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👉A CLOSER LOOK 2
Grammar
Prepositions of place and time
Prepositions of place
1. Complete the sentences with at, in, in front of, on, opposite, or under.
1. Lily's house is _____ the end of this street.
2. Players always sit _____ each other in a chess game.
3. She looked _____ the table and finally found her smartwatch.
4. Don't walk _____ the street. Walk the pavement.
5. Ann stood _____ me in a line to get on the bus.
Prepositions of time: in, for, by
💡Remember!
• "in + a length of time" can express future meaning.
Example: Robots will replace human shop assistants in ten years.
• "for+ a length of time" says how long something goes on for.
Example: It rained for three hours yesterday.
• "by + a specific time" means "not later than that time".
Example: We'll be there by 6 p.m.
2. Circle the correct preposition in each sentence.
1. Let's get ready by / on / for 10 a.m. We are meeting Dr Saito at 10:15.
2. The first camera phone appeared on / at / in May 1999 in Japan.
3. We will be away on / for / by two weeks.
4. In the UK, supermarkets always close early in / by / on Sundays.
5. I think language barriers will disappear in / for / by 30 years.
3. Complete the text with the prepositions from the box. Use each preposition only ONCE.
| in on at for by |
I think smartphones will change a lot (1) _____ the near future. They will much thinner. (2) _____ be 2035, we might be able to roll a phone like a sheet of paper. They will become much smarter, too. They will be able to charge their battery automatically when we are (3) _____ home. They might check the latest news (4) _____ the Internet.. We won't have to wait (5) _____ a long time for these super smartphones.
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4. Work in pairs. Tell each other whether you agree or disagree with the following ideas.
1. We should not use our smartphones for more than a few hours every day.
2. By 2050, the way people communicate with each other will be different from now.
Possessive pronouns
💡Remember!
We can use possessive pronouns after of.
Example: Mi is one of my friends.
-> Mi is a friend of mine.
5. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence.
1. Jack is one of her cousins.
Jack is a _________________________.
2. Is this one of his tablets?
Is this a _________________________.
3. Can I borrow a pencil of yours?
Can I borrow _________________________.
4. You look like Nick and Peter. Are you one of their relatives?
You look like Nick and Peter. Are you _________________________.
5. Last year, two of our classmates won scholarships to the US.
Last year, ____________________________________________________.
