Prepositions in English

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____noon
____winter
____holidays
____4 o’clock
____weekends
____weekdays
____Sunday
____Christmas
____the moment
____Monday afternoon
____the evening
____May, 2nd
____the 1st of September
____December

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Nina has been learning/has learned English for 2 years.
The birds have already flown/have been flying to the South.
They have known /have been knowing him for many years.
Mike has forgotten/has been forgetting to learn the poem.
The children have been watching/have watched cartoons for 2
hours.
The train has just come/has been coming.
We haven’t been having/ haven’t had a holiday for 5 years.
She has been teaching/has taught at this school for twenty
years.
David has been painting/has painted in his studio since 10
o’clock.
Mary and Sam have collected/ have been collecting stamps for
3 years.
Their parents have been/have being friends since their
childhood.
Dave has been/ has been being a student for 2 years.

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13. I (not to see) him for ages.
14. He (to do) his lessons since lunch.
15. I (not to hear) about him for a long time.
16. I (to drive) since I was 17.
17. Jack (to fail) his driving test three times because к
doesn't know how to park.
18. I think he (make) a lot of improvement.
19. Alice (not/pass) her driving test because she doesn’t
know the rules well.
20. She (worry) about this for two months.
21. She (study) the driver’s manual for hours every day.
22. She (not/take) another test yet.
23. I (to have) a headache since I got up.
24. He is my friend, I (to know) him for a long time.
25. Ivan has a stomachache. He (to eat) junk food all day.
26. I (never to hear) that song before.

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1. We______________________(visit) Europe this summer.
2.He _______________________ (fly) to London in four hours.
3. I ______________________(meet) friends in the restaurant
tonight.
4. Lucy and Tom________________(go) to the cinema tomorrow.
5. This year Jack _______________(learn) a new language.
6. They are ___________________(visit) Buckingham Palace this
afternoon.
7. We ______________________(spend) one or two weeks in
Turkey.
8. At nine o’clock Pete _________________________(leave) the
house.
9. To the end of the year Kate _____________________(read) ten
books.
10. At the weekend our family ________________________(go
camping).
11. The train__________________(leave) tomorrow at 5 o’clock.
12. Tomorrow it_________(be) snowy and cool.