Advertising and Marketing

F EED BA CK EXE RCI SE UD 1

TECHNICAL ENGLISH
FEEDBACK EXERCISE UD 1

PREPOSITIONS

1. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the right preposition from the
box (2 points).

with from to behind through on between over along without

1. Give it __to____ your mother.

2. I was sitting __between_ Mr. Brown and Mr Smith. Each one was on each side of
the bench.
3. You cannot buy things __without_______ money.
4. I've got a letter __from______ my wife.
5. Is there a bridge _over_____ the river?
6. We cut paper ___with____ a pair of scissors.
7. A country girl was walking __along______ the road.
8. I could not see him because he was sitting ___behind_____ me.
9. The thief entered ___through_____ the window.
10. I have dropped my pen ___on____ the table.

2. Fill in the gaps with the right preposition of time (in, on, at) (2 points).

1. What are you doing ___on____ Saturday?

2. I am going to the countryside ____at____ the weekend.
3. I haven't been to the countryside __on_ December.
4. What time are you leaving?
I am leaving ___in___ the afternoon, maybe __at_____ three o'clock pm. I am
coming back ____on___ Sunday evening.
5. Then you will arrive __on__ August 23rd.

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FEEDBACK EXERCISE UD 1

ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS

3. Fill in the gaps with the correct possessive adjective or pronoun (3 points).

1. Paul and Jeannie are going to visit ___their_____ friends tomorrow.

2. Sheila is buying a present for __her______ mother.

3. We are living in __our______ new home.

4. The dog has ___its_____ own place here.

5. My mother has three telephones. They are _hers________.

4. Fill in the gaps with the correct subject or object personal pronoun (3 points).

1. I went to the cinema with Joe and Tom. I went with __them______.
2. Mary and I are going shopping with our sister. ___we___ are going shopping
with ___her____.
3. The chair is very comfortable. Please sit on ___it____.
4. Tom gave the book to Mary and me. He gave ___us___ the book.
5. My best girlfriend gave a present to Tom. __she____ gave a present to
__him_____.

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