Упражнение 10. Заполните пропуски соответствующими предлогами

1. The teacher informed us that the school would be closed ……….one day next week (for to)

2. You shouldn’t write graffiti…………. the walls of buildings.(on, at)

3. The manager paid careful attention ….what she said and agreed (to, on)

4. He promised she would be treated better……… the future (in, for)

5. He servedten years ………….prison …………..stealing cars. (for, in, at)

6. This room serves ………….both a living room and a bedroom (as, so)

7. Bill Clinton served as Governor …….the State of Arkansas and later as President of the United States (of, for)

8. He has served the company well ………thirty-five years (for, in)

9. Masha’s uncle serves on the Board Directors ……….. several important companies (of, to)

Упражнение 11. Переведите на английский язык следующие словосочетания:

Через день, у стола, на книжной полке, кататься по льду, в дождливый день, в среду, на другой стороне улицы, на другом континенте, работать в компании, учиться в институте, на автобусной остановке, по размеру, из-за сильного дождя, спасибо за помощь, поверните налево, быть дома, идти домой, о нем много говорят, переплыть реку, среди друзей, над головой.

Упражнение 12.* Заполните пропуски предлогами. Перескажите текст.

On an island

…(1)..a Thursday evening…(2)……October 1931, (3)…..about eight o’clock, the ship “Voager” sank. The ship had been sailing…(4)..the end of September, when she left London, anв was on her way…(5)…England…(6)…Australia. The only survivor was an Englishman called Wilfred Betty, who saved himself …(7)..swimming two miles. He spent three years…(8)…an island…(9)..the middle of the Indian Ocean.

The island was quite small, and he could walk…(10)..the whole of it…(11)..an hour. He climbed…(12)..the one hill and put a flag …(13)..it…(14)..a signal. …(15)..night Betty slept…(16)..a cave where he felt quite …(17).home…(18)…the day he often fished…(19)..a home-made net. He cooked the fish…(20)..a wood fire.

Betty stayed…(21)..the island…(22)..almost three years,…(23)…August 1934. A ship was sailing …(24)..the island, and the captain saw Betty’s signal. The sailors found the man (25)…..a long blue coat…(26)..dark hair and a beard, looking rather…(27)..gorilla. Betty was soon home, and a few years later he finally arrived …(28)…Australia…(29)..air.