Collect sentences for each preposition

Collect together some sentences from books. Keep sentences together that have the same preposition. Here are examples of "in" taken from different texts in an intermediate coursebook:


  1. No one is above the law.
  2. From time to time I like to go cycle to work.
  3. For sure, you are right
  4. What are we here for
  5. "This is the place for trainers, and not precisely the trainers you run in."
  6. "Several markets all in the same place."
  7. "use of colour yellow in newspapers was an amazing innovation."
  8. "Many people knew the X-men from a popular cartoon series in the 1990s."
  9. "Hugh Jackman is brilliant in the role of Wolverine."
  10. "The most important effects will be in the field of medicine."

Look at your sentences and try to see how the prepositions were used.

Answer the questions. Write a time, day, month or year. use the correct preposition.

When do you leave for work? _________
When do you finish work? _________
What days don't you go to work? _________
When do you get paid? _________
When do you have your holidays? _________
When did you last take a day off? _________
When do you have to do your taxes? _________
When did you start working at the place you are now? _________
When is the busiest time of year for you at work? _________
When is the slowest time of year for you at work? _________