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Place the correct preposition in the missing part of each sentence

1. We spent Christmas Day ……………. York.

in We spent Christ2. Did you stay a long time ………… the

Cathedral?

in Did you stay a lo3. What a pity we left the camera

…………….home!

at What a pity w e l4. We usually put it …………….. a case.

in We usually put it5. What's the easiest way to get

……………………… York?

to What's the easie6. We always get off ……………..

Huddersfield where our daughter picks us up.

at We alw ays get o7. We went ………………… York to see

the old city.

to We w ent * York t8. We went to see old friends

……………… York.

in We w ent to see9. We had dinner …………………. Paul and

Nancy's': it's a good restaurant.

at We had dinner * 10. …………… last we went to our

hotel: it was very late.

at * last w e w ent to11. Tell me ……………………….. a letter

if you go there again, will you?

in Tell me * a letter i12. I will take you ………………… the

best restaurant of the town.

1.  I'll be ……….. the station very soon.

2.  The Prime Minister lives ………… 10 Downing Street.

3.  We are going……………… the restaurant tonight.

4.  During my holidays, I will stay …………………….. New-York.

5.  My sister sleeps ……………………. my bed.

6.  I've got to go ………. school in ten minutes.

7.  My son is……………… school, isn't he?

8.  Let's meet ………………………. the pub about seven o'clock, OK ?

9.  They're …………………….. home, I guess they watch T.V!

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10. Please Taxi, Can we stop …………… 10 Oxford Street to buy something

please?

11. My doctor lives ………………. Cardiff...

12. ……………………. Wales, I can't go there alone.

13. Oh, really! What has he done? Is he ……………… prison?

14. Will you be ……….. home tomorrow?15. I went ……………my grandparents' last week.

16. I never send anything ………….. my friends.

17. ‘Where are you?' ………………. the cinema.

18. He met her ……………… a party last week.

1.We spent Christmas Day IN York. Correct! 

2. Did you stay a long time IN the Cathedral? Correct! 

3. What a pity we left the camera AT home! Correct! 

4. We usually put it IN a case. Correct! 

5. What's the easiest way to get TO York? Correct! 

6. We always get off AT Huddersfield where our daughter picks us up.Correct! 

7. We went TO York to see the old city. Correct! 

8. We went to see old friends IN York. Correct! 

9. We had dinner AT 'Paul and Nancy's': it's a good restaurant. Correct! 

10. AT last we went to our hotel: it was very late. Correct! 

11. Tell me IN a letter if you go there again, will you? Correct! 

12. I will take you TO the best restaurant of the town. Correct! 

Explications:

1- lieu géographique précis- ville- environnement large

2- lieu géographique précis- lieu clos- intérieur.

3- expression: 'at home'

4- lieu clos- intérieur ('dans' la valise)

5- déplacement vers York

6- lieu géographique précis: repère précis=> descendre 'à' la gare de

Huddersfield

7- déplacement (to go to)

8- Dans la ville de York/ Les amis habitent 'dans' ce lieu

9- 'at' + génitif local: 'at Paul and Nancy's' => 'chez'...

10- expression => 'at last' (enfin)

11- in + document écrit=> 'dans' une lettre12- déplacement: 'je vous emmènerai au...'= je vous ferai aller quelque part...

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1.  I'll be AT the station very soon. Correct!

2.  The Prime Minister lives AT 10 Downing Street. Correct! Explications:

adresse, donc "at"

3.  We are going TO the restaurant tonight. Correct!4. 

During my holidays, I will stay IN New-York. Correct!Explications: Ville

importante, la personne qui parle y porte de l'importance, donc "in"

5. My sister sleeps IN my bed. Correct!Explications: Expression fixe sans

article: In bed

6.  I've got to go TO school in ten minutes. Correct!

7.  My son is AT school, isn't he? Correct!Explications: Expression fixe sans

article: At school

8.  Let's meet AT the pub about seven o'clock, OK ? Correct!Explications:

 Ici, on a un rendez-vous... donc "at" (on privilégie)

9.  They're AT home, I guess they watch T.V! Correct!Explications:

Expression fixe sans article: At home

10. Please Taxi, Can we stop AT 10 Oxford Street to buy something please?

Correct!Explications: Endroit important, mais pas pour celui qui parle, il y

va pour acheter, pas pour la ville, donc "at"

11. My doctor lives IN Cardiff... Correct!Explications: Grande ville +

habitation (ville) --> "in"

12. IN Wales, I can't go there alone. Correct!Explications: Région... 

13. Oh, really! What has he done? Is he IN prison? Correct!Explications:

Expression fixe sans article: In prison 14. Will you be AT home tomorrow? Correct!

15. I went TO my grandparents' last week. Correct!

16. I never send anything TO my friends. Correct!

17. 'Where are you?' AT the cinema. Correct!

18. He met her AT a party last week. Correct!