Macmillan English Grammar

The einema isatthe endofthe street.

Two very tall people were sitting in front ofme.

prepositions as adverbs

Manyprepositions are used asadverbs.

Is Susan in?(at home) No, she's out. (not at home)

From the mountain, wecould seeavillage far below

Other examples:away (on holiday); indoors; inside; outside; underneath.

Peter is away atthe moment. He's onatrip abroad. In France, aetually

Let'sgoindoors /inside. It's getting eold outside.

If you can't finditon top, look underneath.

1 Underline the correct option.

e Don't eome in, please.

h Sorry, but Sue isn't he re at the moment.

9 Alan lives on the other side of the road.

c Shall we go into the house now?

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f David didn't feel well while he wasin/onthe

ship.

g Get outof/(rommy house, or I'll call the police.

h Her left leg had to be eut offabove /overthe knee.

David Bowie was bom at/inLondon in 1947.

Maria was walking in/intothe garden picking

flowers.

f David has gon e on a trip.

d This snake is red on the top but green on the bottom.

aCan you tell me whether Jim is at home?

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b Maryhasgone to live in a foreign country.

a More than a thousand people cameat/tothe

match.

b I'm sorry, but no children beneath /undertwelve

are allowed.

c The noise was loud, so I put my hands above/over

myears.

d Are you going at/tothe cinema this evening?

e There was a bird singing in the tree justoutside /

out ofthe windowo

2 Rewrite each sentence sa that it contains the word in capitals.