B Read the sentences and complete the in with the prepositions in, into, on, at, by, for or off.
1 The statue in the square is in memory of the soldiers who fought in the war.
2 The drowning child was rescued by the lifeguards who were on/off duty at the time.
3 Rainwater is carried away from the streets by means of a drainage system.
4 The items on sale were all second hand.
5 Most people shop on credit nowadays due to the convenience of credit cards.
6 By all accounts, she is a great performer.
7 I accidentally dropped an expensive vase on the floor and it broke into
hundreds of pieces.
8 I can't believe it! I was booked by the police for driving at 60 km/h.
9 Please state your name and address in full.
10 Try to keep calm for the sake of your children.
11 Despite the fact that the police officer was off duty, he chased the bank robber down the street and managed to arrest him.
12 The house next to ours is up for sale and we're thinking of buying it.
13 By all means, you can help yourself to anything that's in the fridge.
14 The present government came into power two years ago.
15 The war was eventually won, but at a great cost in human lives.
Will there be a concert next week?
Was that his mistake or theirs?
Was the flight delayed for half an hour?
Will the Smirnovs be in the Crimea this summer?
№ 2 Заполните пропуски предлогами, где это необходимо.
1. I usually get … home AT six IN the evening.
2. Peter is going TO hospital FOR two days.
3. What are we having FOR dinner today?
4. I don't want to go TO the cinema tonight. My friend and I are going FOR a walk.
5. I stayed home AT ten yesterday morning.
6. Does your friend play … chess well? I’m going to have a game OF chess WITH… him.
7. She graduated FROM the institute OF Foreign Languages eight years go.
8. We usually work ON week-days.
№ 3 Вставьте артикли, где это необходимо:
1. I’d like to have A hamburger for … breakfast.
2. Pushkin is AN outstanding Russian poet.
3. Can you play THE piano?
4. Will you play … chess with me?
5. At … night I had A terrible headache after I had drunk A lot of coffee in THE evening.