Unit 104: on / at / by / with / about

Master instrumental and descriptive prepositions

A. on

• Jane isn't at work this week. She's on holiday.
• We watched the news on television.
• We listened to the news on the radio.
• We listened to the news on the phone last night.
• 'Was the house on fire?' 'Call the fire brigade.'
• 'Was the train on time?' 'No, it was late.'

B. at

• The car was travelling at 50 kilometres an hour when the accident happened.
• The water boils at 100 degrees celsius.

C. by

By bus

by bus / by plane / by train / by air / by bike etc.

By foot

by foot: She goes to work on foot. (= she walks)

• Do you like travelling by train?
• Jane usually goes to work by bike.
• Have you read any books by Charles Dickens?
• Who is that painting by? Picasso?
• I was bitten by a dog.

D. with / without

With friends

with friends

With a beard

with a beard / with glasses

• Do you stay at a hotel or with friends?
• Wait for me. Please don't go without me.
• Do you like your coffee with or without milk?
• I cut the paper with a pair of scissors.
• I'd like to have a house with a big garden.

E. talk / speak / think / hear / know about ...

• Some people talk about their work all the time.
• I don't know much about cars.
• Did you see the programme about computers on TV last night?

on

on holiday
on television
on the radio
on time

at

at 50 kilometres an hour
at 100 degrees celsius

by

by bus
by plane
by bike
by Charles Dickens
by a dog

with / without

with friends
without me
with or without milk
with a pair of scissors

about

talk about their work
about cars
about computers

104.1 Complete the sentences. Use on + one of these:

the phone
the radio
television
time
  1. We listened to the news on the radio.
  2. We're going to be late. Try to be here .
  3. I haven't seen Linda? 'No, but I talked to her .
  4. 'What's this evening?' 'There's a film at 9 o'clock.'

104.2 Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with a preposition (at/by etc.).

Scissors

1

Car

2

Fire

3

Sunglasses

4

Mozart

5

Book

6

Sunglasses

7

Book

8

Bull

9

Grammar

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  1. I cut the paper with a pair of scissors.
  2. She usually goes to work car.
  3. Who is the woman short hair?
  4. They are talking fire.
  5. The car is fire.
  6. She's listening to some music Mozart.
  7. The plane is flying 600 miles an hour.
  8. They're holiday.
  9. Do you know the man sunglasses?
  10. He's reading a book grammar Vera P. Bull.

104.3 Complete the sentences with a preposition (at/by/with etc.).

  1. In tennis, you hit the ball with a racket.
  2. It's cold today. Don't go out a coat.
  3. Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth are plays William Shakespeare.
  4. Do you know anything computers?
  5. My grandmother died the age of 98.
  6. How long does it take from New York to Los Angeles plane?
  7. I didn't go to the football match, but I watched it television.
  8. My house is the one the red door on the right.
  9. These trains are very fast. They can travel very high speeds.
  10. I don't use my car very often. I prefer to go bike.
  11. I don't use my car very often. I prefer to go bike.
  12. Can you give me some information hotels in this town?
  13. I was arrested two policemen and taken to the police station.
  14. The buses here are very good. They're nearly always time.
  15. What would you like to drink your meal?
  16. We travelled from Paris to Moscow train.
  17. One of the most famous paintings in the world is the Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci.
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