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Q Place and movement. Write the opposites.
► on the train ........................ 6 in front of the door .....

1 into the church .............................................. 7 at the top of the stairs ..
2 off the bus ...................................................... 8 up the mountain ..........
3 down the stairs .............................................. 9 behind the police station
4 over the bridge .............................................. 10 at the beginning .........
5 out of the river ...............................................

^ Dates. Write these dates as you would say them.
► 2006 two th o u s a n d .fli/uf s ix 5 to.1.0 2

► 17th March . o f Mflro b ....... 6 3 /4/ 0 8 ..............
O R 7 October4th

1 23rd April .............................................................. 8 21st March, 1936
2 1st September ...................................................... 9 Oct 22,2006 ...
3 5th August, 2010 .................................................. 10 1/1/01 .............
4 March 2,1980 .......................................................

Q GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: duration. Put in suitable expressions from the box.
(Different answers are possible.)

► I feel as if I've known you ................................................. for a couple of hours
1 I need to speak to y o u ................................................................... for a few minutes

2 The terrorists were sent to prison..................................................................
for a long time
3 We haven't seen Peter...................................................................
4 I'm going to rest................................................................... fora moment
5 It's been raining...................................................................
for an hour or so
6 I usually play tennis.....................................................................on Sundays.
7 We've lived in the same house................................................................... for ever
8 Can you help m e ....................................................................? for life
9 She went to sleep on the train ju s t................................................................
for years and years
10 I'm going out into the garden....................................................................

^ Grammar in a text. Choose the correct prepositions.

Dear Louise
I'm glad you can come 1 on / in Friday. You asked how to get to our house. It's very easy. Get 2 in / on a
No. 16 bus 3 opposite / along the police station, and get 4 off /out at the fourth stop just 5 above/ by the
new supermarket. Then walk 6 off/ along Boston Street for about 300 metres, turn right 7 at / on the traffic
lights, keep straight on 8 along / under the railway bridge, go 9 through / up the hill past the church,

10 round / across the corner by the pub, then 11 down / off the hill and 12 under / across the main road. That
takes you into South Park. Walk 13 along / through the park and 14 outof/ offthe other side, turn left
15 round / in front of the school, and you'll find yourself 16 on / in Green Road. Our house is the fourth on the
left, just 17 out of / by the old railway station. You can't miss it.
Love, Judy.

^ Internet exercise. Use a search engine (e.g. Google) to find simple sentences with the
expressions in the box. Write some of them.

"across the river" "along the road" "out of the church" "off the table" "up the mountain"
"over the wall" "round the corner"

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