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Unit
Exercises 123

123.1 Answer the questions about the pictures. Use in, at or on with the words below the pictures.

1 2 3 4

(bottle) (arm) (traffic lights) (door)

5 6 7 8

(wall) (Paris) (gate) (beach)

1 Where’s the label? On the bottle.
2 Where’s the fly?
3 Where’s the car waiting?
4 Where’s the notice? Where’s the key?
5 Where are the shelves?
6 Where’s the Eiffel Tower?

7 Where’s the man standing? Where’s the bird?
8 Where are the children playing?

123.2 Complete the sentences. Use in, at or on + the following:
the window his hand the mountains that tree
my guitar the river the island junction 14
1 There were some people swimming in the river .
2 One of the strings is broken.
3 Leave the motorway and then turn left.

4 He was holding something , but I couldn’t see what it was.
5 The leaves are a beautiful colour.
6 You can go skiing near here. There’s plenty of snow.
7 There’s nobody living . It’s uninhabited.
8 He spends most of the day sitting and looking outside.

123.3 Complete the sentences with in, at or on.
1 There was a long queue of people at the bus stop.
2 Nicola was wearing a silver ring her little finger.
3 There was a security guard standing the entrance to the building.
4 I wasn’t sure whether I had come to the right office. There was no name the door.

5 There are plenty of shops and restaurants the town centre.
6 You’ll find the weather forecast the back page of the newspaper.
7 The headquarters of the company are California.
8 I wouldn’t like an office job. I couldn’t spend the whole day sitting a desk.

9 The man the police are looking for has a scar his right cheek.
10 If you come here by bus, get off the stop after the traffic lights.

11 Have you ever been camping? Have you ever slept a tent?
12 Emily was sitting the balcony reading a book.
13 My brother lives a small village the south-west of England.
14 I like that picture hanging the wall the kitchen.

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