6         Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions. 1   A lot of cars had broken on the motorway in the snow yesterday.

2   We set really early, but we still nearly missed the train.

3   These days, it’s easier to check online to avoid the queues.

4   My sister was a bit scared when the plane took , but she soon calmed down.

5   It’s important to get on holiday at least once a year.

 

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Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.

Debbie (working) as an administrator at the university. She (organisating) all the timetables and teaching schedules. She (working) very long hours at the moment because it’s the start of the academic year but she (going) on a short holiday at the end of the month.

Simon and Sylvia (staying) in a cottage in the Yorkshire Dales this month. The cottage (belonging) to a cousin of Sylvia’s but the cousin is away: she (cycling ) around Norfolk for a few weeks. Simon and Sylvia often (using ) the cottage when Sylvia’s cousin is away. They really (enjoying) being in the middle of the countryside.

The International School for Languages (doing) very well at the moment. About two hundred students (taking) evening classes this term. Many of them (needing) to learn a new language to improve their job prospects but some of them (learning) a new language purely for pleasure. The European languages (being) very popular but Japanese and Russian (getting) more popular too. The school (providing) good learning facilities and (organisating) a range of study tours.

The world population (still increasing) rapidly. Many people in the world (already starving) and many more (suffering) from malnutrition. The population (growing) fastest in the poorest countries where people (needing) to have children to look after them in their old age and where many of their children (dying) at a very young age.

1. By the time the hospital is built (pres simp pass), we’ll have graduated (fut perf) from the Academy. 2. Some scientists had worked (past perf) in the laboratory before they started (past simp) their work at the University. 3. Since the 19th century scientists have made (pres perf) great progress in genetic experiments. 3. The surgeon hasn’t discharged (pres perf) this patient from the clinic yet. 4. All of these patients had had (past perf) positive results before the operation. 5. Prof. Dmitriev has just delivered (pres perf) his lecture on the exchange of gases in the lungs. 6. The doctor hasn’t prolonged (pres perf) the treatment because the patient feels well. 7. Vet’s assistants will have collected (fut perf) urine samples of sick animals by tomorrow. 8. I’ll have read (fut perf) this book by the end of the week.1. К завершению строительства больницы, мы уже закончим Академию. 2. Некоторые ученые работали в лаборатории, прежде чем начать свою работу в университете. 3. С 19 века ученые добились большого прогресса в генетических экспериментах. 3. Хирург пока не выписал этого пациента из больницы. 4. У всех этих пациентов были положительные результаты до операции. 5. Профессор Дмитриев только что выступил с докладом на тему газообмена в легких. 6. Врач не продлил лечение, потому что пациент чувствует себя хорошо До завтра ассистенты ветеринара соберут образцы мочи больных животных. 8. Я прочту эту книгу к концу недели.