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Choose from the following prepositions at, by, for, from, in, on, with and complete the sentences.

1. Where do you come from    ?
2. My cousin lives   in
3. They are walking on  the bridge.
4. I don’t like flying, so I went to Paris by
5. You can stay    with  me tonight.
6. My birthday is  on  29th February.
7. I’ll see you at
8. Put the books on the table, please.
9. I haven’t seen you  for
10. I like this house   by  the river.

Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. Use the correct tense.
1. When I looked (look) out of the window, I  (see) John.
2.  Have you ever played (play) the piano since you left school?
3. I haven’t seen (not see) him for two days.
4. When he was trying (try) to open the door, he dropped (drop) his key.
5. They lived (live) in this house since 1987.
6. My father washed (wash) his car while my mother and I was preaparing (prepare) dinner.
7. Have you met (meet) her yesterday?
8. Mary was (be) in London for three days.
9. The headmaster entered (enter) the classroom when they wrote (write) their exams.
10. He bought (buy) a new car last week.
11. I think that they will arrive (arrive) tomorrow morning.
12. Last Wednesday they played (play) chess after they did (do) their homework.

Choose the correct pronouns to complete the sentences.

1. The old woman lived alone, with no one to look after her.
2. A) someone / her
   B) anyone / herself
   C) everyone / she
   D) no one / her
   E) anyone / she’s
   This two rings here on my little finger belonged to my grandmother.
3. A) These / my
   B) That / mine
   C) Those / me
   D) The / myself
   E) This / my
   When the little boy grabbed the lizard, it’s tail broke off in his hand.
4. A) it’s / his
   B) it / him
   C) its / his
   D) it / one’s
   E) its / he’s
5. A baby learns the meaning of words as they are spoken by others and later uses them in sentences.
6. A) their / they
   B) they / them
   C) they / themselves
   D) it / them
   E) they / it
   Some of these clothes are mine, and the rest of them belong to Zack.
7. A) yours / it
   B) my / them
   C) hers / their
   D) me / they
   E) mine / them
8. As for me, I prefer to let people make up their minds.
9. A) myself / each other’s
   B) I / his own
   C) mine / one another’s
   D) me / their own
   E) my / theirs
   The solicitor wrote a letter to Ann and me in which he asked us if we could settle the matter between us.
10. A) I / us
    B) me / us
    C) myself / ours
    D) mine / our
    E) me / we
    As anyone cuts it as well as he does, I always have my hair cut at Johnson’s.
11. A) anyone
    B) someone else’s
    C) no one else
    D) everyone
    E) nobody’s
    They decided to buy the house because its location would allow them to get to work very easily.
12. A) theirs / them
    B) it / themselves
    C) its / them
    D) they / us
    E) its / their
    Our dog is of a very good breed as it is the offspring of two very champion dogs and inherited their features.
13. A) this / its
    B) he / them
    C) she / theirs
    D) that / his
    E) it / their

 Complete the following exercise with adjective or adverb form of the words.

1. That pitbull looks angry (angry)
2. She spoke quietly (quiet)
3. Erica listened to her mother carefully (careful)
4. Mary makes  mistakes carelessly (careless)
5. Children grow quickly(quick)
6. He is very  today happy.(happy)
7. It’s raining heavily. (heavy)
8. Morgan was seriouslyhurt in a car accident. (serious)
9. His situation was very serious. (serious)