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 #2 (permalink) Tue Oct 28, 2008 17:07 pm Preposition exercises: It was characteristics (of) him to offer (of) help (at |
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1- It was characteristics (of) him to offer (to) help (at) once.
2- He smiled (at) me and then speak (to) me (in) a foreign lamguage.
3- We laughed heartily (at) his joke (about) the soup.
4- Why are you looking (at) me like that.
5- I spoke (to) him (about) my travels (to) Africa.
6- Karim is talking (about) going to America.
7-Ilyas thinking (about) Juan (to) be came. This doesn't make any sense to me
8-This train goes (to) Tangier and (on) the way it stops in Kinetra.
9-"Smile ([b]at) the little girl" said the photographer.
10-Many students arrive (at) school far too late.
11-The villain aimed his postol (at) me. He fired (at) me but missed.
12-(Upon or on) hearing the news, he frowned (at) me.
13-I like swiming (in) fresh water.
14-The scoundrel hit me (on) the head with a piece (of) lead pipe.
15-When I'm (at) work don't bother me.
16-(In) the evening sky there was but a solitary star.
17-Yacine lives (in) the bouse (at) the end (of) the road.
18-He threw the dish (at) the bear to drive it off.
19-(At) dinner I sat (on) the same table as Mr Rachidi.
20- She was dressed (in) black (from) head (to) foot
21-(In) the end we all turn (to) dust.
22-Biled lives (in) Rabat but I live (in) Kir kacem a village (far) 6km (from)Rabat (of) road. The first part makes sense, but not the second part. Maybe "about 6 km from Rabat up the road?
23-Fatima lives (on) a farm (in) the country.
24-He ?? out it (from) the box then changed his mind and took it (off) again. Another one that I can't figure out.
25-He fired (at) the bandit who was armed (to) the teeth.
26-Put the number (of) the page (at) the top (of) the page and draw a line (to) the bottom (of) the page then draw a circle (in) the middle of the page
27-The donkey was tied (to) a stake (with) a piece (of) rope.
You seem to have the most problems with "at." [/b] |
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Barb_D
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 28, 2008 21:06 pm Preposition exercises: It was characteristics (of) him to offer (of) help (at)... |
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| Thanks very much for the useful correction. i've just read it carefully and i really correct a lot of these mistakes that i had got in my mind.So, thanks a lot. I just have a small question when we say smile at me or smile at this girl is it use in a negative way. I mean for instance laugh at me or smiled at me because I dressed in a strange way me or something like that.No??? |
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 Miss Ahdinos
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Oct 28, 2008 21:39 pm Preposition exercises: It was characteristics (of) him to offer (of) help (at)... |
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There's nothing at all negative about smiling at someone.
You are right that "laugh at me" is a negative, but when someone smiles at me, I smile back at them. |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Oct 28, 2008 21:51 pm Preposition exercises: It was characteristics (of) him to offer (of) help (at)... |
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| uhmmmm ok i understand thanks a lot. |
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Miss Ahdinos
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 22:50 pm Preposition exercises: It was characteristics (of) him to offer (of) help (at |
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| Miss Ahdinos wrote: |
| uhmmmm ok i understand thanks a lot. |
May I ask what is the difference between "at the end" and "in the end"?
Thank you. |
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Joyjoy
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| Simple Present with everybody/everyone | their hand or their hands |
