December people
celebrate Christmas. 10. … Wednesday I usually have a lot of homework.
Exercise 144. Put the prepositions to, of. 1.He bought a book … English poems and gave it … his sister. 2. I wrote
… him asking to send me a box … chocolates. 3. The roof … the house is very
old. 4. There is a monument … Pushkin in the Square … Arts. 5. One wheel …
my car must be changed. 6. He was standing outside the door his house and
explaining … the mechanic what was wrong with his car. 7. He gave her a big
bunch … flowers. 8. I sent a letter … my friend. 9. The streets … St.Petersburg
are straight. 10. Many pages … this book are torn. 11. The young scientist was
trying to prove … the professor the necessity … the experiment. 12. London is
the capital … Great Britain. 13. The embankments … the Neva are faced with
granite. 14. It is clear … me that you don’t know your lesson. 15. He was
devoted … his friend. 16. I explained … the teacher that by the end … the
lesson I had not finished the translation … the text and that’s why I had not
handed it … him. The surprise … the teacher was great. My explanation seemed
strange … the teacher.
Exercise 145. Put the prepositions with, by. 1. The boy cut his finger … a knife. 2. The boat was carried … the waves
into the open sea. 3. The teacher was pleased … our work. 4. America was
discovered … Columbus. 5. “Hamlet” was written … Shakespeare. 6. We eat
soup … a spoon. 7. He was killed … a knife. 8. He was killed … the robbers. 9.
He was knocked down … a big stick. 10. He was knocked down … a car. 11. He
was taken to hospital …an ambulance. 12. He was treated … very effective
drugs. 13. He was cured … a very skilful doctor. 14. He wrote his letter … a
pencil. 15. He was scolded … his mother.