Let's practise prepositions – part 1

Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

1 I'll call you later. I'm _______ work at the moment and my boss is just
coming.
2 He doesn't have a job. He's _______ _______work.
3 I'm _______ _______work now. (It’s 7 am and you are leaving
home).
4 She's just had a baby so she's_______work now. She's on maternity leave.
5 I'm up to my ears work at the moment. We are majorly
understaffed.

Schedule
6 I'm really stressed out because I have fallen schedule with a
very important project and the pressure is mounting.
7 We are doing ok with the project timewise. In fact, we are of schedule,
so I'm confident we will meet the deadline.
8 Fortunately, everything went to schedule with the launching of
our new product.
9 I'm afraid I don't have any time to spare. I'm a very tight
schedule.

Week
10 I can't meet at the weekend so let's try and meet the week.
11 I'm going away a week. (7 days from now).
12 I'm going away a week (I'm staying somewhere for 7 days).
13 They said they would reply to my enquiry_______ a week. (in up to 7
days).
14 It's been a week now since I sent my application and I
still haven't heard back from the company (more than 7 days).

Over to you
1 What's the longest you've ever been out of work? What's
the longest you've ever been off work?
2 Would you say you're up to your ears in work at the moment?
3 Can you take private calls when you're at work?
4 Do you work to deadlines? Are you usually behind
schedule, on schedule or ahead of schedule with
 your projects?
5 Do you have time for leisure activities during the week or
do you leave them until the weekend?