Exercise on Prepositions Time

Fill in the correct prepositions.

1. Peter is playing tennis ______

Sunday.

2. My brother's birthday is ______

3. My birthday is ______

the 5th of November.

May.

4. We are going to see my parents ______

5. ______

the weekend.

1666, a great fire broke out in London.

6. I don't like walking alone in the streets ______

7. What are you doing ______

night.

the afternoon?

8. My friend has been living in Canada ______

9. I have been waiting for you ______

10. I will have finished this essay ______

two years.

seven o'clock.

Friday.

Exercise on Prepositions Time

Choose the correct prepositions.
1. What are you doing ______ the weekend?
2. I don't know yet. Maybe I'll go to the cinema ______ Saturday.
3. That's interesting. I haven't been to the cinema ______ so many years.
4. We could go there together ______ the afternoon.

5. That would be great. But I would prefer to go there ______ the evening. I
am visiting my grandma ______ Saturday.
6. That's okay. The film starts ______ eight o'clock.
7. I can pick you up ______ half seven. How long does the film last?
8. It lasts ______ two hours and forty-five minutes.
9. ______ eight ______ a quarter ______ eleven.
10. That's right. But I must hurry home ______ the film. I have to be home
______ eleven o'clock.

Exercise on since and for

- _________ - if the starting point is given (two o'clock, last Friday, 1998)
- _________ - if the period of time is given (twenty minutes, two days, one year)
Decide whether to use since or for.
1. I have been waiting ______ 4 o'clock.
2. Sue has only been waiting ______ 20 minutes.
3. Tim and Tina have been learning English ______ six years.
4. Fred and Frida have been learning French ______ 1998.
5. Joe and Josephine have been going out together ______ Valentine's Day.
6. I haven't been on holiday ______ last July.
7. Mary has been saving her money ______ many years.
8. I haven't eaten anything ______ breakfast.
9. You have been watching TV ______ hours.
10. We have been living here ______ 2 months.

Exercise on Prepositions McDonalds

Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions.

1. The first McDonalds restaurant was opened ______
McDonald ______

the 15th ______

2. The best selling products ______

Dick and Mac

May 1940.

their restaurant were hamburgers.

3. So the McDonald brothers thought ______

a way to produce hamburgers

more quickly.

4. This was introduced ______

1948 and became known ______

the

Speedee Service System.

5. The first franchised McDonalds restaurant was opened ______

today you can find McDonalds restaurants ______

1953, and

more than 100

countries.

6. The meats ______

the burgers vary ______

the culture ______

the

country.

7. Franchisees and future managers ______

trained ______

McDonalds restaurants are

Hamburger University, which is located ______

Brook, a suburb ______

Oak

Chicago.

8. McDonalds is also known ______

international sport events.

its sponsorship ______

various