3134 grammar meets conversation prepositions 7 asking questions

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Complete the questions with the correct question words.
Interview a friend using your questions. Record the answers.
Tell the class some things about the person you interviewed.
Write a paragraph about one of the topics you asked about.

1. What time do you
arrive ……… school in
the morning?
a. at
b. in
c. to
d. from

2. How do you
usually get …………
school?

a. at
b. in
c. to
d. from

3. What time do you
usually get home
………… school?
a. at
b. in
c. to
d. from

4. When was the last
time you went ………
the doctor’s?
a. at
b. in
c. to
d. from

5. Have you ever
been ……… an
amusement park?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

6. What animals

have
you seen ………
a.
bored
theboring
zoo? Name 10.
b.
a. at
b. on
c. to
d. from

7. What do you
usually do ……… your
birthday?
a. at
b. on
c. in
d. to

8. Does the
temperature ever go
……… zero in the UK?
a. at
b. to
c. below
d. under

9. Do you like
travelling ……… bus?

Why (not)?
a. by
b. in
c. on
d. with

10. Where were you
……… 9/11 (nine eleven)?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

11. What’s the
weather
a.
tired like ………
July?
b.
tiring
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

12. Do children ………
1 metre ride for
free on the bus?
a. at
b. with

c. from
d. under

13. What would you
do if you were stuck
……… an island?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. under

14. How far is the
airport ……… the city
centre?
a. at
b. from
c. to
d. in

15. What would you
do if you were stuck
……… a lift?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. under

16. What natural
disasters happened
……… 2010?

a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

17. What’s your
favourite pastime
……… summer?
a. in
b. on
c. for
d. from

18. What do you
usually do ……… the
evening?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. for

19. What time do
you go to bed ………
Saturday?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

20. Can you name 3

animals that are
active ……… night?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

(9 September 2001)


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Complete the questions with the correct question words.
Interview a friend using your questions. Record the answers.
Tell the class some things about the person you interviewed.
Write a paragraph about the person you interviewed.

1. What time do you
arrive ……… school in
the morning?
a. at
b. in
c. to
d. from

2. How do you
usually get …………
school?
a. at
b. in
c. to
d. from

3. What time do you
usually get home
………… school?
a. at
b. in
c. to
d. from

4. When was the last
time you went ………
the doctor’s?
a. at
b. in
c. to

d. from

5. Have you ever
been ……… an
amusement park?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

6. What animals
have
you seen ………
a.
bored
theboring
zoo? Name 10.
b.
a. at
b. on
c. to
d. from

7. What do you
usually do ……… your
birthday?
a. at
b. on
c. in
d. to

8. Does the
temperature ever go
……… zero in the UK?
a. at
b. to
c. below
d. under

9. Do you like
travelling ……… bus?
Why (not)?
a. by
b. in
c. on
d. with

10. Where were you
……… ‘9/11’?
(9 September 2001)
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

11. What’s the
weather
a.
tired like ………
July?

b.
tiring
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

12. Do children ………
1 metre ride for
free on the bus?
a. at
b. with
c. from
d. under

13. What would you
do if you were stuck
……… an island?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. under

14. How far is the
airport ……… the city
centre?
a. at
b. from
c. to
d. in

15. What would you
do if you were stuck
……… a lift?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. under

16. What natural
disasters happened
……… 2010?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

17. What’s your
favourite pastime
…… summer?
a. in
b. on
c. for
d. from

18. What do you
usually do ……… the
evening?
a. at
b. in

c. on
d. for

19. What time do
you go to bed ………
Saturday?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

20. Can you name 3
animals that are
active ……… night?
a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to


Answer Key
1. a
2. c
3. d
4. c
5. d
6. a - (possible alternative: in the zoo)
7. b
8. c
9. a

10. c
11. b – warm, hot, sunny (in the Southern hemisphere: cold, cloudy etc)
12. d – in some countries they might
13. c – make a fire, build a raft, fish for food, find shelter etc.
14. b
15. b – phone for help, push the emergency bottom, panic etc.
16. b – volcanic eruptions, earthquake, floods, hurricanes, typhoons etc.
17. a
18. b
19. c
20. a – bat, hamster, owl, frog, cricket, mouse, rat, cockroach etc.