EXERCISE 31–3Prepositions showing time and place
Click on the correct preposition in each sentence. You may find the chart in 31a helpful. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.
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We spent seven days (at / on / in) June on the beach, and it rained every day.
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Sylvia met us for breakfast (at / on / in) 9 o’clock on the morning of her wedding.
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In Germany it is difficult for foreigners to become citizens even if they’ve lived (at / on / in) the country for a long time.
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Only the adults in the family were allowed to sit (at / on / in) the dining room table; the children ate in another room.
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The man lay on the bed and stared (at / on / in) the wall; he refused to look at any of his visitors.
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I usually drop my rent payment (at / on / in) the mail on the first of the month.
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Yuri arrived in the United States (at / on / in) a Wednesday in June.
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A motorist told her to turn left (at / on / in) the second intersection and then stay on the same road for the next two miles.
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The kittens were sleeping (at / on / in) a wicker basket in the basement.
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We went to a friend’s house to watch the football game (at / on / in) television.
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