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English as a Second Language - Prepositions & In Time Phrases
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English as a Second Language - Prepositions & In Time Phrases
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1. Pick the word/s to make the best and clearest English.
' ... ... Columbus sailed the ocean blue.'
(from an old children's history rhyme)
2. Pick the word/s to make the best and clearest English.
Let's finish this Quiz with a nice cheerful Christmas carol (a traditional song to celebrate that time of year):
'I saw three ships come sailing in
.. ... '"
3. Pick the word/s to make the best and clearest English.
I can remember where I was when I heard the news about Princess Diana: it was ... ...
4. Pick the word/s to make the best and clearest English.
My grandfather would always give us a small amount of pocket-money ... ...
5. Pick the word/s to make the best and clearest English.
'This is a service announcement for all passengers on Platform 7: the delayed 2:22 to Crewe will now be departing thirteen minutes late, at ... ... '
6. Pick the word/s to make the best and clearest English.
We can probably manage to come and fit your new boiler ... ...
7. Pick the word/s to make the best and clearest English.
'Could you please tell me ... ... this film is expected to finish? I need to catch a tram ... ... they stop at eleven o'clock.'
8. Pick the word/s to make the best and clearest English.
' ... ... day, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again ... ... ;
I wish that man would go away!'
(A traditional English 'nonsense-rhyme')
9. Pick the word/s to make the best and clearest English.
She is one of those lucky people who passed her Driving Test first time ... ...
10. Pick the word/s to make the best and clearest English.
.. ... the Country Fair