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1. There are a lot of people … the central square celebrating the holiday. 2. I put butter … the fridge. 3. We saw them … the bus stop. 4. They went … the hill … the house. 5. There was a lot of snow … the ground when we arrived. 6. I saw many people … the platform waiting for the train. 7. My mother is cooking dinner … the kitchen. 8. She went … the room and sat … … the sofa. He put his hand … his pocket, took out a letter and dropped it … the mailbox which hung … the wall of the house.
9. Visitors of our city always go … our Golden Bridge … the Golden Horn bay. 10. There is a high fence … the house. 11. Children ran fast … … the dog. 12. The parrot always throws pens … the table. 13. When I came into the classroom the teacher was writing … the blackboard. 14. We drove … the street … lake. 15. We went … the forest, and … the village. 16. They drove … the bridge, and parked … the house. 17. The beautiful hotel is built … the supermarket. 18. Our house is … two shops and it is …
the bus stop. 19. If you want to visit our museum, go just … the road and walk … the other side … the squire. 20. They went … … the house and got … the car.
Exercise 6. Choose the correct preposition and give the Russian translation.
1. A lot of shops have been opened … our city recently (in, to). 2. The book fell … the shelf (from, off). 3. He went … the room and went … the kitchen (from, out of; to, for). 3. He climbed … the fence (on, over). 4. We could see the city perfectly well, because the plane flew … the clouds (over, below). 5. My children go … the street every day, because their school is … the other side (across, through; at, on). 6. Somebody went … the room (to, into). 7. The shortest way … the village is … the wood (to, for; through, across). 8. The children ran … … the fire, because it was dangerous to stay … it (away from, from; near, at). 9. Can you always tell a person’s mood by the expression … his face (at, on). 11. She went up … the blackboard, took a piece of chalk and began to write … the blackboard (towards, to; at, on). 12. He jumped … the water and swam … the river (into, to; through, across). 13. He was standing … … … the picture looking … it (in front of, before; at, on). 14. The bird was put … the cage (out of, into). 15. The dog walked … the master (beside, at). 16. You can see the parade better … this place (from, out of). 17. I was sitting … two sisters when he came … (among, between; in, into). 18. The mother divided the cake … her children (among, between). 19. You’ll find his house … the end of the street (at, in). 20. What is there … … … the computer (in front of, behind)?
