laa 45 PREPOS|T|OI{S

OFPTACE

45 Practice

E x e r c i s1eg # 9 r y
Underline the coffectword.
1 Lookin theAppendix e/by the endof th€report.
. 2 When I got iDlo, the planesomeone wassittingin myseat.
3 Whata fantnic view!Theskyaborclo!€r andthe seabetowtunder.
4 Nextwe€kl'll beatl,h Hungary for a fewdays-
5 TurnintoWenernAvenue andyou'llseeourofficesonlatyourl€ft.
6 Yo! canl missit- The€staurant isexa(lybyloppogre thecinerna.
7 | oftenworkinlat homein theevening.
8 | boughtthistie irlat Madison Avenue.
9 she'llbe helein a few minutes - 5he3jun arlonthe phoneat thernoment.
l0 Thepowersocketisoverthere,bylaathedoor.
I I Thisgraphisnt labelled propey.W te theunit5bylnento theX axis.
12 lwent to visitmysonin/af hospital yesreday.
'I3 Puta
sheetabor€/oyer themachine to stopit gettingduny.
14 SienaisquitenearlbyFlorence.
15 l'll seeyoutomorrowat ten thirt!, lnlby myofiice.
I 6 lt! a largeblock.Ouroffices areatlo, thefifteenthfloor
17 I sawSimonatl/h thestationwhileI waswahingfor a train.
. 18 I musthavebeenstanding inlafthe queuefor hatfan hour
-
19 You'llseeouroffices theylebylneala llrnirue storc.(thenextbtock)
20 You'llsee ouroffices - they'rebylneara furoiture store.(thenextbulding)

Exercise2 [ f
Complete thesentences with in,at or on.
I I live....il\....ManorRoad,...4!-...number 295.
2 Youshouldn't reallypark............
at thepavement_on
3 | hada lovelymeal.......-....
on theplane.
in
4 l'd liketo live.......--...
thecountrywhenI rerire.
5 Goto theendof theroad,andyou'llseethe bank..... on......the righi.
to
6 l'll be .rriving............ in Barcelona
youroffices............ at three.
7 Lisbon in themiddle
is............ of Poftugal, on thecoan.
............
at
8 i meetyou............ thefrontof thebuilding in ten minutes.
9 | wonderwhars...........on rFlevnion rhisevening.
on thescreen
10 Thesizeofthe text............ isverysmall.Coutdnlit bebtgq€r7
I1 | lve ............
in a smallvillage -...........
on theroadto Dover
At ih€ beginning
l2 ............ of myca€erlworkedin marketing.
13 lt wasa verywell-run meetjnq. on thechair in
Erikawas._..........
for the mirrorandI neaiyhadan accident.in
14 | wasn'tlooking............
in 15 Shework.. ........
at Seville, for the Universiiy.
............ at
16 Thesalesfigures? Yes,lhavethem on
righthere.....__._......
myhand. in
l7 lwaltedpatiently ..-.-.......
at the backof the queue.
18 I thinkI lefi myb efcase on thechair............
.........-.. at the restaur.nt.in
l9 l'm off sickat thernoment, but I shouldbeback.. to ........wofknextweek. at
-he
20 ldn Fhan.eN4nFrer,sslill in .....prison.
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OF PLACE r89

E x e r c i s3e! ! ! !
Completethis emailbychoosingthe correctpreposition
fiom the listbelow.
towads over pasr thrcugh in front of by in +€- at (x2) on (x2)

H€re ar€ the dlrectrons(1)..-...1P..-... ou.t'".0 om*. towards

in
Tak€ rh€ A3 from oxiord and thenjoin the M4 (2).................. at
London notwar€sr)- com€ offrh€ M4 (3)..................
through rhe over
junction 12 .nd contrnuesrElghl ahead. Conilnu€ (4) -.....--.....--... overpasta BP
nen tuo rcundabouts,so (5) .....-......-.....
on your nghtand yo! ll@m6 to 3om€ tEfic rrqhts-You are now {7),......,.........-
ga€96 (6)......-....-...... at in R€sdins. Go strarghr
through at on rha nBn s€r of rishrs,rum d9ht. Henry strsot is the srh road
by
(3),..,...._....._...
th€ rrafiic rrghGand (9).._.....,.........
on
(1o) ......-.....-..... towards your lhsr6 is E rong driv6
rh€ l€fi, Folld the oad to the €nd and th€ offi€ i6 (11) .,,...,,,...,,,...
by lh€ slde of the ofrce - you @n park lh€c-
(12) ......-.....-..... in front of
lf you h€v6 any p@bl€msglve m€ a €ll. but lt! v€ry e€ey E€llyl

Exercise4IIlI
Complete thisemailbyputting9!e suitable
wordin eachspa(e.Aswellasthewordsin sections
A, B,C and
D it isalsoposgible
to useio,

lhanks for s€.dins m€ the artwork ro. rh6 masdin€ adv€rt. I h€v€ a r6w @mm€nts about the layout (1) ..,..,,pt\,,,,..th€
page. The photosraph (2) ..,..........._... in
on at rh6 rop r@ks sood, bur insr€.d of being (3) ....,....,,.....,,
th6 mtddrs I thlnk lt 6hourd
on
bs (4) .................- over ro rh6 t€xr- Th6n (6).-.....-.....-....
th6 r€fr,(5).,......-....--... in rh6 orhd @merwe courd have the @mpany
next
Old you know there's going to b6 an arricl€ aboutour@mpany (7).........--.....-. in at th6 sam6 magazing? I hope lr willb€
( Ain
). . .front
, , , . . , , of . .e. p a s s d i € c t l y ( 9 ) . . . - . . . . . . . . . .,. .b. u
. , . . t. h . t t h a t i s n t { 1 0 ) . . on
- . . . . . - . . . . .m
. . y. . h a n d s .
Can you also give the artwork (11) ...-.....-......-. for Steve for hls @mments? He should b6 back (12) ..-......-......-. to work on
192 1l5 VEnOr PREPiOSI'ION

46 Practice

Exercise 1 X
Completethe sentences
with a word from lin A anda word ffom lilt B.

A: apprcve depend know lead believe sufier syFpar+$sewait

B: about for from in of on to vfrh
I | €ally-tyr4P4tli5-e...wi-tl. yourproblem, butthe€l nota lot I cando.
2 Positive is
thinking so important. You really
have believe in youlsef.
to .............................
3 fii suffer youout5ide
4 What you?e saying onepossible
canonly............................. conclusion.
5 Ofcoutse depend on theprice.
thesizeof ourorderwi11.............................
6 Yo!rCVi! n.on9in mostareas, butwhatdoyou.............................
know about marketingT
7 lmports always lead to
.............................
theef{ectsof a nrongdollar
8 lawayshavetolookrmad-myboss doesn'i.............................
approve for inforrna clothes.

Exercise2 E
Underline thecorrectword.
I I thinkwe shouldaskthem&/aboutlw,th moreinformation.
2 Canyo! supplyusforlaboutlwith enoughpa.tsfor 5,000vehicles?
3 You'er d meabourloflforsoreoneI l.now
4 lf I foEet,remindmeabourlollforit againai theendof themeeting.
5 Themanagement blamedrhe unionagairstlfronlforcausing thestdk€.
5 l'm writingto informyoulot / aboutl on ov newG ge ot prcducts,
7 We mighthaveto splitthe otdetfotlinlintoNvoseparate shipments.
8 CanyouthankL4rMateusaboutlfotl with all hishelp?
9 l'd liketo congratulate
Particiaohlforlaboutwinning Employee of the Month.
10 Thissafetyfeaturepreventstheoperative agairsrlfromllv/t,
suffefing anyinjury
11 Thisyearwe'llbe investingmo.ethanf4m onl,loltoplantandnewmachinery
12 Thisyearwe'llbe spending morethan€4monl,loltoplantafd newmachinery

Exercise3 I D
Completethesesent€neswith prepositions. Choosefrom:about,at, fot, frcn, ln, to, of at with.
1l'mwritinq......t9......attourcustomers...4he!|t..offersthismonthonseecledmodel
2 WhowasGeorye talking to
.................
? Andwhatexactly washeta k ng .................
about ?
3 Naveyouheafdanythinq about HeadOffi.e?Theysaidthey'ddecide
................. thisweek.
4 Who3Giuseppe saponi? l'veneverhead.---.............
of hlm.
5 Doyoulikethe newdesign? Whatdo youthink.................
about it?
6 Doyouagree ..........-......
with me........--.......
about this?
7 Theimp.oved sales fiqures.esult of
-................
alltheinvestments we madean yeaf.
8 Tre rrvenrnenB we remdftnqnowshouldresuh.......... at ......oenersal.s^exryea
9 | munapologise ..................
for not contaciing youe.rlieribut l'vebeenverybusJr
l0 l'd likeio complain with themanager
..........-.---.. ........-.........
about thefood.
11 Makesureyoulook.................
at thesmallprint beforeyousignan),thing.
12 Unesstheifqualityimproves, for
we'llhaveto look-.-...............
a newsupplier
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Exercise4l$ffigU
Complete withonewordfromlistA andonewordfromlistB.
thesentences
A: agrced apologisedapply belong comply explainheard hoping nsist listen pay
qualit ey remind
B: about on on from with with to to to {€+ lor for for for
1 Youcan...........e411..............&t...thegoodsintwelvemonthyinnaments.
2 Excuse me,butdoesthisumbrella belong to .............
.............................. you?
3 listen
Thefirrtthings to .........................--..
.............
to theclient to I ndouttheirneeds.
4 I asked mylawyer qualify
to .................-...........
thecontract for me
.............
5 Ev€rybody arreed
.............................
.............
on thedecision. lt wasunanimous.
6 Therc'sa newjobin R&D. lwonder if Chrir6 goingto......apply ........... for
.............
t.
7 iillisa good te.mmember Youcanalways rely on
.............................
...........
herln a crisis.
8 They've ...apologised for ....ihedelay
. .. ..................
........ andsdidthatthe temsarcin thepost.
9 I'm certain to foeet. Remind on it nedrcrthetime.
10 lt'sbeena dlsappointing hoping for
yearWe're ........................................b€tterresutssoon.
1l Have heard about
yo! . ...........................
.............
Jacke r€cennyT 5hehasn'twrtten forages.
12 Does qualified
thisproduci....... for
................................Eutopeansafetynand.rds?
l3 insist ............
No,no,1............... on
...........paying. Yo!'remyguest.
14 lf we buildthefactoryin thatareawe l comply with .............
a regional aidgrant.

Exercise5Age'E
Complete withthecor.ectprepositions.
theemails Thes€cond
numberin eachbrackeishowsthenumberof

Iv6 jusr be€n lookins (1-2) ....-..41......your weusite ano companns yo!r on-tin€ bankhs raciritr€6(2-4) ,................. with your
c o m p o t i t o r sT.h € r e s a f 6 w r h i n g s I d l i k 6 r o $ t y o u ( 3 - 5 ) .about
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . .
a) lt I want to boiiow mon6y (4-.4)..........-....... from you, how much will I pay (g!3) .-................ for lh6loan? | .$!m€ rhat your
ch€aper operatlng ests will rosult (6-2) at
...........,.....,
a lower int6Est rale than a normal bank.
b) | see thal ll I open an ac@unt this monrh I quarlt (7-3) ...,....,......... for a credil cErd wilh sp€cial payment terms. oo you
otr6r In6uEnca (3-a ..................
for ontine fraud with rhis €rd ro prclect €rd-hotde6 (9,4) .................. from hacke6 who mtght

from you. Thank you.

I look loNard to headng (1O-4).-................

for
Thank you (i1-3) .................. ,oor re€nt 6mail a.d I apologis6(12-3) ..-...-........... for takinq e long lo reply,
Here is the informalionyou requaat€d.
on
a) You en r6ly (132) .................. lh€ fact lhat our intor€sl ralos ar€ v6ry 6mpatiliv6,lrut lcannol glve exact fiqu€s 63 ll
on
depends (14-2)..........-.......lhe amounl you w6nt to bomw linvit6 you {1t2) ..................ch€ck to lhe table on ourwebsit6
forthis infomalion.l €n assueyou that w6 d6alwith tha pr@ss v€ry quickly afrer applyhg (16 3)................. for the loan
y o u s h o u l d n t h a v 6 r o w a i t m o r e t h a n a f e d a t € b 6 f o r € h g a n n g ( 1 7 - " ) . . . .from
......... us
b) Yes,6s soon as yo! tnfom !s (1&5) ..........-..-...- about any posibl€ fraud asecialed with yolr €rd we take €re
of
(19-2).-.......-........everything and retund any mon6ythatyou hav6lost.In relationto our@n cunomerac@unls, w€ do
everythingnecessry to pr€venl hack€E (20-4)....-............. from edenng fi€ syst€m, and hav€ invest€dh€avily
in
(21 2) .................. this sr€a ov€
of
I hope this ansers your qu.srions. Pl€se do not h*itate io @ntact us again if you lhink (22-4 -...-...-.........
anylhing else.