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Exercises
121.1 Complete the sentences with on time or in time. 1. The bus was late this morning but it's usually _on time._ 2. The film was supposed to start at 8.30 but it didn't begin ---. 3. I like to get up --- to have a big breakfast before going to work. 4. We want to start the meeting --- so please don't be late. 5. I've just washed this shirt. I want to wear it this evening, so I hope it will be dry ---. 6. The train service isn't very good. The trains are rarely ---. 7. I nearly missed my flight this morning. I got to the airport just ---. 8. I nearly forgot that it was Joe's birthday. Fortunately I remembered ---. 9. Why are you never ---? You always keep everybody waiting. 121.2 Read the situations and make sentences using just in time. 1. A child ran across the road in front of your car. You saw the child at the last moment. (manage/stop) _I managed to stop just in time._ 2. You were walking home without an umbrella. just after you got home, it started to rain very heavily. (get/home) ---. 3. Tim was going to sit on the chair you had just painted. You said, 'Don't sit in that chair! ', so he didn't. (stop/him) I ---. 4. You went to the cinema. You were a bit late and you thought you would miss the beginning of the film. But the film began just as you sat down in the cinema. (get/cinema/beginning of the film) ---. 121.3 Complete the sentences using at the end + one of the following: the course the interview the match the month the race 1. All the players shook hands _at the end of the match._ 2. I normally get paid ---. 3. The students had a party ---. 4. Two of the runners collapsed ---. 5. To my surprise I was offered the job ---. 121.4 Write sentences with In the end. Use the verb in brackets. 1. We had a lot of problems with our car. (sell) _in the end we sold it._ 2. Judy got more and more fed up with her job. (resign) ---. 3. I tried to learn German but I found it too difficult. (give up) ---. 4. We couldn't decide whether to go to the party or not. (not/go) ---. 121.5 Put in at or in. 1. I'm going away _at_ the end of the month. 2. It took me a long time to find a job --- the end I got a job in a hotel. 3. Are you going away --- the beginning of August or --- the end? 4. I couldn't decide what to buy Mary for her birthday. I didn't buy her anything --- the end. 5. We waited ages for a taxi. We gave up --- the end and walked home. 6. I'll be moving to a new address --- the end of September. 7. At first Helen didn't want to go to the theatre but she came with us --- the end. 8. I'm going away --- the end of this week. 9. '1 didn't know what to do.' 'Yes, you were in a difficult position. What did you do --- the end? '
UNIT 122 In/at/on (place) (1) A. In Study these examples: in a room, in a building, in a box, in a garden, in a town/city, in a country * There's no one in the room/in the building/in the garden. * What have you got in your hand/in your mouth? * When we were in Italy, we spent a few days in Venice. (not 'at Venice') * I have a friend who lives in a small village in the mountains. * Look at those people swimming in the pool/in the sea/in the river. B. At Study these examples: at the bus stop, at the door, at the window, at the top (of the page), at the bottom (of the page), at the end of the street * Who is that man standing at the bus stop/at the door/at the window? * Turn left at the traffic lights/at the church/at the roundabout. * Write your name at the top/at the bottom of the page. * Angela's house is the white one at the end of the street. * When you leave the hotel, please leave your key at reception. C. On Study these examples: on the ceiling, on the wall, on the door, on the table, on her nose, on the floor, on a page * I sat on the floor/on the ground on the grass/on a chair/on the beach. * There's a dirty mark on the wall on the ceiling/on your nose/on your shirt. * Have you seen the notice on the notice board/on the door? * You'll find details of TV programmes on page seven (of the newspaper). D. Compare in and at: * There were a lot of people in the shop. It was very crowded. but Go along this road, then turn left at the shop. (somebody giving directions) Compare in and on: * There is some water in the bottle. but There is a label on the bottle. Compare at and on: * There is somebody at the door. Shall I go and see who it is? but There is a notice on the door. It says 'Do not disturb'.
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