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118.3 UNIT 120 121.2

2 as if he meant what he said 2 at night
120.1
3 as if she’s hurt her leg / as if she hurt 3 in the evening
2 by 8.30
her leg 4 on 21 July 1969
3 Let me know by Saturday
4 as if he hadn’t eaten for a week 5 at the same time
4 you’re here by 2 o’clock.
5 as if she was enjoying it 6 in the 1920s
5 we should arrive by lunchtime.
6 as if I was crazy / as if I were crazy 7 in about 20 minutes
7 as if she didn’t want to come 120.2 8 at the moment
8 as if I didn’t exist 2 by 9 in 11 seconds
3 until 10 on Saturdays or … works
118.4
4 by Saturdays
2 as if I was/were
5 until
3 as if she was/were 121.3
6 by
4 as if it was/were 3 a
7 by
4 both
8 until
UNIT 119 9 by
5 a
119.1 6 both
10 by
3 during 7 b
11 until
4 for 8 a
12 By
5 for 9 both
13 until
6 during 10 b
14 by
7 for
8 during (or in)
120.3 UNIT 122
Example answers:
9 for 122.1
3 until I come back
10 for 2 on time
4 by 5 o’clock
11 during 3 on time
5 by 3 April
12 for 4 in time
6 until 2028
5 on time
119.2 7 until midnight
6 in time
3 while 8 while
120.4 7 in time
4 While 9 during
2 By the time I got to the station 8 on time
5 during 10 while
3 By the time I finished (work) 9 in time
6 during (or in) 11 During
4 By the time the police arrived
7 during (or in) 12 while 122.2
5 By the time we got to the top (of the
2 I got home just in time.
119.3 mountain)
3 I stopped him just in time.
1 for
4 We got to the cinema just in time for
2 during UNIT 121 the beginning of the film. / … just in
3 while
121.1 time to see the beginning of the film.
4 during (or in)
2 on
5 for 122.3
3 in
6 while 2 at the end of the month
4 at (or on in American English)
7 during (or in) 3 at the end of the course
5 on (or I last saw her Tuesday.)
8 for 4 at the end of the race
6 in
9 while 5 at the end of the interview
7 in
10 during
8 at 122.4
119.4 9 on (or There are usually a lot of 2 In the end she resigned (from her
Example answers: parties New Year’s Eve.) job). or She resigned (from her
3 Can you wait for me while I make a 10 at job) in the end.
quick phone call? 11 in 3 In the end I gave up (trying to learn
4 Most of the students looked bored 12 in Japanese / learning Japanese). or
during the lesson. 13 at I gave up (learning Japanese) in the
5 I was asked a lot of questions during 14 on end.
the interview. 15 in 4 In the end we decided not to go (to
6 Don’t open the car door while the car 16 At the party). or In the end we didn’t
is moving. 17 in go (to the party). or We decided
7 The lights suddenly went out while 18 on not to go (to the party) in the end.
we were watching TV. 19 at or We didn’t go (to the party) in the
8 What are you going to do while 20 at 5 o’clock in the morning end.
you’re on holiday? 21 on 7 January … in April
9 It started to rain during the game. 22 on Tuesday morning … in the
10 It started to rain while we were afternoon or at home Tuesday
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122.5 124.3 126.2

2 In 7 in 2 in 2 I’ve been to … once.
3 in 8 in 3 at 3 I’ve never been to …
4 at 9 in 4 at 4 I’ve been to … a few times.
5 In 10 at … at 5 in 5 I’ve been to … many times.
6 At 6 on
126.3
7 in
2 in
UNIT 123 8 in
3 – (no preposition)
123.1 9 in
4 at
2 On his arm. or On the man’s arm. 10 on
5 to
3 At the traffic lights. 11 in
6 – (no preposition)
4 On the door. (notice) 12 on
13 in 126.4
In the door. (key)
14 on … on 2 I got on
5 On the wall.
3 I got out (of the/my car).
6 In Paris.
UNIT 125 4 I got off (the train).
7 At the gate. (man)
5 I got into the taxi. or
On the gate. (bird) 125.1
I got in the taxi. or
8 On the beach. 2 on a train
I got in.
3 at a conference
123.2 6 I got off (the plane).
4 is in hospital / in the hospital
2 on my guitar
5 at the hairdresser’s
3 at junction 14 UNIT 127
6 on his bike
4 in his hand
7 in New York 127.1
5 on that tree
8 at the Savoy Theatre 2 in cold weather
6 in the mountains
3 in French
7 on the island 125.2
4 in love
8 at the window 2 at the station
5 in the mood
3 in a taxi
123.3 6 in the shade
4 at the sports centre
2 on 7 in my opinion
5 on the plane
3 at 8 in kilometres
6 in Tokyo
4 on
7 at school 127.2
5 in
8 at the art gallery 2 on strike
6 on
3 on a cruise
7 in 125.3
4 on fire
8 at 2 in 10 in
5 on a tour
9 on 3 at 11 on
6 on her phone
10 at 4 in 12 at
7 on TV
11 in 5 on 13 in
8 on purpose
12 on 6 at 14 in
9 on a diet
13 in a small village in the south-west 7 in 15 at
10 on holiday
14 on the wall in the kitchen 8 at 16 at … at
11 on business
9 at
12 on the whole
UNIT 124
UNIT 126 127.3
124.1
2 on
2 On the second floor. 126.1
3 at
3 On the corner. or At the corner. 3 at
4 in
4 In the corner. 4 to
5 on
5 At the top of the stairs. 5 to
6 in
6 In the back of the car. 6 into
7 at
7 At the front. 7 – (no preposition)
8 at
8 On the left. 8 to
9 on
9 In the back row. 9 into
10 on
10 At the end of the street. 10 to
11 at
11 at
124.2 12 on
12 to
2 on the right 13 in
13 to
3 in the world 14 on
14 into
4 on the way to work 15 on
15 to
5 on the west coast 16 on
16 – (no preposition)
6 in the front row 17 In
17 to (France) … in (Brazil)
7 at the back of the class 18 in
18 in (Chicago) … to (Boston)
8 on the back of this card 19 on
20 in

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UNIT 128 129.3 UNIT 131

2 to
128.1 131.1
3 in
2 by email 5 by chance 2 proud of
4 of
3 by mistake 6 by hand 3 ashamed of
5 in or to
4 on purpose 4 typical of
6 for
5 capable of
128.2 7 to or towards
6 scared of
2 on 8 with
7 aware of
3 by 9 of
8 envious of
4 on 10 to
5 by 11 of 131.2
6 in 12 for Example answers:
7 by 13 of 2 I’m hopeless at telling jokes.
8 by 14 with 3 I’m not very good at maths.
9 by bike (or on his bike) … on foot 4 I’m pretty good at remembering
128.3 UNIT 130 names.
5 I’m good at making decisions.
2 by a professional photographer 130.1
3 by mosquitoes 2 That was generous of her. 131.3
4 by Leonardo da Vinci 3 That wasn’t very nice of them. 2 similar to
5 by one of our players 4 That’s very kind of you. 3 afraid of
6 by lightning 5 That isn’t very polite of him. 4 interested in
7 by Beethoven 6 That’s a bit childish of them. 5 responsible for
6 proud of
128.4 130.2
7 different from / different to
2 with 2 kind to
(different than is also correct)
3 by 3 angry with
8 capable of
4 by 4 excited about
5 in 5 impressed by / impressed with 131.4
6 by 6 bored with (bored by is also possible) 2 of furniture
7 with 7 amazed at / amazed by 3 on sport
8 by 8 careless of 4 of time
9 on 5 at her job
130.3
10 by 6 to a doctor
2 of
11 by the bed with a lamp and a clock 7 of him / of Robert
3 to
on it 8 from yours / from your problem or
4 with
to yours / to your problem
128.5 5 with (by or in are also possible)
(different than is also correct)
2 In the last ten years the population 6 to
has gone up / increased / grown / 7 at/by 131.5
risen by 6 million. 8 with 2 for
3 Helen won (the election) by two votes. 9 about 3 of
4 I missed her/Kate by five minutes. 10 about 4 in
11 for 5 of
UNIT 129 12 about/by/at 6 on
129.1 13 to 7 of
2 to the problem 14 of 8 with
3 with her brother 15 by/with 9 on
4 in the cost of living 16 with 10 of
5 to your question 17 about
6 for a new road 18 at/by UNIT 132
7 in/to living in a big city 19 for/about 132.1
8 in food prices 20 at/by 2 a
9 for shoes like these any more 21 of 3 b
10 between your job and mine 22 to 4 b
23 about 5 a
129.2 24 furious with us for making 6 a
2 invitation to
7 b
3 contact with
8 a
4 key to (key for is also possible)
9 b
5 cause of
10 b
6 reply to
11 a
7 connection between
12 b
8 photos of
9 reason for
10 damage to

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