By electricity. электричеством.

2. cо значением к для указания срока, к которому совершается действие:

Can you finish the work Вы можете кончить работу

by6 o’clock? кшести часам?

They had fulfilled their plan

bythe 10 th December. Они выполнили свой план к

10 декабря.

3. Со значением у, возле, около:

The house stood bythe river. Дом стоял у реки.

He was sitting bythe window. Он сидел возлеокна.

During

Предлог duringупотребляется со значением в течение, во время:

Duringthe last three months В течениепоследних трёх

he has made great progress in German. месяцев он сделал большие

успехи в немецком языке.

Duringmy stay in Leningrad Во времясвоего пребывания

I visited many museums. в Ленинграде я побывал во

многих музеях.

Except

Предлог exceptупотребляется со значением кроме (в смысле за исключением):

Everybody is ready exceptyou. Все готовы, кромевас (за

исключением вас).

The library is open every day Библиотека открыта каждый

день, кромевоскресенья (за

exceptSunday. исключением воскресенья).

Примечание. Наряду с exceptчасто употребляется but:Everybody is ready butyou.

The library is open every day butMonday.

Exercise 1. Put the prepositions on, it, into.

1. Where is the book? – It is … the table. 2. Where is the tea? – It is … the cup. 3. Put the plates … the table. 4. Put the book … the bag. 5. There is a beautiful picture … the wall. 6. He went … the room. 7. I like to sit … the sofa … my room. 8. Mother is cooking dinner … the kitchen. 9. She went … the room and sat down … the sofa. 10. There are many people … the park today. 11. There is a girl standing … the bridge. Why is she crying? – She has dropped her doll … the water. 12. There is no tea … my cup. 13. Pour some tea … my cup. 14. Put these flowers … the window-still. 15. I saw many people … the platform waiting for the train. 16. We went … the garden and sat down … a bench. 17. The teacher hung a picture … the blackboard. 18. I opened the door and went … the classroom. The teacher was writing some words … the blackboard. The pupils were writing these words … their exercise-books. There were some books and pens … the teacher’s table. There were two maps … the wall and some flowers … the window-sills. I saw a pen … the floor. I picked it up and put it … the table. 19. He put his hand … his pocket, took out a letter and dropped it … the mail-box which hung … the wall of the house. Then he got … his car and drove off.

Exercise 2. Put the prepositions it, to.

1. We did not want to stay … town on such a hot day, so we went … the country. 2. It is very late. Go … bed at once. 3. Where is your little sister? – She is … bed. Mother always puts her … bed at eight o’clock. 4. In summer my mother does not go … work and I don’t go … school. We live … the country. My father goes … work every day, so he stays … town. But sometimes he comes … the country after work and goes back … town early in the morning, when I am still … bed. 5. In winter I usually go to … bed at ten o’clock because I learn … school and have to get up early. But in summer, when I don’t go … school and live … the country, I like to go … bed late. 6. Do you like to read … bed?

Exercise 3. Put the prepositions on, at.

1. I get up … seven o’clock or a … quarter past seven. 2. … Sunday I usually get up … nine o’clock or half past nine. But last Sunday I slept very long and got up only … noon. 3. Lev Tolstoy liked to get up … sunrise. 4. Our lessons are usually over … twenty minutes to two. 5. They returned from the wood … sunset. 6. I began writing my composition … seven o’clock and finished only … midnight. 7. My birthday is … the ninth of July. 8. The school year begins … the first of September. 9. … the twenty-fifth of December people celebrate Christmas. 10. … Wednesday I usually have a lot of homework.

Exercise 4. Put the prepositions to, of.

1. He bought a book … English poems and gave it … his sister. 2. I wrote … him asking to send me a box … chocolates. 3. The roof … the house is very old. 4. There is a monument … Pushkin in the Square … Arts. 5. One wheel … my car must be changed. 6. He was standing outside the door his house and explaining … the mechanic what was wrong with his car. 7. He gave her a big bunch … flowers. 8. I sent a letter … my friend. 9. The streets … St.Petersburg are straight. 10. Many pages … this book are torn. 11. The young scientist was trying to prove … the professor the necessity … the experiment. 12. London is the capital … Great Britain. 13. The embankments … the Neva are faced with granite. 14. It is clear … me that you don’t know your lesson. 15. He was devoted … his friend. 16. I explained … the teacher that by the end … the lesson I had not finished the translation … the text and that’s why I had not handed it … him. The surprise … the teacher was great. My explanation seemed strange … the teacher

Exercise 5. Put the prepositions with, by.

1. The boy cut his finger … a knife. 2. The boat was carried … the waves into the open sea. 3. The teacher was pleased … our work. 4. America was discovered … Columbus. 5. “Hamlet” was written … Shakespeare. 6. We eat soup … a spoon. 7. He was killed … a knife. 8. He was killed … the robbers. 9. He was knocked down … a big stick. 10. He was knocked down … a car. 11. He was taken to hospital …an ambulance. 12. He was treated … very effective drugs. 13. He was cured … a very skilful doctor. 14. He wrote his letter … a pencil. 15. He was scolded … his mother.