Here I give you a prepositions exercise (prepositions of place)

Fill the gaps with the correct preposition of place ( in, on, at)

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

1.She is practising yoga the beach.

2.Michael wrote a poem school last class.

3.We usually go out London at night.

4.She arrived her mother’s house in the morning.

5.It has been raining our city for the last three days.

6.I met Carol the port.

7.Hundreds of thieves are caught jail Britain.

8.Newspapers are only delivered weekly remote areas.

9.The Hotel Miramar is located top of the cliffs.

10.The house is situated a good area.

Prepositions of place AT, IN, ON

 *Hoy hablaremos acerca de preposiciones de lugar, y para sorpresa de ustedes veremos que se trata de las mismas palabras que utilizamos para referirnos al tiempo: AT, IN, ON. Lógicamente, existen otras preposiciones para indicar un lugar, pero haremos hincapié en estas para observar sus diferencias. Podríamos decir que su significado en español es:

At En / Junto a

In Dentro de

On Sobre

*Comenzaremos explicando los usos de la preposición AT que indica JUNTO A (al lado de), por ejemplo:

-At the window

Junto a la ventana (al lado de la ventana)

-At the bridge

Junto al puente (al lado del puente)

*Podemos emplear AT también para hablar sobre acontecimientos, en cuyo caso tomará el significado de EN, por ejemplo:

-At the show

En el espectáculo

-At the exhibition

En la exhibición

At the concert

En el concierto

*Cabe destacar que, además existen algunos lugares que deben ir acompañados por la preposición AT en lugar de IN, donde también recibirá el significado de EN. Aquí vemos solo algunos ejemplos:

-At the school

En la escuela

-At the railway station

En la estación de trenes

-At home

En casa

-At the hotel

En el hotel

-At the market

En el mercado

*En cambio la preposición IN la emplearemos para referirnos a DENTRO DE un lugar determinado:

-In the living room

En la sala de estar (Indica dentro de la sala de estar)

-In my car

En mi coche (Indica adentro del coche)

*Otra forma de utilizar la preposición IN, puede ser para referirnos a ciudades o países:

-He was born in London

Él nació en Londres

-She lives in Australia

Ella vive en Australia

 *Para finalizar, la preposición ON indica algo o alguien que se encuentra SOBRE un lugar determinado, por ejemplo:

-On the roof

Sobre el techo

-On the bridge

Sobre el puente

Defining Relative Clause Exercises

Defining Relative Clauses

Quiz

Add the phrase in brackets to the sentence using a relative clause. If it's possible, you should drop the relative pronoun:

 

1. The man was late. Julie invited the man.
   
   
   
2. The doctor was sick. I wanted to see the doctor.
   
   
   
3. The accountant was arrested. The accountant works for my father’s company
   
   
   
4. I wrote to the friend. You met the friend last week
   
   
   
5. The mobile phone can’t be fixed. The mobile phone is broken
   
   
   
6. John made a copy of the photo. I took the photo
   
   
   
   
7. I met a girl.The girl was a doctor
   
   
   
8. We called a doctor. The doctor works at a hospital in London
   
   
   
9. The child is playing in the garden. We see the child often
   
   
   
10. I often buy cheese. The cheese is imported from Paris
    
    
    

REPORTED SPEECH

We use reported speech when we are saying what other people say, think or believe.

• He says he wants it.
• We think you are right.
• I believe he loves her

When we are reporting things in the present, future or present perfect we don't change the tense.

• He thinks he loves her.
• I'll tell her you are coming.
• He has said he'll do it.

When we tell people what someone has said in the past, we generally make the tense 'more in the past'.

• You look very nice. = I told him he looked very nice.
• He's working in Siberia now. = She told me he was working in Siberia now.
• Polly has bought a new car. = She said Polly had bought a new car.

However, when we are reporting something that was said in the past but is still true, it is not obligatory to make the tense 'more in the past'. The choice is up to the speaker. For example:

"The train doesn't stop here."

When we are reporting what was said, we sometimes have to change other words in the sentence.

We have to change the pronoun if we are reporting what someone else said. Compare these two sentences. In each case the person actually said "I don't want to go."

• I said I didn't want to go.
• Bill said he didn't want to go.

We have to change words referring to 'here and now' if we are reporting what was said in a different place or time.
Compare these two sentences. In each case the person actually said "I'll be there at ten tomorrow."

• (If it is later the same day) He said he would be there at ten tomorrow.
• (If it is the next day) He said he would be there at ten today.

 EXAMPLES

present simple	“I like ice cream”	She said (that) she liked ice cream.
present continuous	“I am living in London”	She said she was living in London.
past simple	“I bought a car”	She said she had bought a car OR She said she bought a car.
past continuous	“I was walking along the street”	She said she had been walking along the street.
present perfect	“I haven't seen Julie”	She said she hadn't seen Julie.
past perfect*	“I had taken English lessons before”	She said she had taken English lessons before.
will	“I'll see you later”	She said she would see me later.
would*	“I would help, but..”	She said she would help but...
can	“I can speak perfect English”	She said she could speak perfect English.
could*	“I could swim when I was four”	She said she could swim when she was four.
shall	“I shall come later”	She said she would come later.
should*	“I should call my mother”	She said she should call her mother
might*	"I might be late"	She said she might be late
must	"I must study at the weekend"	She said she must study at the weekend OR She said she had to study at the weekend