Activities about Prepositions

                                                               DRILL
 Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.( Complete  as sentenças com a preposição correta)
1. They were talking__________astronomy.
2.Your heart is ____________your chest.
3.What goes_____________must come down!
4.Tasteless food is food___________taste
5.The letter B in "525 BC" means________________.
6.Your nose is_______________your mouth and your mouth is  your chin.
7.The  airplane flew____________quickly and soon was_________the clouds.
8.If a river runs____________northwards, it flows to the north.
9.There was a sign 20 centimeters_________the door and there was a number vertically__________it.
10.The temperature was 8 ºC_______________zero and there were dark clouds___________us.
11.I know what I'm doing. My feet are _____________the ground and my hands  are___________the maps.

 Complete with the correct preposition.( Complete com a Preposição Correta)

1. Is there anything________ you and him?
2. I want an umbrella, a raincoat and a hat________other things.
3.Where did you copy it ___________?
4.The earth is composed_________3/4______________water.
5.You will have to try________you find the answer.
6.Did he treat you so badly____________________________all the things you did to help him?
7.The fire started in the evening and continued_______________the night.
8.We saw a hotel just______________the gas station.
9.There are many of these institutes__________the world.
10.Vlad, the impaler, drove stakes______________his victims, bodies.
11.When you do crossword puzzles one direction is down and the other is_________________
12.A soldier's rank is _____________ a sergeant's and a lieutenant's rank is___________ a colonel.
13Your mouth is________________ your nose and your nose and your chin is _______________your mouth.
14.The Miners were_______________the earth when the accident occurred, but the situation was_______ control during all the time.
15.A physical exercise usually begins with a warm up. You move your legs up and_____________and son on.
16. As I wal walking___________the street I saw strange people sitting______________the trees.

                                               DRILLS
A) Complete with the correct preposition.
1. Some people say that America was discovery___________other people and not________Columbus.
2.They were waiting______some children and ________some adolescents.
3.What is it_____, James?Is it ______your motorcycle?
4.You can go _____England_______ship or _______plane.
5.I will try to convince  you_______ the end of may days.It's a matter of honor______me.
6.In December some wishes are very common, __________ example: Merry Xmas_______you!, Happy New Year _______you. Good luck_______you! in your examinations!
7.It's time______us to go.Please, give a call______our mother and tell her that we'll be there ______11 o'clock.



FONTE:
Liberato,Wilson Antônio,1951
Compact English book/ Wilson Antônio Liberato- São Paulo:FTD,1998.