Grammar rhymes - Joanna Zaranska 1997
Preposition
The tractor is under the table.
The toy box is on the floor.
The wardrobe is next to the window.
The poster is on the door.
The teddy bear is in the toy box.
The lamp is over the bed.
The ladder’s in front of the bookshelf.
The chair at the table is red.
A bird in a tree.
A fish in a pond.
A girl in a red and blue blouse.
A bee on a flower.
A cow in a field.
A cat on the roof of a house.
A star in the sky.
A ship on the sea.
A girl between two tall boys.
Some children on stilts.
A man on a rock.
A pierrot among plastic toys.
A snake at the zoo.
A book on a shelf.
A seal with an orange ball.
A plane in the air.
Some tea in a cup.
A garden behind a wall.
AT home, AT work, AT school
or AT the swimming pool.
AT noon, AT midnight, too,
AT twenty-five to two.
AT dinner or AT tea -
you’ll always think of me ...
I promise I will do it.
I’ll do it now or soon.
I’II do it IN a minute
Or IN the afternoon.
ON Monday.
IN the evening,
IN May, ON June 3rd.
AT Christmas or AT Easter,
I’ll do it, take my word!
Task 1
Заполни пропуски при помощи следующих предлогов: on, in, next to, between, over, in front of, among, behind, under.
1. The cat is under the table.
2. The skateboard is ... the floor.
3. The mirror is ... the wardrobe.
4. Tile poster is ... the door.
5. The apples are ... the basket.
6. The lamp is ... the bed.
7. The chair is ... the cupboard.
8. The clown has a hat ... his head.
9. The bunny’s ... two big teddies.
10. The pony’s ... many trolls.
11. The racket's ... Peter’s toy box.
12. The pierrot’s ... Julia's dolls.
Task 2
Впиши недостающие предлоги.
1. We usually get up at 7 o’clock.
2. Let’s go there ... Monday.
3. ... Christmas children always get a lot of presents.
4. Father will come home ... five minutes.
5. My birthday is ... February.
6. Christmas Day is ... December 25th.
7. Owls and bats hunt ... night.
8. My Grandmother usually has a short nap ... the afternoon.
9. All the children in our class were born ... 1982.
10. We always paint eggs.. ... Easter.
Task 3
Вставь недостающие предлоги: in, on, under, in front of, behind, next to, between, among, at, to.
1. The teacher’s room is on the first floor.
2. The toyshop is ... the bookshop and the cinema.
3. There is a small garden ... our house and a big garden ... it.
4. We go ... school ... 8 o’clock every day.
5. There are 14 girls ... our class.
6. My little brother often hides ... the table.
7. There are many eggs and a bottle of milk ... the table.
8. What’s ... this wall? I am too short to see it.
9. I can see a little house ... the trees.
10. There is a swimming pool ... our school.
